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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
I'd like to let people know about a fraudulent automobile tire scam
going on at Wal-Mart Tire and Lube Express stores. Wal-Mart has agreements with tire manufacturers such as Goodyear and Michelin/Uniroyal/Goodrich (same company) to exclusively sell certain tires from these manufacturers. These include the Goodyear Viva/Viva II/Viva Touring, Uniroyal Radial A/S and others. However, the manufacturers DO NOT provide their normal warranties for these tires. If you search on these tire names on the manufacturer's websites, you will find that they specifically disclaim warranty coverage for these tires, and say that warranty coverage is only available through Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart provides no such disclaimer in their advertising, so there is no way to know this without going to the manufacturer's websites. Customers are led to believe that they are buying national-brand tires with a national warranty, when they are not. It appears that these manufacturers are simply allowing their names to be used so they can sell a high volume of lower-quality tires through Wal-Mart. However, the problem is much more serious. Wal-Mart still advertises mileage and defect warranties for these tires, but in fact, they WILL NOT provide copies of warranties to customers, nor are they available in the stores or by mail. These warranties apparently DO NOT EXIST. This is a violation of Federal Trade Commission regulations under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which requires advertised warranties to be provided to customers or be available in stores. (See "A Businessperson's Guide To Federal Warranty Law" at www.ftc.gov). It is also a violation of federal and state laws for deceptive sales practices. I have tried for nearly a year to get a copy of the warranty for some tires that I purchased at Wal-Mart, and they will not send it to me. The Wal-Mart managers and customer service people seem oblivious to the requirements of the federal regulations. Even worse, an automotive consumer radio show on KKZN radio (760 AM) in Denver has reported that Wal-Mart is not honoring these advertised tire mileage warranties. Obviously, if they won't give you a copy of the warranty, it makes it impossible to enforce it's terms. This same sort of scam is going on with various manufacturers of other products such as car batteries. For example, Exide batteries will not honor warranties for their auto batteries sold through the now-defunct Country General farm supply stores. Michelin/Uniroyal/Goodrich and Goodyear are well aware of this situation and disclaim any responsibility. I will not buy any Michelin/Uniroyal/Goodrich tires or Goodyear tires so long as this nonsense is going on. I would suggest that, whenever you buy tires, ask for a copy of a MANUFACTURER'S warranty in advance, before you buy the tires. Don't settle for a store warranty or verbal promises. If the warranty has a list of tire models that are covered, make sure your model is listed. If you don't have something in writing, you've got no warranty. |
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<snip> > Wal-Mart still advertises > mileage > and defect warranties for these tires, but in fact, they WILL NOT > provide > copies of warranties to customers, nor are they available in the > stores or by > mail. These warranties apparently DO NOT EXIST. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=121036 Time for your medication, sir. |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
LMAO a blank webpage from Walmart saying it can't be found, looks like you failed.
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
In article >,
> wrote: >LMAO a blank webpage from Walmart saying it can't be found, looks like you failed. It possible that webpage existed fourteen years ago when the message you are replying to was posted. Is the google interface so bad that people don't realize they are replying to messages that are decades old? --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article >, > > wrote: >> LMAO a blank webpage from Walmart saying it can't be found, looks like you failed. > > It possible that webpage existed fourteen years ago when the message you are > replying to was posted. > > Is the google interface so bad that people don't realize they are replying > to messages that are decades old? > --scott I saw a reply from a Google groupie to a 22 year old post a few weeks ago. That is the oldest I have seen so far. Still wonder if they are codes for "we attack at dawn" or "the drug shipment is on the way". |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
On 06/28/2020 03:02 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article >, > > wrote: >>LMAO a blank webpage from Walmart saying it can't be found, looks like you failed. > > It possible that webpage existed fourteen years ago when the message you are > replying to was posted. > > Is the google interface so bad that people don't realize they are replying > to messages that are decades old? I think it's more likely that stupid people just don't look at the dates. Is it perhaps overkill to assume that the only people who read usenet via googlegroups are stupid? Based on what I've seen, I think not. -- Cheers, Bev Warning -- Driver carries less than $20 worth of ammunition |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
On 6/29/20 12:06 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 06/28/2020 03:02 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> In article >, >> * > wrote: >>> LMAO a blank webpage from Walmart saying it can't be found, looks >>> like you failed. >> >> It possible that webpage existed fourteen years ago when the message >> you are >> replying to was posted. >> >> Is the google interface so bad that people don't realize they are >> replying >> to messages that are decades old? > > I think it's more likely that stupid people just don't look at the > dates.* Is it perhaps overkill to assume that the only people who read > usenet via googlegroups are stupid?* Based on what I've seen, I think not. > > I don't know about the stupidity angle. You see that sort of thing on TV and other news websites all the time...showing a story that actually ran last week, last month or last year either with no date on it or it's there but in small, light gray mouse print. Ya' sorta assume that what you're reading is current... -- Why is it that the people who want more government control over your life are the same ones who want you to be disarmed? |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
You are dead wrong. Please don't post libelous information about WalMart. Treadwear Mileage Warranty If the tread on a tire wears down to its wear bars before reaching its warranted mileage, we will issue credit toward a replacement tire on a prorated basis. For example, if a tire warranted for 40,000 miles wore out after 20,000 miles, you would receive a credit of half the original price of that tire toward the current price of a new replacement tire. Uneven or premature tire wear caused by a vehicle's mechanical problems is not covered by this warranty. Guess what Buckwheat...the "we" above is WalMart. If you are too damn dumb to read the information available before handing over your money I have no sympathy. |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
That sounds pretty crazy, but I wouldn't put it past them at all.
Wal-mart is sucking the life out of communities all over the world. But point in fact, this is not a group about wal-mart. Thanks for the heads up though. |
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Wal-Mart Auto Tire Scam
So, ummmm, have you filed complaints with the FTC, your AG, and
other relevant agencies? Or do you just lible? -- "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." - Martin Luther King, Jr. > wrote in message oups.com... > I'd like to let people know about a fraudulent automobile tire > scam > going > on at Wal-Mart Tire and Lube Express stores. > .... |
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