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Paulie G Enthusiast

Paulie G

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Does anyone else think it is rude to buy tires online and then take them to a shop that sells tires and installs them, to put them on?

 

Does anyone over get any crap from the shops or get turned down?

 

Same thing goes for a Tire/wheel package and taking them somewhere to get mounted and aligned?

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Does anyone else think it is rude to buy tires online and then take them to a shop that sells tires and installs them, to put them on?

 

Does anyone over get any crap from the shops or get turned down?

 

Same thing goes for a Tire/wheel package and taking them somewhere to get mounted and aligned?

 

 

 

umm I definately dont think its rude, places charge XX for mount and balancing. I mean my wife has a set of snows for her car, I am not going to buy a new set every summer/winter because Joe the mechanic didnt make a tire sale off me :shakehead:

 

my 2 cents

bobcat5544 Enthusiast

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I,ve never gotten any crap from a shop when I brought tires in to be mounted, and if they give you crap about it, I would turn around walk out that door while saying this is why I got my tire from some where else.

bushhog Enthusiast

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Some local shops will match online pricing if quotes are legit. Then you will have the best of both worlds especially if there is a problem with either after you run them for awhile.

 

I would try this approach first, but that's just MO

Mark_in_Tulsa Senior Enthusiast

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Some local shops will match online pricing if quotes are legit.  Then you will have the best of both worlds especially if there is a problem with either after you run them for awhile.

 

I would try this approach first, but that's just MO

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah what he said.

 

But if you buy them from TireRack.com, they have list of local "authorised" dealers that can install them, for the TireRack "set price", and you can go through them to get any kinda of warranty stuff done to them.

Paulie G Enthusiast

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Sounds like Tirerack has a good thing going.

 

I agree with what you guys are saying. I'm in West centra Wisconsin and I guess people must just think differently here.

 

It would be natural for a buisness to make as much of the sale as possible, but either way they are making money opposed to making none.

 

Good Call :shakehead:

GetMore Enthusiast

GetMore

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One of the other advantages to using the "Authorized Dealers" is that you can get the tires from them and usually save the trouble of hauling the tires to the shop.

Heck, one of the Goodyear stores near me was an Auth. Dealer and I wound up ordering the tires from them for the TR price, but had them next day and didn't pay shipping. Maybe they didn't use TR for the tires, and there was enough of a markup for them to still make money.

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I always prefer to shop local and try my hardest to do just that. However when you can get a set of tires on line, shipped directly to you for $100 - $200 less than you can get locally . . . something is wrong. I bought snow tires on line for the wifes car and when I took them to the local tire store for mount and balance they were total a$$holes. They wanted $40 per tire to monut and balance and that was "when they could fit it in". Needless to say I explained to them that I wouldn't be back, no matter what and went some place else to get the tires mounted.

 

I agree with everyone else . . . I'll do what I can to shop locally . . . I'll even pay a little more. But don't hammer me with stupid prices and expect me to bend over.

 

Now if I could just figure out how to buy some cheap gas on line form Mexico or something the same way . . .

dewfpo Senior Enthusiast

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I did it twice and didn't get any grief at all. I couldn't get the tires I wanted locally so I ordered them online. One place said they could special order those tires for me (they didn't carry that brand) so I said give me a quote. They did and they were $125 more than online (even with the shipping included). They couldn't match it so I ordered online and they didn't seem to mind. I would have bought locally even if it were just a few dollars more. They went to their jobber (who marked it up), and then they had to mark it up so ............... they couldn't even come close. They understood, $125 is not pocket change (at least not for me).

 

No worries.

 

DEWFPO

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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I bought my Bridgestone REVO's online from TireRack. They were alot cheaper even with the shipping than the local Firestone/Bridgestone dealer.

 

I had them mounted and balanced at Walmart for less than $45 total. The only drawback was since I went with a non-stock size for my truck, I had to pull the wheels and take them in to Walmart off the truck because their policy won't let them pull the wheels and put a larger tire on if it is not a factory recommended size. They'll mount anything you want if you carry them in.

