CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

There's an old saying. If you don't want someone to join a crowd, you ask them, "If everyone were jumping off of a cliff, would you?" Well, I have. So my answer would be "Yes". True story.
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The Long Strange Trip Of Getting The Tires Replaced

Saturday, July 09, 2011

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We had a car that got a flat tire. We went to the Auto Repair shop that's close to us, and they told us that it would be 500 dollars.

"WTF," we said.

They didn't have any of those tires just laying around, new or used, so they had to be special ordered. "And you can't just buy one, you have to order a whole set," they said.

"GTFO," we said, and left.

We went to another auto repair place. Well, this one we walked to, because the car had a flat. We told the new guy about our predicament. His eyes buldged.

"You're getting ripped off," he said.

"No shit," we said.

"Bring it in an"d I'll cut you a deal," he said.

And we brought it in. On a flat. And the guy looked at it and said, "Well these are 527s. You didn't tell me they were 527s. Well of course. Yeah, no, you need to get these special ordered from Guam. You'll be paying 500 dollars if you're lucky."

"Shit, we said.

"I'm going to waive the inspection fee on account of you guys being so SOL," he said.

We happened to be complaining about this with a friend, and he said, "They're all screwing you".

"But the guy waived his inspection fee," we said.

"That's how they get you," he said. "The first guy you go to says it'll be 500 dollars, then the second guy who doesn't even work for the first guy says it'll be 500 dollars, then he waives the 500 dollars inspection fee so you can go back to the first guy because he's closer and pay the 500 dollars."

"That sounds convoluted," we said.

"It's the way the scam works," he said. "Tell you what. I have a cousin. All he does is replace tires for a living. And he specializes in cars with unique and specific tires. He'll give you a discount."

So we called up the cousin. "I'll hook you up," he said. "This is my favorite cousin. If he recommended you to me, I owe him one. I won't even charge you for the tires. I'll charge you 75 bucks."

So we bring the car and he says "WTF is that?"

And we say "It is a vehicle."

And he says "No, I mean that thing where the tire is supposed to be."

"It's a 527," we said, and his head literally exploded.

So we took it back to the first person we went to, he special ordered the tires from American Guam, and charged us 500 bucks. It would have been 570 dollars, the extra 70 for scraping off the brain from all over the back of the car from that guy's head exploding, but he did it for free on account of us being so SOL.
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with love from CRS @ 12:19 PM 

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