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Originally Posted by sperry
IMO, Les Schwab has high prices, none of the brands I buy, and condescending help.
A few years back I had a set of Blizzack LM22's on order at TireRack, and I was looking for someone to mount them. I talked to the guys at LS and I was told mounting was $25/tire (most places charged about $10/ea at the time), but that didn't matter because they wouldn't mount something they hadn't sold me... but considering they didn't carry Bridgestone Blizzacks, Nokia Hakkapellias, or Dunlop Wintersports I don't see why I'd bother to pay $700 for a set of snow tires from there.  Plus the guy was a dick, like I was wasting his time trying to give them my money for services.
I've never gone back since, and won't in the future. There's way too much competition out there for them to jerk customers around. They can keep selling to the people that don't know any better. |
Wow! $25/tire to mount them? Here in Portland, we only charge $3.50-$5.5o/tire depending on the size and difficulty of the mounting process. Did that include a valve stem and balance? Cuz a balance is only $10.50/tire and that still doesn't add up. We do carry some Nokians, and can get Blizzaks and wintersports, I'm suprised they didn't tell you that. We don't stock them they just have to be ordered. I apologize for them being condecending to you, that is not how we do business. Customers are our priority.
Where I work now we are very close to Portland International Raceway and we do a lot of work with the Miata club - shaving down RA-1's for them and taking care of other autocrossers, drifters, and drag racers. We will also do performance alignments to the specs you want, because we know enthusiasts have different agendas when it comes to alignments than the general public. We take care of every car that comes in to our store like it was our own. I too am very picky about who works on my bugeye and I definitely see your concerns. It sounds like I have my work cut out for me if I come to Reno.