Town Fair Tire Centers review: flat repair

On 7/21/23 I went to east hartford location because I had a "slow leak" in a tire bought at that location last year.. So far just 7000 miles on them... I don't drive far... They charged me $14 to fix it? What happened to "free" flat repair? But it gets worse... A few minutes after they get my car inside, the tech comes out and tells me it is the valve stem... A $40 charge to replace... I agree to this... For ten minutes solid you could hear him banging on my rim with a hammer to remove the old valve... Unmistakable sound of hammer vs alloy rim... A few minutes later he comes out and says.. You have a "crack in your rim." I begin to protest, of course there is after all that banging on the rim with hammer... They respond..."oh that can't happen by us.." "we didn't cause it" I am unconvinced.. And say so.. They get pretty rude... I tell them to put my spare on and give me my car... So now I have to buy a new rim... An expense of about $160 plus valve $40... So total cost of about $214 plus mounting and balance $40... So I will be out $254 because of improper handling of my tire/rim...