its so annoying when people try to justify other shops reasons for charging high prices. try and help me justify this. not sure if its every merchants but the merchants in falls church charged me $18 bucks for each tire. i was surprised cause same as you i shopped around and all the local shops even independent shops would charge those prices you mentioned. at least with merchants you get a nationwide guarantee
oh btw venice, best buy charges around $60 bucks to install memory in a pc. i would do the same thing for $20 bucks, try justifying that cause for me.
oh wait, they pay electricity, they pay for employees, they pay for legal assistance etc; correct? lmao
Originally Posted by
Venice
I don't think 25-30 is bad for mounting and balancing . If you think about it some shops pay between 5k-10k for a machine and thats just to mount the tires figure another 5k for a good balancer .So a shop has between 10k-15k out of pocket plus the cost to pay the guy that doing the job oh and wait electricity tax's and so on .
At the shop i work for i make good money and we do good work and are one of the cheapest places in the area . We started to charge 20 a mount and balance if you bring your own tires . If you buy tires from us its like 15 total . 7 to mount 8 to balance if you buy from us .
I just love how people love to look for the cheapest place remember the saying " You get what you pay for" it works in this case too .