Another “parts store” warning

sdahmer said

I would love to, but the parts are getting harder to find, especially for the slant. Local availability is also sometimes twice as much (even though most of it is chinesium anyway). The only true local parts store I have near me is somewhat far and doesn’t usually have stuff that’s uncommon. It’s a nice mom ‘n’ pop place though for some stuff. I wish we could still get US made stuff from a local gas/shop attendant. If that were the case I wouldn’t hesitate to pay twice as much.

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I don't have any problem with it. Just adopt my attitude. Know ahead of time they won't have it. Do your own research in looking up the part on their web site. Give them the part number and let them order it in. You're doing their job and cutting down the chances of a wrong part. Plus, if you're ordering from Rock Auto anyway, you're still having to wait, right? On top of that, you're paying shipping, so any savings from a cheaper price is getting eaten up. So now you're ordering from a local store and if there's a problem when it comes in they are standing there to see it and they have to take care of it. Rock Auto on the other hand doesn't have to do **** because you ain't lookin at um. They're hidin their coward *** behind a computer. I've been using our local O'Reilly so much, they give me pretty big discounts too......of course I used to work there......but they don't have to give discounts to anybody. But they will if you are a really regular customer. So that helps make up for cheaper online prices......plus TELL THEM you found it cheaper online. They may not can match the price, but they'll discount it some and that will probably make up for the difference in shipping. Yeah, I've got like FOUR slants now so I know where you're comin from. lol