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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fryrice" data-source="post: 182953" data-attributes="member: 8532">This is kinda long ,so take your time.Look there are many guys that work at auto parts stores that are certified mechanics by day and parts store employees by night. They are usually working two jobs to pay the bills. And yeah they know their shit most of the time ,but they dont get paid more because of it. Great.Then the other half are driveway mechanics who know what "5w-30" means but have no idea what a lash adjuster or gweebo disc is. If all the employees at Advance or Autozone were "experts or professionals" and were paid their weight in expertise ,then you wouldn't be paying cheap prices for aftermarket parts ,which is obviously why we go there instead of the dealership . Why ? Because pros/experts get paid what their worth. So if they were gettin $20+ an hour plus benefits , the auto parts store wouldn't be able to pass the savings on to you the customer. And its not a sales job . A sales job would require them to convince you why you need oil in your engine. Sorry but factory level auto parts are not an option ,they are a necessity that you have to have if you want to drive. So therefore they dont have to sell you anything when they have the cheapest prices. And the employees dont get commission last time I checked.They are a PARTS store .Not a technical service hotline. If you need a rotor for your car ,you tell them what year/make/model etc. And they pull it off a shelf ,scan it and put it in a bag. Now if they pull the wrong part ,then yeah they fucked up. But if your such an expert ,then you should have noticed the part was wrong before you left the store right ? There have been millions of cars/trucks built and thousands of different makes/models ,all of which contain thousands of parts on just ONE vehicle . Are they expected to know what that "do dad" is under the "whatcha call it" on YOUR vehicle ? No ,the only reason dealership mechanics are experts on the particular brands they work on is because they work on the same vehicles everyday and get continuous training on those same vehicles. They also have fellow mechanics there to help them in a pinch.Look Im not flaming the author of this thread. And this is directed at any one on here. But Ive seen it at least 1000 times where people are mad because the parts store guy cant degree a camshaft blind folded with only a flat head screwdriver and a lucky rabbits foot. Do you expect the people in Wal-Mart to be experts about everything in the store ? No you dont. These are not career jobs ,they get paid minimum wage plus their day job and their job is to help you spend your money and chances are they wont be in that store a month from now. If you wanna talk to an expert 100% of the time, you wont be payin $50 for a IAC.</blockquote>