My wife and I had a blowout in Watertown on Saturday afternoon and had to mount the little doughnut spare, which needed additional air and came off the bead and lost the seal when I lowered it to the ground. I had to call a tow truck. The driver took us to the Discount Tire store on Cumberland and I asked if they would inflate the spare for us and the counterman told me he wouldn't but he could sell me a new tire. I said I would prefer to get the spare inflated and he refused, saying the tire was over ten years old and he would not service it. I told him the spare had never been out of the trunk and was essentially brand new. He still refused to put air in the tire. I then went to Walmart who put air in the tire without charge and sent us on our way. And they were POLITE.
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