So the wife was up in Fresno a couple weeks ago and got a slow leak in her front tire, which was about 4 months old (kuhmo, good tires).
All she could find open on a Sunday was a pep boys. yeah I know.
They said it has a nail in it in the sidewall that couldn't be patched so she needs a new tire, and it cost $260 installed. No choice. I told her to make sure she brought the old tire home.
It has a small nail in it, about 1 1/2" from the edge of the tread.
Very patchable.
The kuhmos cost $700 installed for all 4, but they're 235-65-18
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Solus+KL21&partnum=365TR8KL21
and they are high end tires. Not like the POS chinese made tire they put on the front of a front wheel drive vehicle even thought it didn't match the other front tire.
So of course I fired off some carefully picked words to manny moe and rip-off, no reply.
I told her that next time she will be better off hitchhiking home than to go to pep boys for ANYTHING.
So I just sent them another letter explaining that I had purchased a new battery this morning for $125 and I drove right past a pep boys and pulled into the auto zone to get the battery.
From now on every time I go to a flaps I will let pep boys know that their tire-dork in Fresno cost them another sale.
Friends don't let friends go to pep boys.