Tire Rack
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From: Hotlanta
'00 CLK430 & '08 Lexus RX 350
Tire Rack
So guys/ladies,
Whats the deal with Tire Rack. They sponsor that forum and ask you to call certain reps and enter their names in the referal blacks when ordering online....whats in it for us? Do we as MBWorld Members get some sort of discount? Just in shopping and filling up the shopping cart the deals dont seem that fantastic and youve gotta pay shipping on top of that and then pay a third party for install?
Whats the payoff?
Thanks in Advance.
Matt
Whats the deal with Tire Rack. They sponsor that forum and ask you to call certain reps and enter their names in the referal blacks when ordering online....whats in it for us? Do we as MBWorld Members get some sort of discount? Just in shopping and filling up the shopping cart the deals dont seem that fantastic and youve gotta pay shipping on top of that and then pay a third party for install?
Whats the payoff?
Thanks in Advance.
Matt
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From: Somewhere in Maryland
2000 CLK 430 Cabriolet
So guys/ladies,
Whats the deal with Tire Rack. They sponsor that forum and ask you to call certain reps and enter their names in the referal blacks when ordering online....whats in it for us? Do we as MBWorld Members get some sort of discount? Just in shopping and filling up the shopping cart the deals dont seem that fantastic and youve gotta pay shipping on top of that and then pay a third party for install?
Whats the payoff?
Thanks in Advance.
Matt
Whats the deal with Tire Rack. They sponsor that forum and ask you to call certain reps and enter their names in the referal blacks when ordering online....whats in it for us? Do we as MBWorld Members get some sort of discount? Just in shopping and filling up the shopping cart the deals dont seem that fantastic and youve gotta pay shipping on top of that and then pay a third party for install?
Whats the payoff?
Thanks in Advance.
Matt
Somebody gets paid or gets the spoils, just not you or me.
Last edited by Whodat; Jan 11, 2007 at 11:11 PM.
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From: SCV SoCal
2002 CLK430
I'm not picking sides. These are the reasons I buy from Tire Rack:
1) The Tire Rack has lower prices than I can find at my local retail outlets. If someone has a line on less expensive, brand name, performance rubber, please let us all know.
2) I pay shipping, but I don't pay tax. In all fairness, shipping on my last set of tires was more than the California tax would have been.
3) They are fast. On my last order, I placed the phone call at 2:00 PM PST. The tires were at my front door the next day. I didn't pay for next day delivery.
4) I have to pay for mounting either way, so it's going to cost me regardless.
5) Tire Rack does occasionally supply free gear with a set of tires, but it's the manufacturer that's actually giving gear away, so you have to ask.
6) Tire Rack reps are on car forums all across the net. They answer questions regardless as to whether it results in their getting a sale.
If there are reasons why I shouldn't use the rack, I'd like to know them. The best shop should get the business.
1) The Tire Rack has lower prices than I can find at my local retail outlets. If someone has a line on less expensive, brand name, performance rubber, please let us all know.
2) I pay shipping, but I don't pay tax. In all fairness, shipping on my last set of tires was more than the California tax would have been.
3) They are fast. On my last order, I placed the phone call at 2:00 PM PST. The tires were at my front door the next day. I didn't pay for next day delivery.
4) I have to pay for mounting either way, so it's going to cost me regardless.
5) Tire Rack does occasionally supply free gear with a set of tires, but it's the manufacturer that's actually giving gear away, so you have to ask.
6) Tire Rack reps are on car forums all across the net. They answer questions regardless as to whether it results in their getting a sale.
If there are reasons why I shouldn't use the rack, I'd like to know them. The best shop should get the business.
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From: Southern California
2017 W205 C43 AMG
I've used the Rack several times for tires and rims and what Marcus says is correct.
I'm in Cali, too and like the quick, quality shipping and low prices, with no sales tax, although shipping costs almosts the same, except maybe by $2-3.
I'm in Cali, too and like the quick, quality shipping and low prices, with no sales tax, although shipping costs almosts the same, except maybe by $2-3.
