On Saturday, January 12, 2013, I experienced one of the most kindest gestures from the Pep Boys…read moreAutomotive staff.
My son and I began our day very early. Our plan was to get his vehicle ready for his trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico. He was to leave at 6 am and I was in a hurry to have his vehicle ready for his trip. His tires needed to be replaced, an alignment and it was time for an oil change. My husband had called several places, the most reasonable turned out to be Discount Tires, so we thought.
We dropped off our vehicle at Discount Tires to have the tires replaced and was advised by the Sales Rep that Discount Tires does not do alignments so we arranged an appointment with Juan Moncayo, Service Advisor at Pep Boys to have the alignment done there. All the while we managed to run errands and go to a birthday party.
I received a call from Discount Tires that our car was ready to be picked up. My invoice showed that I had purchased 4 Goodyear Eagle tires. I dropped off our car at Pep Boys at 2:30 pm and while I was waiting in the lobby to be picked up by my son, I asked Sam Casillas, Service Advisor, if the Goodyear Eagle tires were good tires. Mr. Casillas, SA was kind enough to walk out to our car parked outside waiting to be worked on to look at the new tires I had just purchased. To my surprise, Mr. Casillas, SA pointed out that I didn't have Goodyear Eagle tires on my car, but Goodride tires on my son's car, a difference of almost $100.00 per tire.
Mr. Casillas, SA looked at my invoice and proceeded to call Discount Tires to make sure it was an an honest error on Discount Tire's part. The Sales Rep at Discount Tires assured Mr. Casillas, SA that it had been an honest mistake, an that the code for the Goodyear Eagle tires was entered incorrectly. The Sales Rep at Discount Tires was willing to exchange the tires once Pep Boys had completed the alignment and the oil change, but we were soon approaching closing time at Discount Tires by now, as they close at 5 pm.
Mr. Casillas, SA, explained the situation to Ralph Reyes, Service Manager at Pep Boys and got my vehicle worked on as soon as they could. Although Mr. Casillas had other responsibilities pending, he assisted in helping with the oil change, just to make sure I was able to make it to Discount Tires before they closed.
That evening I was certain, Mr. Casillas had gone beyond what I had expected. His overwhelming kindness to help out a mother in complete desperation is something I will never forget. I will always be grateful to Samuel Casillas SA, Juan Moncayo SA, Ralph Reyes Service Manager, and Gilbert Reza Store Manager for everything that was done that evening to help me and my family get my son's car ready for his trip.
My husband and I have have been going to Pep Boys to have work done on our cars for years. We will continue to place our TRUST and SAFETY in the Service Department at Pep Boys on Yarbrough to service our cars for our entire family!
Thank you!