"Honestly I don't know what we'd do if we didn't have big corporations to do
the thinking for us."

I agree; however, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't - I'm
sure the present obnoxious policies were hatched from an idiot who pinned
their lawsuit on the fact that "big corporation X" put tires on said idiot's
car that weren't "meant" for it...

You might pay more at local mom and pop places than at Costco / Walmart /
Sears / etc, but I bet they won't be afraid to put some thought into your
individual situation either.  You're choice... don't whine when you ask a
monkey to think and he can't (apologies to any monkeys reading the list).

Chris