STFUdonny
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Looking for opinions on what I should do about what I believe is a hustle I got caught up in. I recently had a set of project 6GR wheels for sale on offer up that also was wrapped in barely used cup 2 tires. I sold the wheels to a gentleman on Saturday but he didn’t want the tires.
i met him at his place of work to show him the wheels before having tires dismounted. He then suggested a tire shop just down the street that his auto sales company has worked with. Very cheap dismount and in a somewhat rough part of Phoenix.
The shop manager seemed very sharp and made me feel comfortable with the transaction I wanted. I made it very clear that the wheels were to be picked up by the man who recommended me to their shop and I would return later for the tires. Under no circumstances are they to discard the tires as I need them was the point I drove home twice. I also asked if keeping them overnight might be ok to which the manager said “no problem”.
As the shop is 30 minutes away I was not able to get back that day due to family plans. I called them twice to communicate this. Sunday passes and I call Monday morning to tell them I would be in the next day to pick up the tires.
Now the gentleman that bought my tires expresses interest in purchasing my tires as I had mentioned I want to move to PS4S tires. Tuesday morning we talk and he makes me an offer that I am more than happy with and told him once I pick up the tires we can firm up a deal.
I get to the shop at 11:30AM... tires are gone. Zero accountability from anyone there. “Sorry man, signs are posted we aren’t responsible for any items left here”. They take me back to their “storage area” which is outside in a crappy fenced in area with other tires to look. One of their techs who doesn’t speak hardly any English tells them they trashed the tires because the ones I brought in were shredded, which was a a bold faced lie as I showed them pics of the tires I took just last week when listing them for sale. I express how upsetting it was that after my In person drop off Saturday, 2 calls that afternoon and one on Monday, not once did Anyone mention that it might be risky to leave the tires there.
They have offered to get me PS4S tires brand new for $1200 and do a dismount, mount balance for free to make it “right”. But shit, why should I trust them with my 350R and carbon fiber wheels when they don’t have a touch less machine?
So that’s what I’m in anguish over. What would you guys make of this? Take them up on their offer for just tires and do the service elsewhere, walk away completely and pick up a set used with 3800 miles for $900, get a lawyer involved? The whole set up is just super shady and the fact no body there seems to give a shit that these tires went missing after I communicated so much leads me to believe I got hustled. I just don’t know what to make of it.
Sorry for the long story but it’s a huge lesson learned to avoid places like this at all cost, no matter how convenient or cheap their services are.
i met him at his place of work to show him the wheels before having tires dismounted. He then suggested a tire shop just down the street that his auto sales company has worked with. Very cheap dismount and in a somewhat rough part of Phoenix.
The shop manager seemed very sharp and made me feel comfortable with the transaction I wanted. I made it very clear that the wheels were to be picked up by the man who recommended me to their shop and I would return later for the tires. Under no circumstances are they to discard the tires as I need them was the point I drove home twice. I also asked if keeping them overnight might be ok to which the manager said “no problem”.
As the shop is 30 minutes away I was not able to get back that day due to family plans. I called them twice to communicate this. Sunday passes and I call Monday morning to tell them I would be in the next day to pick up the tires.
Now the gentleman that bought my tires expresses interest in purchasing my tires as I had mentioned I want to move to PS4S tires. Tuesday morning we talk and he makes me an offer that I am more than happy with and told him once I pick up the tires we can firm up a deal.
I get to the shop at 11:30AM... tires are gone. Zero accountability from anyone there. “Sorry man, signs are posted we aren’t responsible for any items left here”. They take me back to their “storage area” which is outside in a crappy fenced in area with other tires to look. One of their techs who doesn’t speak hardly any English tells them they trashed the tires because the ones I brought in were shredded, which was a a bold faced lie as I showed them pics of the tires I took just last week when listing them for sale. I express how upsetting it was that after my In person drop off Saturday, 2 calls that afternoon and one on Monday, not once did Anyone mention that it might be risky to leave the tires there.
They have offered to get me PS4S tires brand new for $1200 and do a dismount, mount balance for free to make it “right”. But shit, why should I trust them with my 350R and carbon fiber wheels when they don’t have a touch less machine?
So that’s what I’m in anguish over. What would you guys make of this? Take them up on their offer for just tires and do the service elsewhere, walk away completely and pick up a set used with 3800 miles for $900, get a lawyer involved? The whole set up is just super shady and the fact no body there seems to give a shit that these tires went missing after I communicated so much leads me to believe I got hustled. I just don’t know what to make of it.
Sorry for the long story but it’s a huge lesson learned to avoid places like this at all cost, no matter how convenient or cheap their services are.
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