Wow! What can I say... On our way from Portland to Red Lodge Montana, our 30' motor home had a rear tire blow out. Didn't even feel it.. luckily a passing motorist flagged us and pantomimed a "tire explosion." We pulled over in Lind, WA a little after 6:15pm... wouldn't you know it... ALL the tire shops from Tri-Cities to Spokane were all closed for the night and NONE of them were open the following day. We were gonna spend two nights in a freaking parking lot in a gas station/truck stop in Lind....
Enter Mike from Pasco Tire Factory!!!
I called a bunch of after hours numbers and nobody answered. I got to the Pasco Tire Factory number next... it rang quite a few times so I just gave up. That was probably around 7pm.
Seconds later I get a phone call from a number I didn't recognize... "Hey, did you call us?"
Me: Is this the Tire Factory?
Mike: Sure is, boss, what can I help you out with?
Needless to say... Mike hightailed it from wherever he was back to the shop to get a work truck and check on inventory for a tire replacement. He found a new tire in our size, called me back to confirm, and jetted over to us an hour away.
He somehow got a very angry air compressor on the back of his truck to work (it didn't want to start but Mike was able to put some stank on it and get it going). Once the compressor was live, Mike got to work. Does this guy ever walk? Nope. He sprinted all around the RV, checking tires, jacking this up, lowering that down... and got us all taken care of.
He spent a few extra minutes teaching me how to read the tire codes so I would know manufacture dates and what types of wear and tear indicators to look for. Turns out I had 6 - 7 year old tires on a 30' motorhome, allof which showed teeny tiny fractures and tears... not so good. He did find one good tire (in addition to the new one he replaced). He suggested I not continue to Montana on the set of tires remaining, but said it should be okay to make it back to Portland as long as I watched the speed, the road temperature, and monitored the tire pressure. He suggested I replace the remaining older tires once I'm back in Portland.
Needless to say, he didn't try to upsell me anything and I was extremely happy with how friendly and professional he was. I realized that driving another 600+ miles to Montana on the remaining set of crappy tires was out of the question. I asked Mike about maybe purchasing some more tires from him so I could keep my wife and daughter safe on the road. Mike offered to come in on SUNDAY (his day off!) and set me up with the rest of my needs, if I wanted.
He drove back to the shop, and hour away, double checked on inventory, and called me back around midnight (I asked that he call me back the same night).
Mike made a special trip back to the shop the next day on Sunday to meet me. He set up me up with a set of tires (to match the new one from the night before) and sent us on our way. There was no sales pressure, no imminent threat of disaster... just pure customer service. Probably the best customer care I've received in recent memory.
Thanks Mike and to the bosses at Pasco Tire Factory... Get this guy a new compressor and a bonus!!
Cheers!
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