Originally Posted by Steenport567
I have been driving on my Michelin PS2's for about 36k miles now. I still have (believe it or not) at least 10k more out of them. Well, I wanted to start looking for tires right now in order to get a great deal. I have a friend that works at Discount Tire. He could get me the same tires with the insurance for around $1,000. Not too bad I would think. I was also looking at other brands, but love these tires so much!
So I went to ebay yesterday just to look. I found a set (yes 18 and 19's) that was brand new with the stickers on all of them. The seller stated they were all new and had pictures. I bought them for $730 ($80 shipping). I think this was a pretty good deal. I can then have my friend put them on at a minimal cost to me.
Do you think this was a good deal? Your thoughts.
I would have got them from my friend at Discount tire. They offered a very good price and it included insurance. Did the tires from eBay come with insurance. Also, if you should need to take advantage of replacement under warranty, Discount will take care of it. Will you have to send them back to the eBay guy?
My experience with Discount tire is they fixed flats for free as well. I will buy inexpensive accessories from eBay but would much rather deal with a local source. Overall it appears that you didn't save a lot (it will depend on what you are charged for the mounting and balancing).