I put a new post up on CandyShell.com since this site is more about my projects than social commentary nowadays, I figured I’d at least disclose the whereabouts of my latest rant.
Oh, and for some reason, what started out as $65 per tire, ended up being $103 per tire + mounting + balance + other charges. All because I hesitated. When someone asks you if you are a god… YOU SAY YES! So, I got told they were $82/Tire. Then, with install charges, I was looking at a cool $450. Add RoadHazard and you get $485. Whatever, $20 per tire difference, for presumably better tires. I can handle that. But then I get the bill and it’s $560. It isn’t like I’m going to be a complete jerk and say “put my old tires on” because I’m just not like that.
I should have stopped everything when the guy said they only had 2 of the tires that were on sale. I should have stopped when I showed him the advertisement for another type of tire and he said that they don’t fit on my car. I even said “So, what? The bolt patter makes a difference?” and he actually answered the question seriously. I don’t know. Do you ever get the feeling you are being tested? yeah, I do… daily.
Anyway… I got new tires. That was two car payments, a headache, and now I’m waiting for the manager to call me back. Yeah, I won’t get that call. There are certain times where you think you are Jim Carrey’s character “Fletcher” in Liar Liar:
Nothing! Because if I take it to small claims court, it will just drain 8 hours out of my life and you probably won’t show up and even if I got the judgment you’d just stiff me anyway; so what I am going to do is piss and moan like an impotent jerk, and then bend over and take it up the tailpipe!
The response from the guy at the tow yard was “You’ve been here before haven’t ya?”
Yeah. Occasionally.