Anonymous
08/29/2023 10:46
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
you can price match with your quote from costco. do you have a friend with a costco membership?
Anonymous
08/29/2023 10:24
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can not recommend Costco for tires. Bought 4 new tires 18 months ago and got a nail in one of them last week. Dropped it off at Costco only to be told that the warranty is no longer valid as I did not take the car in for tire rotation after 7500 miles. At no point during the original purchase did anyone explain this requirement to me. I definitely feel cheated by this. Won’t be buying any more tires from them.
That is BS - I would definitely shoot a note to customer service.
The first condition of the warranty at the top for the first page of the warranty is:
"You must rotate and balance your tires as outlined by the vehicle manufacturer."
I's still start the arbitration process because paying you is cheaper than going through an arbitration
Tire rotation is silly. Tires rarely go out of balance. So another “warranty” worth nothing. Costco, I’m surprised.
Anonymous
08/29/2023 09:27
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:From my personal experience with Costco tire service for 2 cars (sedan and minivan) in VA,
- Installation took 2 hours each with appointment
- Tire rotation took 1.5 hour with appointment
- They lost one of my wheel-lock nuts (minivan) and didn't tell me. I got the car back around dusk, so didn't notice it until a few weeks after.
- One of the sedan's tires keeps losing air, I have to pump some air every 2-3 days. Took it in, they determined it's the valve, changed it, and a few days later, same problem. I'm dreading about taking it in again due to long wait.
Next time I'll take my car to NTB or one of the other tire places.
DP, and +1 to the extreme length of time it takes them to accomplish anything, and but I'll add:
When I went in to order the tires, I mentioned I needed the air sensor replaced on one, and asked to add it to the order. The lady told me "no, you don't order those, we always have them." When the tires came in, the exact same woman told me "you have to special order those, I'm not sure who you spoke with."
I'm typically a Costco superfan but their tire department is trash.
Anonymous
08/29/2023 09:07
Subject: Re:is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Costco membership is worth it just for the gas savings.
Maybe a dumb question but where do you get gas at Costco? I've only ever been to the Pentagon City one and I don't think they have gas?
Most suburbian Costcos have gas.
The DC costco has gas too
Anonymous
08/29/2023 09:06
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can not recommend Costco for tires. Bought 4 new tires 18 months ago and got a nail in one of them last week. Dropped it off at Costco only to be told that the warranty is no longer valid as I did not take the car in for tire rotation after 7500 miles. At no point during the original purchase did anyone explain this requirement to me. I definitely feel cheated by this. Won’t be buying any more tires from them.
That is BS - I would definitely shoot a note to customer service.
The first condition of the warranty at the top for the first page of the warranty is:
"You must rotate and balance your tires as outlined by the vehicle manufacturer."
I's still start the arbitration process because paying you is cheaper than going through an arbitration
Anonymous
08/29/2023 09:01
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:just go to tire rack
+1 You can choose any tire you want and they are cheap
Anonymous
08/29/2023 09:00
Subject: Re:is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Costco membership is worth it just for the gas savings.
Or rental cars.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 20:28
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can not recommend Costco for tires. Bought 4 new tires 18 months ago and got a nail in one of them last week. Dropped it off at Costco only to be told that the warranty is no longer valid as I did not take the car in for tire rotation after 7500 miles. At no point during the original purchase did anyone explain this requirement to me. I definitely feel cheated by this. Won’t be buying any more tires from them.
That is BS - I would definitely shoot a note to customer service.
Did you get them rotated elsewhere? There was fine print on my receipt (bought in 2020) that it was acceptable to do that
Anonymous
08/28/2023 20:18
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
No get Walmart tires
Anonymous
08/28/2023 20:17
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:I can not recommend Costco for tires. Bought 4 new tires 18 months ago and got a nail in one of them last week. Dropped it off at Costco only to be told that the warranty is no longer valid as I did not take the car in for tire rotation after 7500 miles. At no point during the original purchase did anyone explain this requirement to me. I definitely feel cheated by this. Won’t be buying any more tires from them.
That is BS - I would definitely shoot a note to customer service.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 19:32
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
I love Cocsto (DC location), I go every 2 weeks. They have gas and liquor. With that said, I have never used them for tires. I go to Walmart.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 19:30
Subject: Re:is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Costco membership is worth it just for the gas savings.
Um they definitely aren’t. The lines for gas at Costco are so long. Why would you go out of your way to drive to Costco and sit in those long lines just to save $2 on a fill up. Is your time worth so little to you?
I rarely wait more than a couple minutes and the savings offsets the membership fee at least twice.
Anonymous
08/28/2023 19:02
Subject: is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
I can not recommend Costco for tires. Bought 4 new tires 18 months ago and got a nail in one of them last week. Dropped it off at Costco only to be told that the warranty is no longer valid as I did not take the car in for tire rotation after 7500 miles. At no point during the original purchase did anyone explain this requirement to me. I definitely feel cheated by this. Won’t be buying any more tires from them.
Anonymous
10/17/2021 20:14
Subject: Re:is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Costco membership is worth it just for the gas savings.
Um they definitely aren’t. The lines for gas at Costco are so long. Why would you go out of your way to drive to Costco and sit in those long lines just to save $2 on a fill up. Is your time worth so little to you?
+1
I just really really dont understand this at all. I guess the wait would be about 15 minutes on average to fill up gas. Plus you need to drive a couple of miles to get gas if you are not going to Costco for something else.
Anonymous
10/15/2021 17:00
Subject: Re:is it worth it to get a Costco membership for new tires
Anonymous wrote:Costco membership is worth it just for the gas savings.
Um they definitely aren’t. The lines for gas at Costco are so long. Why would you go out of your way to drive to Costco and sit in those long lines just to save $2 on a fill up. Is your time worth so little to you?