I went to Big O Tires the other day.  They are right across the street from my apartment, so I figured it would be easy to just walk home to wait for my tires.  Bad idea.  This is the first (and last) time I made a purchase this big in Vegas without consulting Yelp... never again.\n\nI think I must come across as some naive young girl who knows nothing about cars.  This is not the case :)  Mechanics need to really be careful who they prey upon, because some of us aren't as gullible as we seem.  When my tires were done being put on, the salesperson dragged me to the back to show me that my \"front struts were leaking.\"  My car only has 30,000 miles on it, so that is very atypical.  Furthermore, they didn't appear to be leaking at all.  I told the mechanic that I didn't think it was an urgent matter... but he pressed me and said that I would be unsafe to drive any further without getting them fixed.  I told him I would take it to my dealership since it is under warranty, but he pressed me and pressed me to let him do the work for $700.  Yeah right.  I could smell a rat.\n\nCuriosity got the best of me and I took my car to my regular mechanic.  Sure enough, he said that a)the struts were NOT leaking, and b)it looked like they had smeared oil on the area to make it LOOK like the struts were leaking.  My mechanic said that he had NEVER seen such a blatant attempt to swindle someone.  \n\nI am currently pursuing this matter with higher-ups at Big O Tires (I am a future attorney... it's in my nature).  I don't care about the money, but I DO care that this doesn't happen to anyone else who might buy into the ploy.  Things like this make me sick to my stomach... who has money lying around these days to just throw at these crooks????