Can't believe Sams Club did me this.

[5030]

What Daimler did to them was borderline criminal.

The only reason Daimler absorbed Chrysler was for their fat pension fund, which they drained..

 

[5030]

When you shop for tires strictly on price and local installation, you wind up at a box store usually and then you get to deal with tire jockeys and botched work.

Same applies to the 10 minute oil change places.

 

[5030]

I buy and have my tires installed at Tire Rack
Good prices and professional installation. I've always gone to their headquarters for installation but they use mobile installers also.

I do as well but not living near Tire rack (been by there many times on the Indiana Turnpike) I have them shipped to the farm and mount them myself or have my local and reputable tire place do it. I also peruse Tire Buyer and buy from them as well. Not that I buy tires constantly.

 

[Oaktree]

Sears was a good business until the idiots that ran it decided to just get up and walk away from their customer base back in the late 60's early 70's. Idiots. At one time, the biggest employer in the Free World and the 4th largest company in the world. At one time.

It takes real talent to run a company that size out of business.

Enter Walmart, Good-Bye Shears. Nature hates a vacuum.

I wouldn't say that Sears lost their way that early...80s maybe. Not that Walmart is/was any better.

Never heard of Discount Tire, but even the chain tire places don't always know what they're doing. Bought a new set of tires for my Jeep at Town Faire, they used stick-on weights. Within 6 months most of them had fallen off. Those places are always great for over-tightening lug nuts.

 

[Oaktree]

I do as well but not living near Tire rack (been by there many times on the Indiana Turnpike) I have them shipped to the farm and mount them myself or have my local and reputable tire place do it. I also peruse Tire Buyer and buy from them as well. Not that I buy tires constantly.

I don't see the benefit to Tire Rack, maybe if your vehicle uses some weird size no one locally stocks but that's it. Once you factor in shipping plus having to bring them to someone to mount/balance you've spent as much if not more than just getting them locally in the first place. Maybe their prices were low once, but I don't see a big difference today...definitely not enough to make up for the extra hassle.

 

[Dftodd]

On a side note, have you ever been up to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art up in Bentonville?

It's free and supported by the Walmart family.

Home | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

American art and exhibitions. Stunning architecture. 120 acres of Ozark nature. General admission is always free.

crystalbridges.org

No, I actually can't really stand Walmart all that much. They have a monopoly in the state between Walmart and Sam's club.

I wished we would get a Costco in town to compete. But the closest one is an hour drive away

 

[Dftodd]

I wouldn't say that Sears lost their way that early...80s maybe. Not that Walmart is/was any better.

Never heard of Discount Tire, but even the chain tire places don't always know what they're doing. Bought a new set of tires for my Jeep at Town Faire, they used stick-on weights. Within 6 months most of them had fallen off. Those places are always great for over-tightening lug nuts.

Sears in Vermont was the same way back in the early 90's. Send it in for a service or tires and they would hold your vehicle hostage saying it needs $$$$ in unnecessary repairs.

Used them once out of convenience and never went back when they tried pulling that stunt.

They had performed some unauthorized repairs and refused to provide me with the removed parts. I ended up getting the police involved when I informed them that I would only pay for what I had it in there for, and not the unauthorized repairs. They refused to give me back my keys.

Cops showed up and read the manager the riot act. Apparently this same officer had been up there multiple times that week for similar complaints and was out of patience.

I had a copy of the signed paperwork for what I had authorized. So I paid for my oil change and thanked the manager for the "Free" shocks and windshield wipers

 

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I wouldn't say that Sears lost their way that early...80s maybe. Not that Walmart is/was any better.

Never heard of Discount Tire, but even the chain tire places don't always know what they're doing. Bought a new set of tires for my Jeep at Town Faire, they used stick-on weights. Within 6 months most of them had fallen off. Those places are always great for over-tightening lug nuts.

When Sears moved out of Shopping Centers and into Malls, they just got up and walked away from their Customer Base, IMHO.

Also, they were very slow to catch onto Computer/Online Shopping as well. Here's a Company that made its bones being a Mail Order-Only Store and they were too stubborn (It is no coincidence that 'Stubborn' and 'Stupid' begin with the same 3 letters) to see the handwriting on the wall. Simply because they thought they were so powerful that they could MAKE people shop the way they wanted them to shop.

Then, when they finally began to figure it out, if you saw something Online and wanted to go to the Store and buy it there, they wouldn't let you -- Online Only. Which is (not my opinion, fact) the height of stupidity. Companies that do that aren't long for this world.

Plus, Sears would have things made for them and bury a simple design change in them to make sure you HAD to buy replacement parts from them. There's another Illinois Company that makes Tractors that does that, too. And I'll never buy another Tractor from them because of it.

Sears was not only stupid, they were arrogant. And that is a deadly combination. Just ask generic motors.

I dislike Jeff Bezos intently, but Amazon is brilliant in its simplicity. They do it right. They're not perfect, you gotta shop them but they're hard to beat.

Why should I drive to Walmart or Home Depot, dodging soccer/wine Moms the whole way that are absolutely convinced that, because they have a kid in the car, that they have the right of way at all times? And that's not counting the routine idiots on the road.

Then, when I get there, there's always some female that just simply turns her kids loose, lets them drag stuff off the shelves, screaming and hollering the whole time, bumping into your cart while playing tag at full speed, while Wine Mom yells the same threats at them the whole time she's there. Then, they start screaming at the top of their lungs and nobody (especially Wine Mom) does anything about it. And God help you if you go the day after the Welfare or the WIC Checks hit.

Then she gets in front of you at the check-out counter and wants to argue with cashier about every item in her cart.

Sorry for the rant. But I bet there's a whole lot of people on this board that feel the same exact way.

 

[MossRoad]

No, I actually can't really stand Walmart all that much. They have a monopoly in the state between Walmart and Sam's club.

I wished we would get a Costco in town to compete. But the closest one is an hour drive away

I'm not a big fan of Walmart either, however, that museum is amazing. And free. Well worth the trip. Been there twice. Now back to your regular programming.

 

[tradosaurus]

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

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

If I had to go to the trouble of taking Sam's to small claims court, the relief amount would be the cost to replace rim + lost time + court fees. The rim was $900, the total asked should be $3K minimum.