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Tire mounting
September 24, 2012 at
09:05 AM
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I got in on the DTD deal a couple weeks ago as my car will need new tires by the winter. So now I have 4 tires sitting in my garage waiting to be installed.
I'm looking for a place to mount/balance them and to my surprise, a couple shops have refused. Their excuse is "if we tear it, then we owe you a new tire" .... Uh OK. I understand that some shops could refuse on principle (e.g. they want you to buy the tires from them for profit), but work is work - if it takes a tech 1 hour to mount and balance 4 tires and you pay him $20 and charge $100 - that's $80 in your pocket. I'm also looking for a 4 wheel alignment, which is pure profit. I can understand perhaps turning down this business when your shop is packed (better to sell tires at a profit, too), but why do it when you're not busy?
Has anyone seen this excuse before?
I'm looking for a place to mount/balance them and to my surprise, a couple shops have refused. Their excuse is "if we tear it, then we owe you a new tire" .... Uh OK. I understand that some shops could refuse on principle (e.g. they want you to buy the tires from them for profit), but work is work - if it takes a tech 1 hour to mount and balance 4 tires and you pay him $20 and charge $100 - that's $80 in your pocket. I'm also looking for a 4 wheel alignment, which is pure profit. I can understand perhaps turning down this business when your shop is packed (better to sell tires at a profit, too), but why do it when you're not busy?
Has anyone seen this excuse before?
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I get the warranty on parts, since you didn't buy it from them but to place it?
discount tires rotate and balance tires/wheel all the time even if you didnt buy the tires from them. its cheaper for me to balance them there than to go back to the dealer where i bought my car.
if that was the case then jiffy lube, midas, car RX, etc would be out of business
Dealership's have the right to refusal for service on any vehicle that was not purchased from them, or were you not aware of that? I know someone who this personally happened to where they bought the vehicle a couple of counties away from where we live; and took it back to a local Dealership where they live "here" - and the Dealership refused to service "said vehicle" because it was not purchased there - and told them to take it back to where they purchased it. Hard to believe isn't it
After 35+ years in the business, we have seen just about everything
After 35+ years in the business, we have seen just about everything
It would cause me to drop 5 grand to fix up my '71 chevy. But that is something I can actually work on.
The only one taking Moot out for a test drive is me
We have a Shopping Cart date
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Did you complain to the Management
They should have cooked it for you, for gawd's sake,
you provided your own steak, the least they could do
is cook it for you, after all, they are only paying the
labor for the Chef to cook it
Then if you ended up with EColi, you could sue them
We have a Shopping Cart date
For some reason I feel this song would be playing throughout the parking lot to add total dramatics to our antics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYFKcM
OMG
For some reason I feel this song would be playing throughout the parking lot to add total dramatics to our antics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYFKcM
OMG
with our Shopping Carts, in tune with the song, shoulders swaying
to the tune
in our way
They did it for the standard time charge, and tacked on an absurd fee for lost profit on part or something like that. Awesome!
Just take your tires to the local high school shop. At least around here supervision is top notch, equipment is leading edge and the kids are enthusiastic to help. Bring your own parts and no charge to install!
with our Shopping Carts, in tune with the song, shoulders swaying
to the tune
in our way
And the song will still be playing..........
And the song will still be playing..........
I'm there with ya babe
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Like,
"I paid $40 extra to get an OEM serpentine belt so I know it's good."
"That's great, but that belt is just a Gates belt with an OEM sticker on it."