Is Anyone More Stupid than Costco?
03-24-2009, 07:16 PM
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Is Anyone More Stupid than Costco?
Ok so I needed tires for my XB and I have a different size tire than one they claim is standard. Their measuring stick is the sticker on the door jam that denotes standard tire size. They refuse to put any other tire on the car...with my fitment the size tire listed in the door jam would not allow my car to be drivable.....(lowered on coils)
So I asked them what if I came to you with my 18's which were a Scion factory option but not listed on the door you would only put the the 15's on them? I want to see that stretch! The idiot I spoke to said we can only put the 185 65 15 listed on the door on the car...... even if I brought them the window sticker with 18's on it......
Long story short what a bunch of putz's... I bought my tires elsewhere at a better price too.....
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So I asked them what if I came to you with my 18's which were a Scion factory option but not listed on the door you would only put the the 15's on them? I want to see that stretch! The idiot I spoke to said we can only put the 185 65 15 listed on the door on the car...... even if I brought them the window sticker with 18's on it......
Long story short what a bunch of putz's... I bought my tires elsewhere at a better price too.....
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03-25-2009, 01:54 AM
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Sam's Club has done the same thing before. My mom's new husband tried to take his truck there with some 33s on it and he just wanted to buy the tires b/c he knew they wouldn't mount them - but the guy at the checkout insisted they would. He figured wth and went out back...
Nope. Not OEM size.
Though it was funny, the guy said if he brought the wheels back not on the vehicle, he could do them after hours. But they wouldn't do it and put them on the vehicle for liability reasons.
Nope. Not OEM size.
Though it was funny, the guy said if he brought the wheels back not on the vehicle, he could do them after hours. But they wouldn't do it and put them on the vehicle for liability reasons.
03-25-2009, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Andrew1782
You guys need to chill. The guy at Costco was only teling you what they are allowed to do, and that is to stick with factory specs that they are told too. He wasn't telling you he would stretch a tire...you were just bieng a smarta$$. You hurl a bunch of insults at someone for telling you what they are and are not permitted to do.
Sorry to say but you seem to be the one that comes off like the douchebag.
Sorry to say but you seem to be the one that comes off like the douchebag.
They are idiots if they say the can't do it
03-25-2009, 02:19 AM
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Well at least now we all know that the supposed Costco corporate policy is to do OEM tire replacements only. A question of liability for a huge corporation with deep $$ pockets, trying to avoid lawsuits, no doubt.
ScionD qualified his (her? 
) posting as a "rant" so there's no need for name calling.
Originally Posted by Andrew1782
Sorry to say but you seem to be the one that comes off like the douchebag.
) posting as a "rant" so there's no need for name calling.
03-25-2009, 02:23 AM
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It's a liability issue. We, at the dealership, ONLY put on the correct tire size for the vehicle aswell. Now if it has aftermarket wheels, with a different size tire, we put whatever the aftermarket wheel has on them.
03-25-2009, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Metro273
It's a liability issue. We, at the dealership, ONLY put on the correct tire size for the vehicle aswell. Now if it has aftermarket wheels, with a different size tire, we put whatever the aftermarket wheel has on them.
03-25-2009, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
discount ftw x2.
03-29-2009, 09:58 PM
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One fix to this problem that I actually have seen work is to stick on a nice looking "optional tires" sticker printed up with one of the little Brother "P-Touch" tape printers.
Actually, if a dealer sells a car with optional wheels/tires that differ from stock size they are required by federal regulation (FMVSS 110) to put a new sticker on... See this article: http://www.trva.org/legupdates/cccplacard.pdf
I have a "new sticker" on my door frame, next to the factory one, that says
FMVSS 110 optional
tire size: 185/65R15
No one has ever challenged it.
(I made it myself...)
Actually, if a dealer sells a car with optional wheels/tires that differ from stock size they are required by federal regulation (FMVSS 110) to put a new sticker on...
See this article: http://www.trva.org/legupdates/cccplacard.pdfI have a "new sticker" on my door frame, next to the factory one, that says
FMVSS 110 optional
tire size: 185/65R15
No one has ever challenged it.
(I made it myself...)
