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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago,
just had a chance to confirm it online http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate across a major highway...) Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:38:56 AM UTC-5, Nate Nagel wrote:
> A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago, > > just had a chance to confirm it online > > > > http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html > > > > If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks > > from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do > > Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk > > from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of > > those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a > > bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate > > across a major highway...) > > > > Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations > > that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and > > service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so > > that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. > > > > nate > > > > -- > > replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. > > http://members.cox.net/njnagel A NAPA store near me, those people who work in there, a few years ago they would not let me use their rest room to take a leak. I will NEVER go to any NAPA stores EVER again! |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On 2013-10-19, JR > wrote:
> On Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:38:56 AM UTC-5, Nate Nagel wrote: >> A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago, >> >> just had a chance to confirm it online >> >> >> >> http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html >> >> >> >> If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks >> >> from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do >> >> Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk >> >> from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of >> >> those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a >> >> bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate >> >> across a major highway...) >> >> >> >> Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations >> >> that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and >> >> service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so >> >> that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. >> >> >> >> nate >> >> >> >> -- >> >> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. >> >> http://members.cox.net/njnagel > > A NAPA store near me, those people who work in there, a few years ago they would not let me use their rest room to take a leak. I will NEVER go to any NAPA stores EVER again! NAPA stores are francises I believe. Checked to make sure, and they a http://www.mynapa.com/ |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On 2013-10-19, Brent > wrote:
> On 2013-10-19, JR > wrote: >> On Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:38:56 AM UTC-5, Nate Nagel wrote: >>> A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago, >>> >>> just had a chance to confirm it online >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html >>> >>> >>> >>> If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks >>> >>> from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do >>> >>> Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk >>> >>> from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of >>> >>> those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a >>> >>> bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate >>> >>> across a major highway...) >>> >>> >>> >>> Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations >>> >>> that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and >>> >>> service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so >>> >>> that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. >>> >>> >>> >>> nate >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. >>> >>> http://members.cox.net/njnagel >> >> A NAPA store near me, those people who work in there, a few years ago they would not let me use their rest room to take a leak. I will NEVER go to any NAPA stores EVER again! > > NAPA stores are francises I believe. Checked to make sure, and they a > http://www.mynapa.com/ Dug deeper, they aren't francises... but are independently owned. |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 3:53:58 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote:
> On 2013-10-19, Brent > wrote: > > > On 2013-10-19, JR > wrote: > > >> On Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:38:56 AM UTC-5, Nate Nagel wrote: > > >>> A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago, > > >>> > > >>> just had a chance to confirm it online > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks > > >>> > > >>> from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do > > >>> > > >>> Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk > > >>> > > >>> from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of > > >>> > > >>> those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a > > >>> > > >>> bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate > > >>> > > >>> across a major highway...) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations > > >>> > > >>> that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and > > >>> > > >>> service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so > > >>> > > >>> that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> nate > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> > > >>> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. > > >>> > > >>> http://members.cox.net/njnagel > > >> > > >> A NAPA store near me, those people who work in there, a few years ago they would not let me use their rest room to take a leak. I will NEVER go to any NAPA stores EVER again! > > > > > > NAPA stores are francises I believe. Checked to make sure, and they a > > > http://www.mynapa.com/ > some are, some aren't. I use to work for a independent napa. The difference is the independent stores can buy outside the napa group. Corporate stores have to buy from napa only > > > Dug deeper, they aren't francises... but are independently owned. |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:38:56 AM UTC-4, Nate Nagel wrote:
> A friend of mine who owns a shop told me about this a couple days ago, > > just had a chance to confirm it online > > > > http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...-carquest.html > > > > If the link doesn't explain, Advance is buying Carquest... which sucks > > from my perspective; I have a much higher opinion of Carquest than I do > > Advance :/ Also, there is a Carquest in a shopping center a long walk > > from me and an Advance a block farther away; I'm assuming that one of > > those two stores will close. NAPA is too far to walk (I could ride a > > bike, but there's a really scary intersection I'd have to navigate > > across a major highway...) > > > > Actually NAPA bought an independent parts chain with 5 or 6 locations > > that I really liked a few years back, but honestly, the quality and > > service doesn't seem to have suffered at all, I always did like NAPA so > > that wasn't a totally horrible deal from a consumer's perspective. > > > > nate > > > > -- > > replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. > > http://members.cox.net/njnagel For years I wouldn't go to a Burger King because I had an antenna ripped of my truck while driving through a drive through. Now I realize it probably saved my life. Lenny |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:44:10 PM UTC-5, Geoff Welsh wrote:
> wrote: > > > > > For years I wouldn't go to a Burger King because I had an antenna > > > ripped of my truck while driving through a drive through. Now I > > > realize it probably saved my life. Lenny > > > > so you'd be dead if you could still listen to the radio? > > > > fascinating! > > > > GW I don't listen to radio when I am driving, it makes me nervous. In fact I removed the radio from my van to keep it from being stolen. |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
"JR" > wrote in message
... > On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:44:10 PM UTC-5, Geoff Welsh wrote: >> wrote: > >> > For years I wouldn't go to a Burger King because I had an antenna > >> > ripped of my truck while driving through a drive through. Now I > >> > realize it probably saved my life. Lenny > > so you'd be dead if you could still listen to the radio? > >> fascinating! > > GW > I don't listen to radio when I am driving, it makes me nervous. In fact I > removed the radio from > my van to keep it from being stolen. Who would want a 6 volt, AM dial radio? |
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Another one (good parts store) bites the dust
>"JR" > wrote in message
>> On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:44:10 PM UTC-5, Geoff Welsh wrote: >>> wrote: >> GW > >> I don't listen to radio when I am driving, it makes me nervous. In fact I >> removed the radio from > my van to keep it from being stolen. > >Who would want a 6 volt, AM dial radio? Crackheads. During the Crack Epidemic of the eighties in Atlanta, my roommate had the AM radio stolen from his Impala. The thieves left it on the street a block away when they realized what it was. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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