Can't believe Sams Club did me this.

[Midniteoyl]

As soon as they wrote of the reimbursement on the receipt, they admitted quilt. Remind then of this.

 

[Hay Dude]

How did they not see that it was bent, when they put it on the balancer!

Because the tires are balanced first, then installed on the vehicle. The rim was bent after the tire was mounted on the rim and balanced.

 

[Hay Dude]

Good luck but I would recommend sending them a timed demand letter immediately. Follow up at the end of the time demand with a small claims court suit for treble damages under your states deceptive trade practice act. If they don’t respond and you Sue and they don’t respond then take a default and have the Constable execute the judgement. In Texas if the judgement is against a business the Constable can take the money right out of their cash register.

Dayummmm
That’s pretty cool! lol

 

[Fixastuff]

1 hour to change tires and 1 hour to joyride your car hit a curb and bend the rim. I don't go to Walmart often and I've definitely been to one and then said "I trust these guys to work on my car"

 

[YanmarFever]

Small claims court, once they are are served they will pay up.

That receipt is worth 4 aces in front of the judge.

 

[jjeff]

I guess just another reason to avoid cheap garages or do repairs and maintenance myself when I can. Walmart and some 10min. oil change "shops" started using tubes down a dipstick hole to change oil 20 yrs ago. Rumor has it they were stripping and cross threading drain bolts. These days I'd pay extra to find and use a repair shop with real mechanics that actually know what they are doing, And are compensated fairly for there skills and knowledge.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Because the tires are balanced first, then installed on the vehicle. The rim was bent after the tire was mounted on the rim and balanced.

How could this happen ? I figured it would be the tire machine that bend the rims or the rim was ''glued'' to the disk (often the case with aluminum rims) and they had to hammer it or pry it off resulting in a bent rims ...

 

[Thomas]

I'm not to fond of Discount Tire...one of their service tech punch hole rip driver seat on new 6 month old Buick,couple of stern phone calls to their HQ Buick dealer replace the seat.

 

[5030]

I have had issues with tire shops scratching aluminum wheels.
I buy my tires on line, have them shipped to me.
I Bought a tire machine / balancer, and have mounted and balanced my own for yrs.

That's me too. Buy my tires online, delivered to the farm and usually mount and balance them myself. If I don't for some reason I use the local tire shop (that also does my tractor tires). Good professional folks. I know when they mount tires for me, they have you drive around the block and come back and they retorque the rims to factory specs. They do my TPMS sensors to which will fail after so many years. They replace and reprogram them.

I would never use Wally World or Sams or any of those places, just like the 10 minute oil change places, never, never. Monkey like employees making minimum wage that don't give a hoot, don't even know what a torque wrench or torque stick even is.

Have a gal friend with a Subaru WRX that fell into the tire trap. Got tires done at Wally World and they broke of a stud on the front and she had to take it to the dealer. 600 bucks later she was whole again and WW refused to pay for their mistake. Tire jockeys are a dime a dozen. Good tire people aren't. Same with the 10 minute oil change places. Low pay equals low quality.

Moral of the story is, never get tires at a box store discount place. Deal with competent tire shops or do it yourself. A tire machine isn't that expensive and HF sells a dandy static balancer and stick on weights too. What I use and have for years now.

The tire place I deal with is always busy, you have to make an appointment ahead of time.

 

[5030]

How could this happen ? I figured it would be the tire machine that bend the rims or the rim was ''glued'' to the disk (often the case with aluminum rims) and they had to hammer it or pry it off resulting in a bent rims ...

Why I put never seize on the mounting flange or on the mount side of the rim. Makes removal easier, especially with alloy wheels. The tire shop I deal with does the same. If it's 'stuck' to the mounting flange, you use a drilling hammer on the tire, not the rim to jar it loose anyway.

Brakes are a different animal. I bought a hydraulic puller years ago to pull seized brake discs and stuck drums off. The puller I have will either pull them or break the disc in a couple pieces and then it comes of though most times the puller will remove it. When they go back on, they get Never Seized as well. That way, the next time is a snap.