TireRack.com Watch out

[Tony H]

Last week I priced out tires and The Tire Rack worked out to be the best even with the shipping cost. this week,Just for giggles, I went back on that website and looked up the same tire, same quantity and shipping to same address. Their shipping costs went up LITERALLY 60% in a week.
From $35 to $75 dollars. So if you used them in the past it may be cheaper to buy local now.

 

[B94Sport]

Darn that rising cost of gas.
And you also shipped from the same facility?

 

[302Xplorer]

Just got some delivered today and the shipping charges were $35.

 

[B94Sport]

Yeah, I just looked, and it's $35 for me as well... Of course, I live about 1.5 hours from their Indiana warehouse. I am betting that the first warehouse that he got a quote from ran out, and the site automatically moved to the next, farther away facility, and the shipping costs went up appropriately.

Although I thought they had some kind of warning for that, and let you wait until they were available from the main facility again.

 

[Hartman]

Yeah, I just looked, and it's $35 for me as well... Of course, I live about 1.5 hours from their Indiana warehouse. I am betting that the first warehouse that he got a quote from ran out, and the site automatically moved to the next, farther away facility, and the shipping costs went up appropriately.

Although I thought they had some kind of warning for that, and let you wait until they were available from the main facility again.

I would bet that's what happened.

 

[Tony H]

Same shipping Delaware.

Before buying, I asked some questions on-line and they got back within 2 days.
My question about the shipping seems to have 'gotten lost', no response.

I'll go and run the same exercise again in a few days and see what the delivery is.
Maybe you all bought just under the wire. Or people complained and they went back or I don't know what. It did state the same shipping address with the higher price.

 

[TBRONK]

I just looked up a set of tires last night and the shipping quote was also $75. I've bought a couple sets of tires in the past through them and it was always a lot cheaper than that. It pays to shop around

 

[302Xplorer]

I just checked and it's still $35 from Deleware to Richmond Va.

 

[B94Sport]

It is still $35 from Indiana to Illinois... This is very interesting.

 

[spindlecone]

I found that if you print out the tirerack price sheet, any major tire store will meet the price no problem, no shipping costs.

 

[Jason94sport]

Some will. Not all of them. I don't get tires from tirerack anyway. With shipping they are cheaper, but you still have to get them installed. All that extra $$ adds up.

 

[Creager]

i just bought a tire from them and it was 25 bucks shipping from luisiana to north carolina

 

[jimbo74]

I found that if you print out the tirerack price sheet, any major tire store will meet the price no problem, no shipping costs.

hey spindelcone, i live about 20 miles from you and used to work @ wheel works in fremont although there are several of the same store out in sj.... wheel works would match the price of the tires, but nailed you for $20 per tire extra for mounting and balancing....

 

[MtnBikerChk]

hey spindelcone, i live about 20 miles from you and used to work @ wheel works in fremont although there are several of the same store out in sj.... wheel works would match the price of the tires, but nailed you for $20 per tire extra for mounting and balancing....

same thing in CT.

costco is cheapest.

 

[spindlecone]

hey spindelcone, i live about 20 miles from you and used to work @ wheel works in fremont although there are several of the same store out in sj.... wheel works would match the price of the tires, but nailed you for $20 per tire extra for mounting and balancing....

I use wheelworks over on Alum rock, they pricematch and charge 15 per tire.
When I bought my last set of rims from TR, I took it to one of TRs preffered installers downtown.
Next morning I was sitting on four flats, they forgot to tighten the metal valve stems

 

[302Xplorer]

Lucky for me I work for a manufactuer of tire changers and balancers and we have a shop set up in the back for the employees to use. Mounting my revos yesterday, I came
darn close to tearing a bead! Those sidewalls are very stiff for an A/T tire. Needless to say, tirerack is perfect for my situation.