rant about sears tires

Last year I bought sears guardsman 165 15 radials from sears on a carryout of 4 tires for $99.00. 40,000 mile warranty. At 25 bucks a tire, I will warrant myself if I have to. Dennis

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I could go on and on about sears products, especially their crapsman tools, water softener, lawn mower, etc. I consider myself to have been ripped off by them for the last time.

I bought a pair of tires for the front of my car once. Fine. Then a little while later I went back for another pair of tires to match the first pair. They put on 2 different sized tires. When I told them about the mistake the response was (now get this) I must have asked for 2 different sized tires! Sure, like I want 3 of one size and one of another size!

I bought a battery there once and the 'mechanic' (???) took the clamps off of the battery posts with a pair of pliers, put in the new battery, and put the clamps back on with a pair of pliers. Chewed the hell out of the nuts.

I had better stop now. I could rant for page after page.

Dan '73 SB

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:29:42 GMT, "Dan Smith" , who was sitting in a corner eating his Xmas pie stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and began to run off at the mouth like so:

Aw, c'mon Uncle Dan! Tell us about the Sears lawnmower fiasco again! Purty please! :-P *puppy dog eyes*

-- Travis (Shaggie) '63 VW Camo Baja...

corrodes the vessel that carries it.

You should be proud of me for not going on like I did last time Uncle Shaggie. I think I wrote at least twice as much that time didn't I? :-)

Did I ever tell you about the wood chisels?

hmmmm.... do i want to know how you guys would be each others uncles???

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:25:43 -0400, "VWGirl" , who was sitting in a corner eating his Xmas pie stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and began to run off at the mouth like so:

Don't play like you don't know, Aunt Lauren. ;-)

-- Travis (Shaggie) '63 VW Camo Baja...

corrodes the vessel that carries it.

Hey, I like craftsman tools. When I get ripped off for my van toolsets (um, let's see, now... about once a decade - three times so far), the bad guys get my beat up rusty craftsman tools and I get shiny new ones without paying an arm and a leg. I ain't buyin' no snap-on's for no crooks.

ack! don't involve me in your twisted family!

Been to sears for tires before. Never again...

4play (@\|/@)(.\~/.) sears to make sure they had balanced the tires correctly (they reallyslack

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:07:10 GMT, "\(O\\|/O\)\(.\\~/.\)" , who was sitting in a corner eating his Xmas pie stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and began to run off at the mouth like so:

You can have my Craftsman tools when you pry them from my COLD DEAD HANDS!!! /Charlton Heston

-- Travis (Shaggie) '63 VW Camo Baja...

corrodes the vessel that carries it.

We may be uncles but that doesn't mean we're each others uncles. Actually,

3 days ago (Sunday) I became a great uncle, not that I'm all that great. :-)

I should have qualified that statement. I have lots of Craftsman hand tools that I like but the crapsman power tools are terrible, IMHO. But for the price of their hand tools, I'm definitely paying for any replacements I ever get.

Ummm, Snap-On! (said in a Homer Simpson voice, as in Ummm, doughnuts!) I wish I could afford them.

I'll stop with the sears rant now so Uncle Shaggie doesn't scold me again. :-)

"travis" wrote

Don't tempt us.

:o)

-- Scott

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:08:27 GMT, "\(O\\|/O\)\(.\\~/.\)" ran around screaming and yelling:

i got sears tires on my truck now....they are much better than the tires i got from the local "tire station"(firestone store)...the new ones actually keep the air in them...LOL joey

Just one????

Same axle at least should have two identical tires.. not just identical size.. but manufactuirer and tread pattern and all.. hell even same mfg DATE if you want to be accurate

Jan

Lauren, it's a southern thing I'm sure.. then again you should know better... ;)

Jan

VWGirl wrote:

A real bummer when your nuts get chewed! ;)

Of course, from what I recall, even name brand tires sold at places like Sears and Wal Mart might not be the exact same model number as is sold elsewhere. Manufacturers sometimes make tires to meet specs. Auto manufacturers are worse, they often spec tires to optimize a particular test or other (maybe mileage) but sacrifice other characteristics such as safety/longevity/etc. That was the root behind the Ford Expedition/Firestone fiasco, if I recall properly.

I just want his welder! :-)