Silver! Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Needed 2 new tyres on the front of the GTi, so went to all the normal places, blah... blah... blah...I decided to drop to 195's as, has been said a billiontrillionzilllion times before, they are more available and one has more choice.So I ended up on MyTyres looking at Dunlops SP2040 (stop moaning: I like Dunlops!) £48.70 with a £15+VAT fitting/balance/diposal fee = £67 per tyre inclusive.Before I completed my purchase I thought "I'm a newbie to this online tyre buying thang, so I think I'll call the fitting centre." Way and behold, it's the garage who's been servicing my cars for the last 4 years.So I phoned the nice lady and she asked what price I was paying and said she would supply the same tyre for £60.** inclusive.Tyres came today, got fitted at lunch. Hey ho! Jobs a good 'un!!!She also advised while I was waiting, that it's amazing how many tyres MyTyres seem to sell which have a long delivery time. Some people have had a 6 week wait for tyres from MyTyre.So the moral of the story is "before you click the purchase button, give your local fitting centre a call. You may be surprised what they can do for you."R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouseau Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) who quoted you £15+vat fitting? is having a laugh. should be half that or less. i always find mytyres cheapest for tyres, havent ever had them taken long to arrive and you can take the tyres to any local independent tyre fitters. i pay £7 per tyre fitting/balance/valves/disposal.also wonder why you chose 195 because there is more choice when you chose a dunlop, which is on the 205/45 size anyway lol.you local fitting centre probably ordered them from mytyres aswell (and charged a £12 fitting fee) which still gives them a decent profit. £48 for 10 mins work. Edited June 20, 2007 by qually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_Wilko Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Well im happy for you anyway! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouseau Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 i will also say i am happy for you. if it appeared otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I'm still relucant to recommend mytyres. They are cheap but God forbid if you have a problem with them. Eventually they stopped correspodning with me and - somehow by magic - a set of tyres did eventually turn up but only after my credit card company started putting pressure on them. Ordered 2 May - arrived last week. Not exactly stunning service.Deek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 who quoted you £15+vat fitting? is having a laugh. should be half that or less. i always find mytyres cheapest for tyres, havent ever had them taken long to arrive and you can take the tyres to any local independent tyre fitters. i pay £7 per tyre fitting/balance/valves/disposal.also wonder why you chose 195 because there is more choice when you chose a dunlop, which is on the 205/45 size anyway lol.you local fitting centre probably ordered them from mytyres aswell (and charged a £12 fitting fee) which still gives them a decent profit. £48 for 10 mins work.Still cheaper than MyTyres! I agree witht the Dunlop 195/205 choice thing I couldn't actually believe it myself, but the 205's were 'mucho moro' and not in stock. Toyos common as muck and nobody likes them in the rain, of which we get plenty.I also got a garage that I trust [*cough] with my cars. And sat and watched the guy fit my tyres.Price for fitting: You live in Yes land where I live in Perth and residing in a desireable place to live has it's cost!I'm glad your happy for me anyhow!Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobG Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Sounds like me. I pop onto black circles, get a price, get their local fitters, do a yell search to match addresses, then phone up the places direct. I saved some friends quite a bit doing that on tyres for their cars down south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouseau Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) i think the lesson is not to use mytyres fitting option. i bet you your garage didnt supply those dunlops tyres for 1 penny cheaper than mytres would have done.they can supply a lot of tyres cheaper than official uk trade distributors buy them for, for certain brands, including toyo. Edited June 20, 2007 by qually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_eano Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 good job you posted that...tomorow i was gunna order some 195/45/14 yokos and was just gunna buy from mytyres, £44 i think they are, not fitted etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 (edited) good job you posted that...tomorow i was gunna order some 195/45/14 yokos and was just gunna buy from mytyres, £44 i think they are, not fitted etcCheck the BlackCircles.co.uk prices and call their fitters also.RayEdited to say: Sorry Black Circles already mentioned by RobG up there /\ Edited June 21, 2007 by Silver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_eano Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> £118 fitted on there... mytyres is much cheaper, but il probs give a few tyre centres a ring tomorow style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />cheers for your help though mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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