Walmart Tire Lube Express Store #0965 Ripoff Charged us $8 per tire for tire warranty without asking on 3 occasions Tomah Wisconsin

hey john
i worked at that store, and yes its 9.76 to have your tires mounted,balanced and new valve stems put in, also included is free flat repairs, road hazard warranty and free lifetime rotate and balance. do you know you can go to any walmart nationwide and have coverage on anything that might happen to your tires. There are like 2000 TLE's in the united states alone. thats like 2000 best friends when traveling to help you out. have you ever used the protection plan if you have you probably wouldnt be writing a complaint like this

Just wanted to explain to you what the $8.01 fee is and how it all breaks down. When some people come in Wal-Mart to buy tires they take them and have them put on somewhere else. Because of this Wal-Mart does not include installation in the price of the tire.

If you buy tires Wal-mart, they mount them for free and it is $7.50 to balance and you then have no warranty on your tire, except for lifetime rotate and balance; however, if you pay &.51 more (thus 8.01), you can have lifetime rotate and balance, free flat repair, and road hazard warranty, which is all good at any wal-mart store nation wide.

In my experience at the store that I work at, most people do not want to pass up the warranty simply because it is only $.51 more and the fact that is good nation wide (you have to have your paper work to show). As far as the Road Hazard Warranty, it covers a factory defect, a flat that cannot be repaired, or a blow out, Wal-Mart goes by the tread depth of the tire and pro-rates a new one based on how much of the tread is gone. The first 25% is free (sometimes you still have to pay governmental fees, this varies from state).

It seemed that the store that you had went to did not try to explain it to you, so I thought I could maybe help you a little bit. Just remember that not all stores are the same and while you do come across some that are awful, there are some that have very good workers that know what they are doing.

Have tire protection on all tires on all 4 of my cars. The last one was a lease vehicle that had 2 tires go bad 1 month before I turned it in and got 4 new tires for $200 instead of $800. The last 4 cars I've had, have had tire(s) destroyed that had been covered. Some new federal regulation about what can and can't be patched or repaired. They usually include lifetime balance and repair at little or no charge, but not always. Just make sure and keep your paperwork.(2)Last day or so someone posted about their Saturn motor burning up or something, the 10,000mi between oil change person. Their complaint was about the engine and oil changes. If my mechanic was lying to me I'd find a new mechanic. The waiver sounds like a CYA form for Walmart. Maybe they know something about Saturns that we don't. Good luck.