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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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It pays to shop around for wheels & tires.

Just FYI - I got a set of AMG Double Spoke 7.5x17 (ET:37) for Winter use with Blizzak LM-25's. I purchased from The Wheel Exchange because even though they got the tires from TireRack and charged me a little more for them, the complete package (including center caps, mounting and balancing) was still $568 cheaper! YMMV but it certainly pays to shop around. It could swing one way or the other depending on what you are purchasing. I initially wanted to purchase from TireRack but they were unable to budge on the price, making it a no-brainer in this case.

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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:00 AM
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I was using Luke(tirerack) exclusively, but Neal aka BlackC230Coupe and Eurotek beat their price.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:23 PM
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I was using Luke(tirerack) exclusively, but Neal aka BlackC230Coupe and Eurotek beat their price.
Really, Luke is a really great guy. Something must've happened, because they can usually beat anybody's pricing 99% of the time.
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Really, Luke is a really great guy. Something must've happened, because they can usually beat anybody's pricing 99% of the time.
I did not talk to Luke. If they can negotiate price then they have a real problem there (and they lost a sale; not that they really care). It seems people get bad information from some TireRack employees and then Luke chimes in with "the rule is to only ever listen to and believe me". That's not a good way to run a business, IMO. In any case they would not budge one penny on the price. That's OK. I saved a good chunk of change on the exact same package and the service from Wheel Exchange was just fine.

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