I've been thinking about this for a while:

Why would a tire store accept me buying tires from Tirerack, delivering them
to their store, and paying them their normal fee to mount and balance, when they make no profit on tire sales??

What is their incentive to treat me the same as a buying customer?


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maybe they get a flat fee for doing it on the inside.

 

Dont get me wrong, anyone.

Im actually contemplating my next set of tires from Tirerack.

I just wanted to understand the other side of the equation.

 

I actually did this. I bought tires for my Xterra from TireRack, then took them to Walmart for mounting/balancing. They charged me some nominal fee--wasn't a big deal. Definitely worth the convenience.

 

They make money on the labor they charge you for mounting and balancing them.

 

Anyone in the sf valley, the best and cheapest place tp get tires is tires by mark guaranteed!

 

Those stores that except deliveries of your tires from TR are on TR's installer list for a reason.... they want your business!! Even if it is just the mounting and balance end... believe it or not with a lot of tires the margins are so low that the mount and balance is the "meat and potatoes"

 

Plus if they give you good service next time you have a tire emergency then hopefully you will come back to them.

 

I'm with BB on this one. They make up their costs on the labor.

 

All I can say about Tires By Mark is:
........You get what you pay for........

 

Thanks all for the speculation, but I really wanted to hear it from the horses mouth.

 

 

Now thats funny!!!

 

Haha. Did you ever hear anything from Neal? He may be still out of office for the Holiday. He typically let's us know though. You may try PMing him.

 

Sorry for the delay. Trying to catch up a bit from the busy season we have had and I missed this thread by accident.

Our installers are happy to receive the labor business when a customer of ours has tires shipped there. Also helps open the door to other services such as alignments, engine work, etc that may help you build a long term relationship with a reliable shop.