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I bought tires at Walmart for my 1989 Wrangler.
Ok, now stop laughing.
They had a great deal on Goodyear Wrangler Radials 235-75/R15, $50 a tire! Can't beat it. They are discontinued and Walmart got the last batch. I needed tires, and I had the same Wrangler tires on my Jeep for the last 7 years, and got 40,000 miles out of them. So I was happy to hear about the deal.
I had a 215-75/R15 spare tire on my matching spare wheel, and I wanted them to take the best looking old 235 and make it the spare. So 2 hours later they tell me they can't get one of the back wheels off, it's stuck. Ok, well this happens on drum brakes, and you just hit it with a hammer and it unstucks. Well, they wouldn't do it. They refused to get a hammer and knock the thing off. So I asked them to leave the stuck wheel on there, and change out the spare... So when I got home I would just knock the wheel with a hammer and switch the spare and the back wheel/tire. I was about 20 miles away from home. Well they said they wouldn't do it. They said leaving the half worn 235 on the Jeep would ruin the 4 wheel drive system. They said if one tire is not like the others, it will break the 4 wheel drive system because one tire would slip. They just wouldn't do it. So I asked to talk to their district manager, she said she was the district manager. So I asked for the Regional Manager's phone number. AHHHH! I was pissed.
So I drove around to 5 different places to find someone to knock the wheel with a hammer, everyone said they couldn't do it today. So I finally went to Monroe and they took out a huge hammer, hit it, and the wheel came off - no problem. I went back to Walmart and got my tires. So then I went back home and then to a birthday party, many miles the other way. When I got to the party I noticed they charged me $8.01 per tire for a warranty. What? The work order said, "customer accepted the warranty". They didn't say anything to me about a warranty. They just added it to my bill (illegal in NY, by the way). I called them and they said I was crazy to want to return such a great deal like a$8.01 warranty on tires. I said, ok, what if I tire does go bad, what do you do? They said we'll replace it. Well, if the Goodyear Wrangler Radial tires I am buying are discontinued, what are you going to replace it with? "A tire of equal quality" At this point I was going crazy. Didn't they just tell me that if one tire was any different it would break my 4 wheel drive system?!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I called them back and they said I could bring it to the nearby Walmart for a refund. Fine, so I went there, and they said they can't do it because they don't have a Tire place in that Walmart. By this time it was 9pm and I couldn't make it back to the original store before they closed. So I called back up, and they said I could get my refund at the 24hr Super Walmart. (I have to work for the next 9 days, then I go on vacation, so today is the only day I can do it) I said put me on hold, call them and make sure it's alright. They did. So I went up to the 24hr Super Walmart and they gave me a hard time. I just stayed there, until they gave me my money back.
I still have to call the regional manager and complain about the district manager. This is the second time she has given my girlfriend and I a hard time. Last time we special ordered tires for my gf's Grand Cherokee we were told it would take 2 weeks, cause it was Christmas. Well, we called every 2 weeks and they said they were on order. In May we had enough and had to talk to the District Manager, and she was rude to us.
Walmart sucks for tires, but they have the lowest price on them.