05-15-2019, 12:23 PM
I'd like to hear any amazon tire stories if anybody cares to share them.
I'm normally a Costco tire guy but when I called them for a quote today I got a rude awakening on how much tires cost now. I checked Lex Brodies and their prices were a little cheaper but for tires from Malaysia with brand names that sound like they treat erectile dysfunction.
So to Amazon I went. It was difficult to navigate the choices because they have tires from all over the world and I specifically didn't want anything from mainland China. The user reviews were relatively useless because nobody waits 4 years to leave a tire review so they were all glowing reviews from the honeymoon of having new tires or they were 1 star reviews from people who ordered the wrong size or something.
I'm not a fan of Sears but the options were to get the tires shipped to me and I find somebody to put them on, or they would ship them to Hilo Sears and they will put them on for $14.77 each (Costco is now $17 each).
During the checkout process they give you the earliest date and time the tires can be installed 9 days from today) and I could choose my top 3 dates/times to schedule the installation appointment. Apparently Sears is going to call me the day before and finalize the appointment.
So here I am in the unknown, buying my first set of 2 tires from Amazon installed by Sears. The price of getting the two tires this way is approximately the same as getting 1 from Costco, and without the 4 hour drive. BUT, these things generally never work out for me so I'm left to wonder what type of hell awaits.
ETA: installation fee
I'm normally a Costco tire guy but when I called them for a quote today I got a rude awakening on how much tires cost now. I checked Lex Brodies and their prices were a little cheaper but for tires from Malaysia with brand names that sound like they treat erectile dysfunction.
So to Amazon I went. It was difficult to navigate the choices because they have tires from all over the world and I specifically didn't want anything from mainland China. The user reviews were relatively useless because nobody waits 4 years to leave a tire review so they were all glowing reviews from the honeymoon of having new tires or they were 1 star reviews from people who ordered the wrong size or something.
I'm not a fan of Sears but the options were to get the tires shipped to me and I find somebody to put them on, or they would ship them to Hilo Sears and they will put them on for $14.77 each (Costco is now $17 each).
During the checkout process they give you the earliest date and time the tires can be installed 9 days from today) and I could choose my top 3 dates/times to schedule the installation appointment. Apparently Sears is going to call me the day before and finalize the appointment.
So here I am in the unknown, buying my first set of 2 tires from Amazon installed by Sears. The price of getting the two tires this way is approximately the same as getting 1 from Costco, and without the 4 hour drive. BUT, these things generally never work out for me so I'm left to wonder what type of hell awaits.
ETA: installation fee