Question about tyre fitting in the uk
Discussion
Morning all,
Once your four new tyres have been fitted at a standard uk tyre place, do you commonly get charged for disposal of the old set?
They generally do in Germany, where I am based, and it runs to about €100 on top.
I just wondered if the fitting price had any nasty extras to be added on.
Once your four new tyres have been fitted at a standard uk tyre place, do you commonly get charged for disposal of the old set?
They generally do in Germany, where I am based, and it runs to about €100 on top.
I just wondered if the fitting price had any nasty extras to be added on.
I've never been charged extra for disposal, last set i had fitted the local fast fit couldn't supply the actual tyre i wanted and charged me £60 for fitting all 4, which it must be said they did a cracking job not one single mark on the 4x4 wheels i'd had repainted 6 months of so earlier.
Smint said:
I've never been charged extra for disposal, last set i had fitted the local fast fit couldn't supply the actual tyre i wanted and charged me £60 for fitting all 4, which it must be said they did a cracking job not one single mark on the 4x4 wheels i'd had repainted 6 months of so earlier.
Some list every element separately on the invoice, others just put everything on one line that includes removal/fitting/balancing/disposal/tyre.Mine is happy to just fit tyres I've supplied, as they say they make more profit on the fitting than they would on the tyres if they tried to price match...and I only started sourcing/supplying my own tyres when they started pulling a bait & switch tactic of quoting prices ex-VAT to seem competitive, and then giving you the plus-VAT total when you came to pay (plus 3 times they ordered the wrong tyre - in 2 cases it was extra soft Porsche N-rated PS2s which lasted about 5,000 miles on my e34 M5).
Sheepshanks said:
Can I ask who you use? Local to me (Chester) the place I used to go to now refuses and I can't get a straight answer from others.
I use Tom Tully in Speke, near to Liverpool Airport.https://www.tomtullytyres.co.uk
My last visit was to fit 2 new Goodyear F1 Assy 3 for my daily driver...and there's no breakdown of costs, just the single line entry for the tyres...so fitting/balancing/disposal is all in.
In that instance in I got them to supply & fit, as it was quicker than ordering online, and was only about £5/tyre extra (which is unusual).
They also swap my winters/summers wheel sets over (not tyres, the whole wheel) twice a year for £20 a time.
Edited by mmm-five on Wednesday 11th March 14:19
Most places do charge but not separately.
You will likely see a line item for "fitting, balancing and disposal".
When I did several track days I used to use a place local and he would let me do the swap over myself provided I took the carcases away to the local recycling site.
In fairness as he was helping me out if I just did a pair I would also take another 2 to be recycled as they allowed 4 at a time to be disposed of.
You will likely see a line item for "fitting, balancing and disposal".
When I did several track days I used to use a place local and he would let me do the swap over myself provided I took the carcases away to the local recycling site.
In fairness as he was helping me out if I just did a pair I would also take another 2 to be recycled as they allowed 4 at a time to be disposed of.
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