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Complaint Review: Tire Kingdom, Merchants Tire
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| Tire Kingdom, Merchants Tire 3000 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia U.S.A. |
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Tire Kingdom, Merchants Tire mounted my tires FULL OF WATER!! Ripoff Richmond Virginia
*Author of original report: Finally the issue has been resolved
*Consumer Comment: No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
*Consumer Comment: No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
*Consumer Comment: No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
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Tire Kingdom mounted the tires on my husband's car full of water. When we drove away the car was violently shaking. We took the car to Merchants to check if they balanced the tires. They said yes and that the problem was the cross member being bent. $1022 later after all Merchants recommendations to fix the shaking, the car still shook. It did not shake when we brought it in. We took it to Costco who said the tires would not balance and took them off to find the tires full of water. How stupid can the people at Tire Kingdom/Merchants be?
When I called Merchants headquarters to tell them what happened and report the incident they had the manager of the local store call to tell me he would only give us back the money for the mounting and nothing more. Not all the money we put into the repairs they said we needed, not the money it cost to fix their mistake!
They put my husbands life in danger and out of a car for 2 weeks. They should pay. Don't ever go to Merchants EVER!
Cheryl
Richmond, Virginia
U.S.A.
When I called Merchants headquarters to tell them what happened and report the incident they had the manager of the local store call to tell me he would only give us back the money for the mounting and nothing more. Not all the money we put into the repairs they said we needed, not the money it cost to fix their mistake!
They put my husbands life in danger and out of a car for 2 weeks. They should pay. Don't ever go to Merchants EVER!
Cheryl
Richmond, Virginia
U.S.A.
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Finally the issue has been resolved
AUTHOR: Cheryl - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
First I want to comment on the rebuttal. It was not the inflation of the tires that caused the water. Tire Kingdom left our tires out in the rain! The fact that they were unwilling to pay for their mistake, after repeated attempts, and cussed my husband out makes this a RIPOFF!!
Finally good news! The company I work for has access to the names and number of people in high ranking at different companies. I faxed these people both my BadBB and BetterBB reports and after 3 months of calling the regional manager and leaving messages he finally called me back. Merchants is paying for the mounting of the tires, the cost to remove the water and 1/2 of the repair for the bent T-frame. I am very happy with this, but am astonished at how hard it was to actually talk to someone and get this resolved. Thanks Bad Business Bureau for all your help!
Finally good news! The company I work for has access to the names and number of people in high ranking at different companies. I faxed these people both my BadBB and BetterBB reports and after 3 months of calling the regional manager and leaving messages he finally called me back. Merchants is paying for the mounting of the tires, the cost to remove the water and 1/2 of the repair for the bent T-frame. I am very happy with this, but am astonished at how hard it was to actually talk to someone and get this resolved. Thanks Bad Business Bureau for all your help!
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What's this? #2 Consumer Comment
No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
AUTHOR: Brandon - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
It's not as if Tire Kingdom put a water hose in your tire before mounting them. Many auto center have problems with too much condensation in the air lines...almost all major auto centers are equipped with oil and water seperators to help prevent water passing through the air lines. The water got into the tire when the air line was used to inflate your tires. The part that they claim was bent may have actually been bent and needed to be replaced. Was it causing the vibration? No, of course not. Would it have caused premature tire wear?...probably. Don't get me wrong, they should have been able to tell something was wrong when they initially balanced the tires. When you balance tires the tires spin and then stop...the balancer shows what size weights to put on the rims...you put the corrects weights on the rim and spin it again...the second spin should balance out at zero...either the second spin was never done(some techs think they're perfect and don't need to perform a second spin) or an unexperienced tire tech got tired of trying to get the tire to balance out and gave up...with water in the tire it will show different amounts of weights each time the tire is spun on the balancer never balancing out a zero.
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What's this? #3 Consumer Comment
No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
AUTHOR: Brandon - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
It's not as if Tire Kingdom put a water hose in your tire before mounting them. Many auto center have problems with too much condensation in the air lines...almost all major auto centers are equipped with oil and water seperators to help prevent water passing through the air lines. The water got into the tire when the air line was used to inflate your tires. The part that they claim was bent may have actually been bent and needed to be replaced. Was it causing the vibration? No, of course not. Would it have caused premature tire wear?...probably. Don't get me wrong, they should have been able to tell something was wrong when they initially balanced the tires. When you balance tires the tires spin and then stop...the balancer shows what size weights to put on the rims...you put the corrects weights on the rim and spin it again...the second spin should balance out at zero...either the second spin was never done(some techs think they're perfect and don't need to perform a second spin) or an unexperienced tire tech got tired of trying to get the tire to balance out and gave up...with water in the tire it will show different amounts of weights each time the tire is spun on the balancer never balancing out a zero.
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What's this? #4 Consumer Comment
No ripoff here, just a careless mistake
AUTHOR: Brandon - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
It's not as if Tire Kingdom put a water hose in your tire before mounting them. Many auto center have problems with too much condensation in the air lines...almost all major auto centers are equipped with oil and water seperators to help prevent water passing through the air lines. The water got into the tire when the air line was used to inflate your tires. The part that they claim was bent may have actually been bent and needed to be replaced. Was it causing the vibration? No, of course not. Would it have caused premature tire wear?...probably. Don't get me wrong, they should have been able to tell something was wrong when they initially balanced the tires. When you balance tires the tires spin and then stop...the balancer shows what size weights to put on the rims...you put the corrects weights on the rim and spin it again...the second spin should balance out at zero...either the second spin was never done(some techs think they're perfect and don't need to perform a second spin) or an unexperienced tire tech got tired of trying to get the tire to balance out and gave up...with water in the tire it will show different amounts of weights each time the tire is spun on the balancer never balancing out a zero.
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