If you show that price to discount tire, they will sell you 4 tires for the price of 3.
Club / store tires vs Regularly available models
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I’ve called A couple local GM shops and they act like this deal is non-existent. I’ll keep trying
This isn't new nor unique to tires.
My anecdote from the late 90s early 2000s was looking for a video camera. Sony offered the same exact camera, save for the model number, to different electronics retailers. I.E. Bestbuy got something like VC-65B and Circuit City got VC-65C. (A totally made up name, but it serves well for the illustration.)
I suspect that each could prevent you from cross shopping as the model numbers were unique to that store. No need to price match when you are the only one who sells that model. Both cameras had the same specs, just a B or C at the end of the model number.
I suspect the same is true for tires. Technically the brand name tire store doesn't have to match the club store price because they are different model products.
That's my theory, FWIW.
My anecdote from the late 90s early 2000s was looking for a video camera. Sony offered the same exact camera, save for the model number, to different electronics retailers. I.E. Bestbuy got something like VC-65B and Circuit City got VC-65C. (A totally made up name, but it serves well for the illustration.)
I suspect that each could prevent you from cross shopping as the model numbers were unique to that store. No need to price match when you are the only one who sells that model. Both cameras had the same specs, just a B or C at the end of the model number.
I suspect the same is true for tires. Technically the brand name tire store doesn't have to match the club store price because they are different model products.
That's my theory, FWIW.
Very likely. It’s that way with mattresses too it seems as we made that purchase a couple years ago.
That's weird as GM has been doing it for at least a few years, spring and fall.
I don't know if all dealers are required to honor it (maybe check fine print), but it would be more correct to say "we don't honor that" than "it doesn't exist."
check on line simpletire.com good selection located i GA.
Nope, I figured this out many years ago when one of our kids was a newborn. We were looking for a stroller and were seeing the same one at Walmart, Target, etc. Well, it was cheaper at one store but out of stock so I figured, we'll get the other store to price-match. The p/n at Target, for example, had a "T" on the end while the one at Walmart had a "W" on the end (or something like this). They wouldn't price-match because "it's not the same part number".
Watch out for NTB as they have sales but they are only in stock in certain locations. I went to buy some Michelin tires that were buy 3 get 1 free and was told not in stock but if I drove 20 miles out the way they had one set to which I asked them to get for me. Answer I got was since not normally stocked if they ordered I wouldn't get the sale. Left a negative review then bought at Goodyear which they agreed to honor price on comparable tire since they didn't sale Michelin. Goodyear has my business at least for now.
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