I never bought much if any car parts from a Department store
(*tires, maybe a Die-Hard Battery & a few hand tools/Craftsman at Sears, when they
were still made in the USA, still quality stuff, now my clothes were a different story,
dated a lady that was the floor mngr at Sears, got good deals)
Department stores 'Car parts'
they are or were, mostly like most of that WalMart crap is today, sub-std imported crap
cheaper made stuff, 2nds or trainloads of **** they bought, 1 offs or closed outs
(Chinese made junk now, albeit they were probably from Japan or Indonesia, instead back then)
Why (?), when I could go another block or even closer to where I lived,
in either town/s to
Monument Auto Supply, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Antioch, Martinez
that I worked at, they had several locations, all in the East Bay
I could get anything I wanted, with knowledgeable personnel at the counter/s
at the same or even a lower price, much better quality, top named brands
& with a 100% money back guarantee...