{"id":18742,"date":"2021-04-19T23:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T03:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=18742"},"modified":"2021-04-19T23:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T03:32:28","slug":"pep-boys-2455-decker-boulevard-may-2021-direction-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=18742","title":{"rendered":"Pep Boys, 2455 Decker Boulevard: May 2021 (Direction Change)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700025_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700025_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700025_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700026.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700026_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700026_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700026_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700027.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700027_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700027_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700027_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700029.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700029_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700029_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700029_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700030.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700030_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700030_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700030_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700031.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700031_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700031_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700031_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700032.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/04\/p1700032_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1700032_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1700032_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commenter Thomas notes that this location of <i>Pep Boys<\/i> is transitioning away from auto parts, and into a garage only busines model and is running a closeout sale during the interim.<\/p>\n<p>This turns out to be a chain-wide thing, as the stores have been struggling of late after having been bought out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/columnists\/pep-boys-icahn-automotive-closings-20210331.html\">Carl Ichan five years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the linked story, some stores are trying to work a deal for a different parts operation to take over the retail space, but I don't know if that applies to this location.  There are already a number of parts stores in the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=dentsville\">Dentsville<\/a> area, so I'm not sure how attractive such a deal would be to another chain.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I am the demographic the change is aimed at, as I have never bought parts there, but have had minor work done a number of times.  In particular, I found that when I could not get same-day service at places like <i>Goodyear<\/i> or <i>Firestone<\/i> for things like punctures, batteries or headlights, this <i>Pep Boys<\/i> could get me in and out in an hour or so.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Thomas)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2455+Decker+Blvd,+Columbia,+SC+29206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenter Thomas notes that this location of Pep Boys is transitioning away from auto parts, and into a garage only busines model and is running a closeout sale during the interim. This turns out to be a chain-wide thing, as the stores have been struggling of late after having been bought out by Carl Ichan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[3232,104,92,78],"class_list":["post-18742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2455-decker-boulevard","tag-cars","tag-decker-boulevard","tag-dentsville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}