Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
Our local NAPA had a counter girl (woman) who was probably the best in the store. Looked like somebody who'd been country dancing her whole life, probably was a bit of a heartbreaker in her younger days. I always liked dealing with her, but I think she actually retired a couple of years ago. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
"Counter help is also noticably more informed and professional."Boy ain't that the truth?I figure there are tiers of quality at FLAPS. NAPA is the highest, I used to consider Car Quest next before they got bought. Sometimes you can find an Autozone that used to be a Car Quest that still has knowledgeable help. Local FLAPS like my local Federated Autoparts is usually in this tier.Next is Autozone and O'Reilly although I don't have much experience with the latter. Advance Auto tends (at least in my area) to have the stupidest employees. The worst here was when the manager was a guy I'd gone to college. Pleasant guy but everything he knows about cars can be explained with the time he duct taped over the rust on his grey Ford Tempo. Some things never change... There's a really nice new NAPA in Caribou. There is a young woman working the counter, she's gorgeous, could be a model in a country music video and she's sharp as a whip. I went in to get an oil filter for a Farmall Super M, she didn't even look it up, knew what I wanted and where it was. Its funny to watch the counter guys defer to her, she's super fast at looking stuff up when she has to... -Curt On Friday, April 30, 2021, 4:19:21 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Yes NAPA is a go-to for me also. Their prices tend to be a little higher than Autozone, O'Reilly, etc. but their service and warranties are generally better. Counter help is also noticably more informed and professional. Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > That’s NAPA. Very good at inventory and warehousing. In most populated areas > you can order in the morning and have the parts in the afternoon. > > -D > >> On Apr 30, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of stuff.The >> website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. Great. >> Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready >> tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. >> Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. >> -Curt >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Allan Streib Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Digital Science Center | Intelligent Systems Engineering | FutureSystems ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
NAPA deals primarily with commercial service businesses, which are their bread and butter. I used NAPA when I was in the generator business, as I could often order a part and have it within a few hours, or typically the same day. Their distribution system is awesome and can move stuff around quickly, which is important when parts availability affects your ability to do business. And in most cases, the people behind the counter know their stuff. -D > On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes NAPA is a go-to for me also. Their prices tend to be a little higher > than Autozone, O'Reilly, etc. but their service and warranties are > generally better. Counter help is also noticably more informed and > professional. > > Allan > > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > >> That’s NAPA. Very good at inventory and warehousing. In most populated areas >> you can order in the morning and have the parts in the afternoon. >> >> -D >> >>> On Apr 30, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of stuff.The >>> website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. Great. >>> Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready >>> tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. >>> Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. >>> -Curt >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > -- > Allan Streib > Indiana University > Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering > Digital Science Center | Intelligent Systems Engineering | FutureSystems > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
Yes NAPA is a go-to for me also. Their prices tend to be a little higher than Autozone, O'Reilly, etc. but their service and warranties are generally better. Counter help is also noticably more informed and professional. Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes writes: > That’s NAPA. Very good at inventory and warehousing. In most populated areas > you can order in the morning and have the parts in the afternoon. > > -D > >> On Apr 30, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of stuff.The >> website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. Great. >> Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready >> tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. >> Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. >> -Curt >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Allan Streib Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Digital Science Center | Intelligent Systems Engineering | FutureSystems ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
I dealt with NAPA once or twice and they were great. On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That’s NAPA. Very good at inventory and warehousing. In most populated > areas you can order in the morning and have the parts in the afternoon. > > -D > > > On Apr 30, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of > stuff.The website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. > Great. > > Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready > tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. > > Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. > > -Curt > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
That’s NAPA. Very good at inventory and warehousing. In most populated areas you can order in the morning and have the parts in the afternoon. -D > On Apr 30, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of stuff.The > website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. Great. > Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready > tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. > Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. > -Curt > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT: Gosh I like dealing with NAPA
Put in an order for tractor parts today, not huge but a bunch of stuff.The website says it'll all be in Tuesday, I can pickup and pay there. Great. Just got a call, everything except one filter will actually be ready tomorrow, the other filter will be there Monday afternoon. Well gee whiz, you can't beat service like that. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
