Nice Larry. Yea, I'm checking out the shortwave group to hear about
your damn tires at the local WM. Hey, want to talk about your Mom's
dentures too?


On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 04:42:46 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

Wow. I got 4 sets of WalMart Goodyears on my various Mercedes cars
and trucks. Every time I've taken them in for service, I've been very
happy with our Wally World. I get the lifetime road hazard warranty
because construction vehicles rain nails in Charleston. If the nail
in the tire is anywhere NEAR the sidewall, they give me a new tire for
fear of being sued (www.walmartlitigation.com).....

I like that I can be in S Florida, pull into any Wally World and get
the SAME great service I get at home.....no hassles, no problems.



On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 10:46:04 -0500, Al Patrick wrote:

Well, recently I gripped to this group about the Wal-Mart "service"
departments when things didn't go too well.

I feel it only fair (actually, I think I promised to let you know what
happened!) that I tell of their action / correction of the situation. I
had the tires spin balanced at Wal-Mart yesterday and all is well. The
manager called me about a week ago and offered to do it anytime I could
get it to him. He even promised to try to get it in and out pretty
quickly so I'd not have to wait very long. I waited till a convenient
time for me to go, gave him a call and he was as good as his word.

When they finished I took it down the road for a test and came back
giving him the thumbs up that all is well.

To their credit, I think I should mention that when I had them serviced
before the roads, and thus the tires, were wet and possibly a bit muddy
or snowy, and this could have affected the "balance" of the tires as
soon as I slung some of the crud off. Tip: Don't have tires balanced
except when they are clean and dry! No rainy, snowy days!

Oh, he even reimbursed me for the $20 I spent getting them bubble
balanced elsewhere which didn't really do the job. (That was $5 per wheel.)



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!