Alignment Issues Due to Tire Shop?

[TNTexas]

I bring all my vehicles to a local tire shop (a national chain) for all my tire needs including rotation and balance. I recently noticed that they use floor jacks exclusively (instead of lifts) to raise vehicles (4 floor jacks per vehicle). I recently had alignment done to the truck before tire balance and rotation. Immediately after the balance and rotation, I felt the alignment was off again (not as bad as before, but still off). I drove around for 2 months before taking the truck back to the alignment and sure enough, the alignment was off. I am certain that I didn’t run over any big potholes. I can only suspect that the tire shop may have jacked up the truck at the wrong spot (lower control arm, etc.) and somehow threw the alignment off.

In my view, I don‘t think it’s a good idea to have the truck (or any vehicle) on 4 floor jacks at the same time. And I don’t want to tell people what to do at their job. What do you think? If you live in the Houston area, do you have any recommendations for a tire shop?

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[Miqie]

A 'national chain' that doesn't have lifts? Sounds amateur to me. I'd go elsewhere.