Re: [AMC-list] O'Reilly's Sucks Compared to Kragen"s

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Wise words!

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Gary Roland <garyroland1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
>  In 2005 I worked for Checkers in Cheyenne. Checkers was the C  in CSK K
> being
> Kragens. The Checker computer system was truly awful. While your local
> Kragen's
> person may have mastered Kragens system, few mastered Checker's system. It
> was
> an old, poorly built, DOS base system.  Think of the old DOS based Wordstar
> program, that was what the interface was like. You had to know what you
> where
> looking for and where to find it in the program. Once you found the part
> there
> were no pictures, what you found was part number, price and availability .
> Don't
> count on the availability being close to right.
>
>  The OReilly's parts program is much better at helping the counter person
> find
> the right part. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a picture of
> wheel
> cylinder is worth a weekend.  Is it perfect? no, but it is 30 years ahead
> of the
> old system. Remember what the pay at a part store counter is. Why would a
> good
> mechanic give up $30 an hour to work for $10? Mostly they don't The
> computer has
> to help fill the  knowledge gap.
>  Second as much as we love them, there are very few non-Jeep Amc still on
> the
> road. Anybody want to bet whether there are more Kia's on the road today
> than
> AMC?  I am grateful that they can order a part much less have it on the
> shelf.
> Now is the time to build your personal stock pile of parts.
>
> Gary Roland
> Cheyenne Wy
>
>
>
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