At 10:14 PM 6/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Getting my MXT's put on at America's Tire Co, aka Discount Tire Co
>outside California, I watched a flat being repaired from the inside
>out with a drill and the mushroom shaped patch.  Asked how much to
>fix a flat.  "Nothing".  OK that's if you sell the tires.
>How about if it's a tire from some other company?  "Nothing".
>Verified this with two people. They fix any flat for free.
>They're such quick, friendly   people,  it's a marketing tool
>because it's fun to go back there and talk to them.....and buy tires.
>Many shops in the midwest, southwest, and west....USA.
>
>Cheers, Tom Neal
>
Ditto here - same situation, same experience - a model for other companys
that deal directly with the public.

Austin