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Hey Guys
Would love to get your opinions on my situation. This weekend my $7 repair job at Discount Tires turned into $800 job. I took my 2014 Mazda 3 in because I had a busted valve that was slowing leaking air out. Shop charged me $7 to repair. A few minutes after inspection, guy comes back out and tells me that the inside of the tire wall is badly worn out and the valve is not replaceable. So he says to me that because of legal/liability circumstances that he cannot put the bad tire back on and let me drive off with it. I either buy a new tire or he put the spare on. Said F it and said give me all 4 new tires since I was pretty much due for replacement considering I had the tires from day 1 and was approaching 50,000 on my mileage.
So we go inside and shop tires and prices. Guy gives me the "cheaper" option and then the "best choice" option. The cheap tires were about $97/each but of course... 4 were not in stock. Decided to go with the more expensive option because I do commute pretty far from home and work and don't want to be commuting on crappy tires. So I went with Michelin PILOT SPORT A/S 3 PLUS (225 /40 R18"), which they charged me $167/each and after fees came out to $800.
Just wondering if you guys think I was charged reasonably for the tires, and also is them claiming their liability hold against you something they can really do or is that just a sales tactic?
Would love to get your opinions on my situation. This weekend my $7 repair job at Discount Tires turned into $800 job. I took my 2014 Mazda 3 in because I had a busted valve that was slowing leaking air out. Shop charged me $7 to repair. A few minutes after inspection, guy comes back out and tells me that the inside of the tire wall is badly worn out and the valve is not replaceable. So he says to me that because of legal/liability circumstances that he cannot put the bad tire back on and let me drive off with it. I either buy a new tire or he put the spare on. Said F it and said give me all 4 new tires since I was pretty much due for replacement considering I had the tires from day 1 and was approaching 50,000 on my mileage.
So we go inside and shop tires and prices. Guy gives me the "cheaper" option and then the "best choice" option. The cheap tires were about $97/each but of course... 4 were not in stock. Decided to go with the more expensive option because I do commute pretty far from home and work and don't want to be commuting on crappy tires. So I went with Michelin PILOT SPORT A/S 3 PLUS (225 /40 R18"), which they charged me $167/each and after fees came out to $800.
Just wondering if you guys think I was charged reasonably for the tires, and also is them claiming their liability hold against you something they can really do or is that just a sales tactic?