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Here's my experience from almost two weeks ago. Costco Willingdon. They open at 5:00 am. I have five vehicles, but only need to change tires on three of them. I did one myself, because it's easy and I have the space and the tools. Costco is great because they balance the tires. Something I can't do. Anyway, I show up at 4:20 thinking, yeah, I'll be first in line. Nope. Ended up being number 12. Guess what? They only take the first 8 people. Anyone after that is for an appointment. Appointment is like 4 weeks down the line, lol. I think it's worse now. Anyway, I leave and go to the Brighton Avenue location that is not that far away. Their tire shop opens at 9:00ish. As I was about to leave, I see this employee heading into the warehouse. Asked the person when they'll take customers for line up. 6:00 am someone will be around to take names. I ended up being second in line. Was told to come back at 9:00. For my second vehicle, I left the house at 2:45 am for Costco Willingdon. I was number five, lol. They open at 5:00, but opened early, so I got my name in, took off to Grand Villa Casino to launder some money, have free coffee, etc. When I got back, I still had to wait for over an hour.

Oh, appointments? Last year in the spring, I had an appointment for 2:30 pm. I didn't get out until 5:00 pm. Good thing I'm retired with nothing better to do. I think that was not a normal occurrence, but appointments mean nothing. Tire changeovers with tires on rims shouldn't take more than an hour, but shit happens. I think that day one or more of their workers called in sick and one machine was down.