I wanted to mention- One of the alternator rebuilders I called set
warning bells off in my head. I looked in Superpages.com, started going
down the list.

I called one, found out I was actually calling a call center 3 hours
away in Portland. That they have locations all across the country, all
under different names.

Two names listed for the same address in Tacoma, but the name on the
building is different from either of the listings. A listing for an
address in Lakewood that doesn't exist, they send you to the Tacoma
address.

No way was I going there. The only reason I can think of -not- to use
the same name is if they get a bad reputation, you think it's an
isolated location and the stink on one name can't carry over to
differently named shops in other locations. And from that one Tacoma
location with 3 name changes (at least), changing the name can escape
the stink from previous names without even moving the business.