So I had a flat today. I call Auto Zone and ask if they could check if they have my size tire in stock.

Clueless Auto Zone guy: "Tires?" (like it was some strange foreign word)
Me: "Yes, tires..."

By the tone of his voice, I'm wondering if I'd gotten the wrong number and perhaps dialed a residence or something.

Me: "Oh, I must have the wrong number."
AutoZone Dude: "Uhmmmyah this is AUTO ZONE, we don't sell TIRES."

Basically, how the hell was I supposed to know that? Some auto parts stores carry things like TIRES. RARE, I KNOW, but it happens.

The guy's tone..ever just get pissed off by the sound of someone's voice?

So, yah, thanks Auto Zone dude for trying to make me feel dumb.

Bad day..forgive me, fellas.

um...no "part stores" sell tires...

they are flamable.

tire shops sell tires...

Discount tire
House of Tires
Firestone
Goodyear
just to name a few...

oh, and walmart.

Western Auto used to sell tires and parts

pepboys auto parts sells tires

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AutoZone - They dont sell tires

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Are you serious?? I was going to call them in the morning to see if they had any BF All Terrains in stock.

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um...no "part stores" sell tires...

they are flamable.

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Wrong.
They may not sell tires, but because they are flammable is not the reason. They sell plenty that is more flammable than tires.

They don't sell tires, because they choose not to. They would need/want to be a service center.
Pep Boys sells tires.

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Western Auto

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Western Auto and Pep Boys have auto shops. The auto shops are the ones that sell the tires.

Western Auto was bought out by Advance Auto Parts (Checker, Western Auto, Advance). Most of the shops are separate businesses from the auto parts store and are not owned by Advance, like the one here in College Station.

there was supposed to be a longer list...

1) flamable
2) they take up a lot of room
3) they aren't a "moving" item...

a lot of people buy tires, but a lot of people buy different tires...trying to stock them efficently would be impossible.

4) they are another of many things that require proper disposal...which requires storage until disposal...which is even more room.

Most part stores only sell "bolt on" parts. Tires are a "mount" item, the wheel, however, is "bolt on".

CS has neither a western auto or a pep boys, they were not included in this topic on the "Aggieland" board.

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Clueless Auto Zone guy: "Tires?" (like it was some strange foreign word)

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One of the two people in that conversation was clueless and it wasn't the guy that worked at AutoZone.

Exactly. In his head he probably had to grasp that someone was actually calling about tires, instead of the parts he knows and loves. It probably went something like this:

Zzz: "Do you have tires for the Hybrid 7250?"

AutoZone guy: "It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about tires. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the parts guy, and we're talking about tires. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about tires, not parts, not parts, not parts, but we're talking about tires. Not the parts that I go out there and die for and order every day like it's my last but we're talking about tires man. How silly is that?

Now I know that I'm supposed to lead by example and all that but I'm not shoving that aside like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about tires. We're talking about tires man. We're talking about tires. We're talking about tires. We're not talking about parts. We're talking about tires. When you come to AutoZone, and you see me work, you've seen me work right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about tires right now.

Zzz: "So... you don't have tires?"

AutoZone guy: "Hey I hear you, it's funny to me too, hey it's strange to me too but we're talking about tires man, we're not even talking about parts, what actually matters, we're talking about tires."

Discount Tires. End of discussion.