# How Long Have You Ordered Parts From RockAuto? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362 "2025-05-20T22:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/1 "2025-05-20T22:32:05Z")
Let’s see the RockAuto magnets you’ve collected thus far. ![MAGNETS](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/6/c6aaa23bf2577d6105f156256062285bc4b981f7.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/2 "2025-05-21T01:10:54Z")
LOL. I throw the magnets in the trash. They’re not even all that strong. Not-so-useful marketing bling. But if I knew they’d be a “contest” I might have started collecting. But even then I’d lose… I only order for DIY purposes, and even then only if it really makes sense. You can score great deals with them, but the “devil is in the details” - as in their shipping/handling charges. They’re not cheap. And, E.g. order a pair of ball joints (or whatever), and if one ball joint comes from warehouse A and the other from warehouse B, then you get the double charge. It’s a site to be used with caution if saving $$ s the point. But I’ve truly gotten amazing deals there. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/3 "2025-05-21T03:13:16Z")
Ive only got six of them. Yeah I usually just toss them. I’ve been a customer for quite a while though just can’t remember when I started. Maybe when champion auto quit carrying the ac delco stuff so the dealer was the only other option. Oops, eight of them. Got a few on my tool cabinet but the rest on my steel door. Got a lot of other ones though from hemmings, toys for tots, uso, etc. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/4 "2025-05-21T03:33:56Z")
I don’t keep the magnets either, but I do remember when you got two of them with each order. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/5 "2025-05-21T06:01:08Z")
It has been a long time since I ordered from Rock Auto. I am not comfortable with ordering something unless I can confirm by phone that it will fit my car. They used to have telephone service but I never got any magnets. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/6 "2025-05-21T11:24:30Z")
I do like their website. They show you many options for parts. From economical to expensive name brand. I do agree they give you no break on shipping. If they want to reduce their costs they should quit with the magnets! ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-have-you-ordered-parts-from-rockauto/200362/7 "2025-05-22T03:22:37Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9c4577963d3cc4f26cef6ff387277c538a3c0e18.jpeg) Tester