[junkyardjohn]

THERE ARE 8 AUTO PARTS STORES IN THIS LITTLE TOWN. I'VE HAD TO GO TO ALL OF THEM IN ONE DAY LOOKING FOR 1/2-20 LUGNUTS. TWO OF THEM ARE NAPAS, & I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING GOOD I'VE EVER SAID ABOUT THEM TOO. LATELY I HAD A SET OF ROTORS FOR MY 84 BLAZER TURNED AT O-RIELYS.(THE ONLY ONE OF THE 8 THAT HAS A BRAKE LATHE) I GOT THEM BACK HOME & PUT THEM ON THE SPINDLES WITHOUT GREASE IN THE BEARINGS, JUST TO CHECK THE RUNOUT. THEY RAN OUT 18 & 24 THOUSANDS & ONE WAS .030. & THE OTHER WAS .015 UNDER THE LOW LIMIT OF WITH WAS CAST INTO THEM. THEY HAD TAKEN .065 OFF ONE &.075 OFF THE OTHER. BACK TO TOWN. (A 30 MILE ROUND TRIP) I TOOK MY DIAL INDICATOR WITH ME. THIS STORE DIDN'T HAVE A DIAL INDICATOR OR A SIMPLE DIAL CALIPER TO CHECK THE THICKNESS, YET THE MANAGER (I THINK THEY'RE ALL MANAGERS OR MANAGERS IN TRAINING) CLAIMED THEY TURNED OVER 200 PAIRS A MONTH. AFTER WASTING TWO DAYS OF MY TIME THEY FINALLY REFUNDED MY $24 TO HAVE THEM TURNED (READ THAT RUINED) & GAVE ME A SET OF CHINEEZ ROTORS. I WAS STILL OUT THE $50 I PAID A MACHINE SHOP TO MILL THE BOSSES ON THE BACKSIDE TO GO TO 1/2" STUDS INSTEAD OF THE WIMPY 7/16" STUDS THAT CAME FACTORY. NEVER AGAIN I'LL ONLY GO IN ANY OF THEM IF I NEED SOMETHING LIKE A QUART OF OIL & WALLY WORLD DOESN'T HAVE IT. I'VE BEEN REDUCED TO EITHER CALLING THE NAPA STORE IN CARSON CITY NEVADA & HAVING THEM UPS ANY PARTS I NEED 2430 MILES TO ME OR SHOPPING ONLINE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SHORTAGE OF NO-NOTHING PIMPLE FACED IDIOTS THAT CAN'T FIND MY APPLICATION IN THE COMPUTER,(SO THEREFORE I MUST NOT KNOW WHAT I OWN) AROUND HERE. EVEN ANY PARTS THAT I HAD THE NAPA HERE ORDER HAD MADE IN CHINA ON THEM. IT SEEMS NOTHING IS MANUFACTURED IN THIS COUNTRY ANYMORE. THE STORES JUST PUT THEM IN THEY'RE OWN BOX. WHODA THUNK IT?? JOHN