Why not Les Schwab? clay
On Jun 3, 2012, at 4:19 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: >> ....Tire Rack and similar websites seem to have the best prices, but >> around >> here at least, the dealers charge higher prices for mounting the >> mailorder >> tires such that little or nothing is saved by ordering them... >> > What? You expect them to mount tires you bought elsewhere for free? > > All right, pay attention. > > Since Tire Rack is now the biggest tire dealer in the country, they are > controlling the prices. So here's what I have done several times. > > Knowing exactly what tires I want, I go into Discount Tire (a big chain out > my way) and I tell them that I want to order a set of those tires but want > to pay Tire Rack prices. No problem, says the counter man as he is going to > Tire Rack's website to check the price. So he says, we will honor that price > but we will add the freight they would have charged you from their > warehouse which for me is in Reno. I agree and the tires are ordered if not > in > stock. Since mounting is always included in local tire purchases, I pay for > balancing only. Plus, I get lifetime flat repairs and balancing. And, local > warranty replacement later if needed with no charges for > mount/dismount/rebalance. > > The only thing I have to do first is get a commitment from the store > manager that they absolutely can mount tires on my wheels without ANY damage. > The > answer is always yes so when the screw one up I've got 'em. My car has very > fragile and expensive wheels which are still in brand new condition so I > have to choose a shop very carefully and would never dream of attempting any > of > this myself. > > I am about to replace the tires on my C300 (1st time) so will go through > this little exercise very soon. > > RLE > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
