i work at tires plus. basically there under the same name. firestone/bridgestone.
nine outta ten times they will not fuck with the camber on the alignment.only the toe. thats it less the camber is somthing crazy out. for that fact any part of the alignment is out. if it is they tell u and they also give a price on how much it cost to fix it (least we do). guy came in with a 2k crew cab 2500 chevy truck. asked for a alignment. we said great put it up on the rack looked and checked everthing out. his driver side upper control arm was bent and buckled in . we gave a guy a price to fix it he denied the work we did the alignment to get the toe straight. thing pulled like crazy to the right . he even was retarded enough to come back like 3 months later with a bald ass tire saying wtf is this ? . then i told us he jumped a curb. you dont bend control arms in a HD 2500 by jumping a freakin curb. sorry no pass go .

you guys all just had a shit load of bad luck. and as for the time thing . shit takes alotta god damn time. i only do 10 cars a day if i work my ass off. and 50 go through there in a day. so when u come up there be expecting a delay less the parking lot is empty

again. not calling anyone stupid , potenza's are top quality tires. why there so much if u wantem cheaper ask for no road hazard and no lifetime balence. no one is being made fun of im just giving u the other side of the story

cliff notes for the non readers.

when going to a all around maintence shop
1. tell them no courtesy check <--- top of the fluids , spect tires, brakes belts all the basic stuff. skip that for your time shake

2. get to know the person working on your car if possible. tip if possible also that will always get your job done 3 million times better. no joke

3. look for a empty parking lot if u are looking to get out within a small amount of time.

4. if they tell u there is stuff is wrong with your car, there is. firestone will fire the shit outta anyone who is false in there suggestions.

AGAIN im just tellin the other side!