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- From: rhw@evolving.com (Robert H. Wiebener)
- Subject: Re: Mail order tires
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.163809.57191@evolving.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:38:09 GMT
- References: <moseley.43.713133269@u.washington.edu> <1992Aug11.145732.2861@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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- In article <1992Aug11.145732.2861@dg-rtp.dg.com> brownr@hydra.rtp.dg.com (Tall Randy Brown) writes:
- >moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley) writes:
- >>Any opinions on Tire Rack or other mail order tire suppliers? I can't
- >>tolerate the incompetence of the local Goodyear dealer, and I can get tires
- >>mounted and balanced cheap at the auto hobby shop at a military base.
- >I ordered my last set of tire from Tire Rack, excellent service, selection,
- >and price. I plan to order my next set soon from them, if they have the
- I agree, no complaints. I think this is the only way to go and I will
- surely use them again.
-
- >get them mounted and balanced, and you can bargain at some places to get
- >this for free if you buy a set of tires. This usually just balances out
- >their over-priced tires, but sometimes its worth it. And for you, since
- I just ordered a set of Dunlop D40/M2s for my Mustang. The cost
- break-down, as I see it:
-
- Mail Order Showroom
- ---------- --------
- $ 115.00 $ 155.00 Tires
- 6.00 0.00 Mounting
- 7.00 0.00 Shipping
- 6.00 6.00 Balancing
- 0.00 11.00 7% tax
- ---------- --------
- $ 134.00 $ 172.00 Total
-
- So, the way it looks to me I saved $38.00 per tire or $152 for the whole
- set. The only question I have is about the warranty on defective tires,
- where would I go to get the bad tire replaced? Maybe I could have found
- them cheaper locally, but I called 4 places and the 155 was the
- cheapest. Looks like a pretty good deal to me. And the shipping only
- took 4 days. Interesting though, I got two tires one day and the other
- two the next day. UPS, when you care enough to send something that
- doesn't have to get there.
-
- -- robert
-
- Robert H. Wiebener, Jr. | Internet: rhw@evolving.com
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