EdGs
Senior Member
My Cooper Discoverer AT's LT265/70R17 (E rated) that I got at WalMart a few years ago lived to the ripe old age of just shy of 81,000 miles. They were worn right down to the wear bars.
My wife has to take the truck out of state, so I was scrambling to find some replacement tires and Walmart had some Cooper LT's but they wouldn't be available before she had to leave.
So, after checking around and finding out how stupid prices have become on tires, I finally contacted Tire Kingdom (now Mavis).
The gentleman I got at the call center said he could hook me up with some P rated Nitto DuraGrapplers for $698 pre-tax, mounted and road hazard. So I set up the appointment.
When I arrived, the gentleman told me that the total was $870. I said that wasn't the price I was quoted. He said no way he could sell the tires that cheap, so after me almost walking out, he got the price down to $820 out the door. I was in a pinch, so I agreed.
I was still kind of pissed off about it, so while my truck was up on the lift, I looked up the number for the call center and called them. The lady verified the quote and the pricing that I was given and said the store had to sell them for the price that I was quoted. There was no mistake and it was a valid quote. She even called the location for me.
There was a couple fees that I wasn't told on the original quote (valve stem kit and recycling) which came out to about $55. My email confirmation for the quote didn't have any pricing on it, but the lady told me that when they pull up the quote on their screen it should have all the pricing that I was given, so the guy was trying to screw me.
Anyways, I walked out of there paying $777. Sorry for the long read, did I do ok?
Btw, the tires don't look all that bad and they ride great, IMO.
My wife has to take the truck out of state, so I was scrambling to find some replacement tires and Walmart had some Cooper LT's but they wouldn't be available before she had to leave.
So, after checking around and finding out how stupid prices have become on tires, I finally contacted Tire Kingdom (now Mavis).
The gentleman I got at the call center said he could hook me up with some P rated Nitto DuraGrapplers for $698 pre-tax, mounted and road hazard. So I set up the appointment.
When I arrived, the gentleman told me that the total was $870. I said that wasn't the price I was quoted. He said no way he could sell the tires that cheap, so after me almost walking out, he got the price down to $820 out the door. I was in a pinch, so I agreed.
I was still kind of pissed off about it, so while my truck was up on the lift, I looked up the number for the call center and called them. The lady verified the quote and the pricing that I was given and said the store had to sell them for the price that I was quoted. There was no mistake and it was a valid quote. She even called the location for me.
There was a couple fees that I wasn't told on the original quote (valve stem kit and recycling) which came out to about $55. My email confirmation for the quote didn't have any pricing on it, but the lady told me that when they pull up the quote on their screen it should have all the pricing that I was given, so the guy was trying to screw me.
Anyways, I walked out of there paying $777. Sorry for the long read, did I do ok?
Btw, the tires don't look all that bad and they ride great, IMO.
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