seeking your advice on tyre (parallel import tyres)

[tigger73]

Rims are going to be delayed getting put on... Discovered this morning that the rims are 19x8 instead of 19x8.5, so have to wait for some new rubber to arrive

[Phil G]

I'd find it hard to ask a local tyre place to fit and balance tyres I'd imported to save a few $$. So I buy locally.
If doing the 3 for the price of 4 thing with Bridgestone, we've been running the Bridgestone D683 in 215/65/16 for the past 35,000k and very happy with them. Dead quiet, good grip and look to only be 50% worn.

[brad]

I'd find it hard to ask a local tyre place to fit and balance tyres I'd imported to save a few $$. So I buy locally.
If doing the 3 for the price of 4 thing with Bridgestone, we've been running the Bridgestone D683 in 215/65/16 for the past 35,000k and very happy with them. Dead quiet, good grip and look to only be 50% worn.

I have no idea why you'd have this issue.

When I worked in the tyre industry the boss loved it. Cash money straight in his pocket.

The minimum charge is $15. It takes 15 minutes (tops) to strip / fit /electronic balance a tyre. You might put $2 worth of lead on to balance it. So $60 income & the fitter is on a sunk cost of about $45/hr including on-costs.

As my boss used to tell us "Never knock back any work. It's an opportunity to gain a regular customer. It takes work off the competitors. It's cash flow... with the emphasis on CASH!" and then he'd give an evil grin

[nat225]

I have no idea why you'd have this issue.

When I worked in the tyre industry the boss loved it. Cash money straight in his pocket.

The minimum charge is $15. It takes 15 minutes (tops) to strip / fit /electronic balance a tyre. You might put $2 worth of lead on to balance it. So $60 income & the fitter is on a sunk cost of about $45/hr including on-costs.

As my boss used to tell us "Never knock back any work. It's an opportunity to gain a regular customer. It takes work off the competitors. It's cash flow... with the emphasis on CASH!" and then he'd give an evil grin

That's called good business and clever customer service. If i were the customer and they did a good job with no marks on the wheels, i'd certainly come back for sure and be a repeat customer and tell all my friends about it.

Unless the workshop is super busy and has no spare capacity at all, why would you tell customers to go away?