Haulin' 8.1 Enthusiast

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I'm an authorized installer for Tirerack and so far everyone who has used it has their tires shipped directly to me. We get them off the UPS truck, call the customer and arrange for when they'll be in. I can get most tires locally for less but they're not the big name brands. I'll usually price each job individually on mount and balance but it's usually $20 to $40 each. You would think this would please everybody but I had one woman decline saving $150 on the tires she wanted by ordering through Tirerack and having me install them. Her reasoning was that I didn't offer lifetime balancing and free flat repair. I wonder how many times she sits for an hour or more at NTB for that "free" service. I charge $10 for plugs and $18 for patch. And as of yet nobodys needed one of my balanced tires to be rebalanced. She would need that done at least 8 times by me before she reached the price of NTB, that and she would be in and out within 30 minutes or less each time.

 

Most, really all, of your large chains and even dealers now are really limited on what they will and won't do because of lawsuit abuse. Even Tirerack won't sell you a tire that doesn't meet OEM standards for speed or load. Most times Costco, Sams, etc. won't alter pressure from 35 psi, won't install tires of a different than stock size or load. So there are some good reasons to goto an independent tire shop/garage nowadays.

 

If you want to use Tirerack take note that you can have them drop shipped to your Authorized Installer of choice and we're are listed on thier site. You can search through us based on price, distance, specialty, etc.

 

As far as attitude and gouging because of the tires being from somewhere else, I make a good living and there's a NTB that just opened about a half a mile up from us. We stay busyier than they do. I have way less payroll and expenses too.

 

Vernon

Paulie G Enthusiast

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I always prefer to shop local and try my hardest to do just that. However when you can get a set of tires on line, shipped directly to you for $100 - $200 less than you can get locally . . . something is wrong. I bought snow tires on line for the wifes car and when I took them to the local tire store for mount and balance they were total a$$holes. They wanted $40 per tire to monut and balance and that was "when they could fit it in". Needless to say I explained to them that I wouldn't be back, no matter what and went some place else to get the tires mounted.

 

I agree with everyone else . . . I'll do what I can to shop locally . . . I'll even pay a little more. But don't hammer me with stupid prices and expect me to bend over.

 

Now if I could just figure out how to buy some cheap gas on line form Mexico or something the same way . . .

 

 

 

 

This is exactly the type of crap that I was expecting to here more of. Money should be money to them. At least they are getting some buisness instead of none. I'm going to check if there is an authorized dealer near me.

Mark_in_Tulsa Senior Enthusiast

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I'm an authorized installer for Tirerack and so far everyone who has used it has their tires shipped directly to me.  We get them off the UPS truck, call the customer and arrange for when they'll be in.  I can get most tires locally for less but they're not the big name brands.  I'll usually price each job individually on mount and balance but it's usually $20 to $40 each.  You would think this would please everybody but I had one woman decline saving $150 on the tires she wanted by ordering through Tirerack and having me install them.  Her reasoning was that I didn't offer lifetime balancing and free flat repair.  I wonder how many times she sits for an hour or more at NTB for that "free" service.  I charge $10 for plugs and $18 for patch.  And as of yet nobodys needed one of my balanced tires to be rebalanced.  She would need that done at least 8 times by me before she reached the price of NTB, that and she would be in and out within 30 minutes or less each time.

 

Most, really all, of your large chains and even dealers now are really limited on what they will and won't do because of lawsuit abuse.  Even Tirerack won't sell you a tire that doesn't meet OEM standards for speed or load.  Most times Costco, Sams, etc. won't alter pressure from 35 psi, won't install tires of a different than stock size or load.  So there are some good reasons to goto an independent tire shop/garage nowadays.

 

If you want to use Tirerack take note that you can have them drop shipped to your Authorized Installer of choice and we're are listed on thier site.  You can search through us based on price, distance, specialty, etc.

 

As far as attitude and gouging because of the tires being from somewhere else, I make a good living and there's a NTB that just opened about a half a mile up from us.  We stay busyier than they do.  I have way less payroll and expenses too.

 

Vernon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why can't you, or really any dealer that is an authorized tirerack shop, just sell the tire for the same price, or better? Just askin.

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