The Fredericksburg location may or may not be a good fit for you depending on the part you need or…read morethe person you talk to, but here's our unfortunate experience.
My 17 year old was given an old family '98 Mustang that had been in a slide and bump accident that caused the airbag to deploy. The car had been repaired to the point of the driver's side airbag being the last repair needed before my son could get an inspection. We're trying to help our son "adult" before he actually turns 18; but, since he's a minor, he can't go into the yard and pull his own part. However, this yard said they had two cars and that there was likely at least one intact and claimed that someone was headed out to check and would call him back. To make a long story shorter, 12 days later, after another call and another assurance someone was in the yard checking, and after no call back, my husband went with my son 30 minutes away only to arrive and have someone rudely repeat once again, "We said we'd call you."
This morning, my son called again and was shortly told, "We don't have it."
My son then asked, "Both cars?"
The guy answered in the affirmative and hung up. That's when my red flag went up and I thought I would call and check with a manager in case there was some misunderstanding, as adults who say they have a part or claim someone is in the yard usually call back or say, "Sorry man, the part was pulled... gone... etc..." in less than 12 days. I used my son's phone. No one answered... twice. Another red flag went up that there was something other than an honest adult situation where the airbags were not there or not in good shape. To test whether they were ignoring my son's number, I called with my phone and asked for a manager. Without asking any questions or taking my name, they put me on hold. After literally ten minutes on hold through three pickups and transfers (another red flag), I found myself talking to a very nice gentleman at the Stafford location who verified my son's call history and conversations and apologized for the Fredericksburg experience, tried to give them excuses, and offered a number for finding the part elsewhere. We did. However, I called the Fredericksburg location one more time and yet another, and different, individual answered. I told her the situation and apologized that she was getting the ear full and not the several other men who refused to have a conversation, had put me on hold repeatedly, and transfered my call to Stafford. But, like the other times, "out In the yard" was her reason I could not speak to a manager.
Several minutes after we hung up, I did get a call from a polite young man at the Fredericksburg location that claimed he was an assistant manger. He gave excuses for the incident and an apology. But, as I told him, and as the manager at the Stafford location had noted, the Fredericksburg location had not even created a ticket for my son.
The end of the story is that my son paid $50 more for the part from a yard in Florida. It was worth it to him to consider doing this next time, as the trouble of calling out from work, an hour wasted trip, and the stress in trying to make the repair before the inspection appointment to get his sticker, including the call times and frustration of dishonest communication, was not worth saving the $50.
So, end point: if you work with finding a part at this yard, remember to get them to make a ticket for you in your name, don't expect a call back, and don't take their word for whatever it is they say to you. We obviously live in a world where adults are rarely found to be "adulting" properly. It's sad for our kiddos, but hey, they are learning who to work with and how to make good business choices.