Wall Smart Duh

LBrown59 · Sep 29, 2010

Wall Smart Duh :smiley_aafz:

Needed a leaking valve stem replaced in a rear wheel rim .
Took the D 50 to them to replace it.
After waiting about and hour or so they call me out to the truck and tell me that they can't install a new stem in the rim because the tire is weather cracked .
They said the only thing they could do was sell me a new tire.
Now I see how they fudge out of delivering the services I prepaid for when I bought the tires.

Took the truck to a tire shop and they replaced the valve stem for $7.49 plus tax.
This tells me that the wall fart incident was simply a rouse to coerce me into buying
a new tire and services for about $62.00.
$7.49 is a far cry from $62.00 But it still kinda ticks me off that I had to pay the tire shop for what I have already paid wall mart to do .

I guess I've bough my last tire from wall mart.
No sense in paying them and a tire shop both for the same service !

brin · Sep 29, 2010

Yep it just makes you sick that they get away with that kind of thing...but you caught it LB..wise move..

hr3 · Sep 29, 2010

LB have you ever seen a weather cracked tire explode,, Maybe the guy at WM didn't want it blowing up in his face..

20 20 · Sep 29, 2010

I won't buy tires nor have ANY TYPE of mechanical work done at wal-chimps. They remind me of a bunch of monkeys flinging pooo inside a cage. Their tires are, well to put it simply....JUNK !!!! I've also sat and watched them do work on vehicles{while waiting for my better half to finish shopping}, makes me wonder how they became mechanics, but is still fun to watch. Of course this is in my area, other places could be much better, but I'll never take that chance.

Skyco · Sep 29, 2010

Never seen a mechanic at any Wal-Mart....tire changers, yes.
I bet they got sued by someone whose weather cracked tire blew and caused an accident...just blame the last guy/big corporation/deep pockets that touched it.
I've also heard stories lately of tire companies refusing to put anything but a trailer tire on a trailer wheel, never mind they don't stock them and they just leave some poor soul stranded because they won't put a truck tire on. Again- I bet someone got sued when a truck tire let go on a trailer..

Jimbrown · Sep 29, 2010

That s exactly why I do all my tire business with one of the local privately owned tire shops. Theymight be a few dollars higher on certain tires but when I go in they know who I am us ualy put two or more guys on the truck and usually fix it for free unless I am buying new tires. I actually bought four new tires one day in less than 15 minutes. I drove in told the guys to pull all the tires told the owner to put 4 new ones on. One guy got after each tire (four guys) they demounted, mounted, balanced, and mounted and I paid. less than 15 minutes.

grnspot110 · Sep 29, 2010

Jimbrown said:
That s exactly why I do all my tire business with one of the local privately owned tire shops. Theymight be a few dollars higher on certain tires but when I go in they know who I am us ualy put two or more guys on the truck and usually fix it for free unless I am buying new tires. I actually bought four new tires one day in less than 15 minutes. I drove in told the guys to pull all the tires told the owner to put 4 new ones on. One guy got after each tire (four guys) they demounted, mounted, balanced, and mounted and I paid. less than 15 minutes.

Same here! I do mount most of my own small tires, Mule, garden tractors, etc. Have had to take the mounted tire to the tire shop to "seat" the bead, no charge (same as with new stems)! That's why I do my tire business with them! :thumbsup: ~~ grnspot110

mbrule · Sep 30, 2010

Same here, local family owned shop down the street from work. Tires cost a little (but just a little) more. I often have them do crappy things like mount and dismount old tires, I have had them do some old split ring stuff for an old Payloader I have. They always help me and at reasonable cost, no matter what I need!

bp fick · Sep 30, 2010

A big outfit like Wal-Mart is steeped in rules and regs. They are pretty strict about preventing anything that could result in a loss or judgement against them. The little guys who own their own shop down the street don't have these restrictions and can make up their own minds and take their own risks.

LB, how old are the tires? If they are more the 5 years old, WalMart's done with them and you shouldn't have been surprised that they "failed" to do their on-going promised service. Tires, like milk, have shelf life.

LBrown59 · Sep 30, 2010

bp fick said:
A big outfit like Wal-Mart is steeped in rules and regs.
1*They are pretty strict about preventing anything that could result in a loss or judgement against them.
2*The little guys who own their own shop down the street don't have these restrictions and can make up their own minds and take their own risks.
3*LB, how old are the tires? If they are more the 5 years old, WalMart's done with them and you shouldn't have been surprised that they "failed" to do their on-going promised service.
4*Tires, like milk, have a shelf life.

1* Wall mart should disclose what they
interpret life time as being .
2* I still consider the incident wall marts attempt to sucker me into buying a new tire .
3*The agreement was life time not 5 years. This was not the tire it's self but the valve for the rim.

4*True but be weary of those makeing that determinarion