Anybody shop at this chain? As with most every Southern town, it seems, you have the three major chains: Advance, Autozone, and O’Reilly’s. For years, I went to Autozone because they had stores in New England (to cover my warranties if/when I moved back home). Then Advance started opening stores …

[image] bing: I’m sorry computer guys, but why would I want to be able to track where my car is with GPS? Did I forget where I parked it and the horn button doesn’t work? Ever hear of LoJack? Used to track your car in case it’s stolen. [image] bing: Although the manual says no towing, a…

The closest parts stores to me are in a cluster: Auto Zone, Pep Boys, O’Reilly’s, Advance, all within a few blocks of each other. I’ve never found anything in O’Reilly’s that the other 3 lacked, found anything cheaper there, found anyone more knowledgeable than I am (a low bar). I’ll bet it varies…

[image] RandomTroll: I suspect Mr @MikeInNH didn’t opt out. I have opted out MANY TIMES. But the next time you have them send you a receipt, they now disregard the opt out you selected. So I stop getting electronic receipts.

[image] bing: why would I want to be able to track where my car is with GPS? Here’s one reason; kids of driving age but using Dad’s car…

See, that’s one of the differences in us. I wouldn’t want to track my kids with GPS. Need to develop trust both ways. Same thing with tracking spouses or boy friends and so on. Its an adult thing, liberty, freedom, privacy. It’s why we’re different from China.

I wonder if they have different grades of merchandise depending on the area served? I usually buy the professional series of Meguires products but last time was surprised to find that they had mostly the consumer grade on the shelf.

I suspect your particular O’Reilly’s is stocking cheap garbage . . . because in my area O’Reillys tend to stock more expensive stuff than Autozone To be specific, the O’Reilly’s managers and/or owners in your area are stocking cheap garbage, so that they can undercut the competition, at least long …

Yeah, my one experience (so far) with O’Reilly’s was that they stocked the same Fel-Pro gaskets that Advance did, with better selection. If the “accessories” they stock out in the front of the store were chintzy or not, I didn’t notice. I always thought that Pep-Boys was the king of “cheap pointles…

O’Reilly’s pretty much carries the same thing in the stores that they do online and, yes, you can always get better quality by asking at their stores but it’s never on sale and never as good of quality nor as good of pricing as I can get at my local N.A.P.A.

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I agree…! O’Reilly’s is useless and carries cheap crap that I would never put into any vehicle of mine. They came to town a couple of years ago and ran some local shops out of business so now stuck with them, AutoZone (which is better) and N.A.P.A. (which is best)…!

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