Trouble with brakes - Toyota Land Cruiser, 4.2L, 1996

In mid-March, while on business in Nizhny Novgorod, I decided to drive to a classmate in Kovrov. It seems close, and have not seen each other for 19 years. We signed up, phoned and on Saturday, at 6 am I left Nizhny. Before that, when braking at the car, the backside drove a little, well, it didn’t seem to be a crime and I didn’t attach any importance to it for four months, well, I’m used to it already. After driving about 80 km towards Vladimir in front of another village at a traffic light in the lower, rear part of the car, something crunched and rattled, well, the brakes were gone, the pedal failed, and the truck was standing at the traffic light, waiting for me. It's good that I was coasting and I managed to stop without crime, with the help of a handbrake and a gearbox. The truck did not wait for me, left. It was half past seven in the morning, it was getting light. Coming out of the car I saw in the back area, the left wheel is metal shards very similar to the remnants of brake pads. Yes, there was a reason to scratch the back of my head. Track, morning, hold, Saturday, the car has no brakes, yes, but the situation. Encouraging himself that at least he stopped without an accident. Looking at the village surroundings and sights I notice the inscription STO on the gate. Further about the miracle AUTO SHOP and spare parts for foreign cars, working hours from 9 to 20 seven days a week. Well, I wait an hour and knock at the gates of the service station. Door opened. I asked the elder about the repairs and told his misfortune. He suggested to find out the presence of rear, brake pads in the car shop. No sooner said than done. I went to the store, asking about the availability of pads. A saleswoman for 55 years has looked through the catalog for about twenty minutes and phoned the OWNER and gave out that there are such at a price of 1200 rubles. per set. I agree, it is good, I take it. My mistake was that I took out a bundle of thousandth bills. The seller's jaw opened a little (a sign of wealth in the village) and flashed an eye behind the glasses. After convulsive whispering and muttering under her breath any abrocadabra like CRISIS, and the DOLLAR IS DONE, supposedly new invoices have already arrived, granny that from today the price has increased to 2000 rubles. I grit my teeth but don't want to swear, I take it. I drove the car to the service station, removed the wheel, it turned out that the pads were intact, and the brake disc of that one - crumbled and partially crumbled. Scratching the back of my head. I bought the pads in vain. I rushed to the store but the brake disc was not there and decided to remove the caliper and drown the brake pipe. To the surprise of the tube, a bolt, a nut, and two washers were plugged without any problems. Then they knocked off the rest of the disc, tied the caliper, the wheel in place and you're done. Paid 500 rubles. drove out of the garage. I went back to the store. When the unusable pads were returned, kanfuz appeared, the seller refused to return 2000 rubles. The owner was in the store and according to the catalog he named the cost of 1200 rubles. Then my game began and after muttering to myself a tray of abrokadabr like CRISIS and DOLLAR DOWNLOADED I take out a check and put it on the counter. In general, after the silent scene and the owner's gaze towards the seller, the money was returned. In forty minutes I was already sitting at the table with a classmate and reminiscing. Returning to Nizhny Novgorod on Monday, he began to search for a brake disc. The prices were immediately struck. Not available, differential, to order in five days and the price is 6000 rubles. I call the St. Petersburg store and find out what is available and the cost is 800 rubles. With such a difference, I decided to be patient until Peter, since the business trip ended in two days. I slowly got to Peter and bought a disc for 800 rubles without any problems. Installed for 750 rubles. in bosch service.
In this whole story, I was struck by the unreasonably high markup on auto parts, the impudence of the sellers and the complete lack of competition in the auto parts market.