NTB, or National Tire and Battery, was formerly part of Sears until the struggling retail giant sold the division off to TBC in 2003. NTB was formed by Sears in 1997, to consolidate the Tire America and National Tire Warehouse (more commonly known at NTW) brands it acquired in its 1988 purchase of Western Auto Supply.
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| Merchant's logo vanished from this still-lit roadside sign |
The market has clearly taken note of the surging demand for new tires in the County, and is rising to the occasion. Two new tire stores by Goodyear are opening on Elm Street and at Rockville Town Square, highly unusual tenants for inline urban retail spaces.
Passersby and drivers alike were stunned and confused yesterday to see the Merchant's signage missing from the building, and from the lit roadside sign, and replaced by NTB signage over the garage doors. Patriotic Sears aficionados, by contrast, were seen walking with an extra spring in their step around the property. Hopefully the NTB logo will also be added to the empty roadside sign in the coming hours.
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"the Third-World road conditions resulting from Montgomery County Council neglect to maintain our streets"
"the many nails found on Bethesda streets from uncontrolled construction activity spilling beyond construction site borders."
"Passersby and drivers alike were stunned and confused yesterday to see the Merchant's signage missing from the building"
"Patriotic Sears aficionados, by contrast, were seen walking with an extra spring in their step around the property."
More idiotic hyperbole from the blogger in Mom's basement.
Here is some interesting data: Millennials are drinking far less than their elders. And not just in downtown Bethesda.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/11/young-people-drunk-acohol-millenials?CMP=fb_gu
Hopefully it's also a new management and employee team. They completely scammed me on a very simple tire repair. I ran over a nail, and needed a simple tire plug. They told me they found a second nail, and federal law requires them to completely change the tire (for $150). There were three problems with their scam story: a) They showed me two different nails they extracted from my tire. What's the chance you can run over two different nails at the same time? 2) While waiting for my car in the waiting room I listened to the manager have phone conversations with other customers, repeating the two nails story, and 3) there is no federal law prohibiting making two repairs on a tire.
Yep, they are scammers. Used them when I first moved to Bethesda because they were convenient. Took me two years before I figured out how dishonest they are.
6:23 AM I usually thrown away all that junk mail, so this is news to me.
Some NIMBYs are more equal than others:
"There was no widespread community opposition to the Pike Center Walmart, and the opposition in Aspen Hill was ginned up hysteria by the MoCo cartel." -Robert Dyer
5:34 AM + 6:31 AM + 6:58 AM = haters gonna hate
7:19 AM = usual hater
::yawn::
I, too, had come to distrust Merchants as they often tried to sell me urgent services for my car that even my dealer said were unnecessary. Unless there is new management and staff, I don't plan on going back there any time soon.
Too bad to hear the Merchants is dishonest.
We need a good place to patch tires in town given all of the construction activity underway.
I hear Goodyear is good.
How to turn a sub-par news story into a political grandstanding act by Robert Dyer. Shill!
And many gas stations. Mario Bruno in Kensington is a great guy and very honest. I went to the Liberty on the Pike where Corned Beef King is. They may have charged me $20 cash for tire plug. Fair price and done in 10 minutes.
"Mario Bruno in Kensington is a great guy and very honest."
Agreed, but he's in Chevy Chase Lake, not Kensington. He's been there since it was Lake Amoco. I remember when he was a junior mechanic there in 1980.
8:25 AM There's nothing new about pipe replacement project...that's old news
9:04 AM = hater with the same old lies. You need some new material. Same insults for years...mix it up a bit.
Right and wrong. He also owns Kensington Service Center.
Oh, so he's expanded. I didn't realize he bought Bobby Orr's shop. That's good to know.
But it's not like Robert Dyer ever covers any news from Kensington.
Bobby Orr was a classic. Mario has been there for quite a few years now.
Everyone looking for an amazing locally owned tire store should check out Radial Tire in Silver Spring.
I've been going to the Goodyear store on Arlington Road near Bethesda Row. Good honest service. I get plenty of tires repaired since our neighhborhood has lots of construction so we end up running over nails on a bi-monthly basis.
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