I was looking for BFG Radial T/A's in 225/60/15's, all over the local area. Cheapest I found was about $700. Then went to walmart, and they wanted $500 for a set ($555 with tax and recycling fees). So I ordered them Friday, and they came in today.
To make a long story, short....I called up and was told over the phone I had an appointment to get the tires mounted on my rims. I get there after work, and get told to get in the back of the line. The line happens to be an oil change line, with cars wrapped around the building.
By the time I get up to the front, they just quit taking customers there for tires. I sat in my car for 2 hours, just to get told I can come back at 7 in the morning, like it's a privilege. So I went inside paid for the tires, and took them home. Tomorrow, on my lunch break, I'll have to swing by the Firestone on post and get em mounted there.
So now I understand how Walmart sells the tires so cheap. They have the worst customer service I've ever seen, in a tire shop, with their underpayed employee's, and inexperienced / cheap-labor service/tech guys. I will definitely pay a little extra next time, to not have to deal with crap like that again. In fact, if I can help it, I will try to not buy anything from Walmart, period. I hate everything that they stand for. They killed most of the grocery/retail industry, by underselling everyone, with cheap chinese crap, and now that they pretty much have a monopoly, they have been jacking up the prices on everything.
To make a long story, short....I called up and was told over the phone I had an appointment to get the tires mounted on my rims. I get there after work, and get told to get in the back of the line. The line happens to be an oil change line, with cars wrapped around the building.
By the time I get up to the front, they just quit taking customers there for tires. I sat in my car for 2 hours, just to get told I can come back at 7 in the morning, like it's a privilege. So I went inside paid for the tires, and took them home. Tomorrow, on my lunch break, I'll have to swing by the Firestone on post and get em mounted there.
So now I understand how Walmart sells the tires so cheap. They have the worst customer service I've ever seen, in a tire shop, with their underpayed employee's, and inexperienced / cheap-labor service/tech guys. I will definitely pay a little extra next time, to not have to deal with crap like that again. In fact, if I can help it, I will try to not buy anything from Walmart, period. I hate everything that they stand for. They killed most of the grocery/retail industry, by underselling everyone, with cheap chinese crap, and now that they pretty much have a monopoly, they have been jacking up the prices on everything.