I've always supported my local tire shop for better than 30+ years, but this time Sam's club has my usual shop beat by $200 on a set of tires for my Avalon. Is Sam's club easy to deal with on routine rotate & balance jobs? Appointment necessary? Is it an easy in-and-out thing, done in 45 mins or less? I'd be using one of the Huntsville Sam's Clubs, mostly likely the Holmes Ave location. Anyone got any experiece with them, good or bad? I've not checked, but I think Sam's only installs tires & batteries, & therefore I'd need to get a front end alignment done somewhere else.

I used to get tires from them for many years. They were always good to me and easy to deal with. I stopped when I no longer lived near one. They are great when you are on the road travelling to ither states.

my dad always bought his tires at Sam’s and always had good luck

Some may disagree, but if your current tire aren't showing any signs of abnormal wear and your car isn't pulling/driving strangely then you probably don't need to get an alignment. But I do understand people getting one with new tires since the cost is outrageous for them these days.

Exactly my thought process as well for daily drivers

Now an exception to this would be a sports car

Ive been able to negotiate a "free alignment" several times when buying tires. They say the price and I say "no way." "But I'll pay $200 less if you throw in an alignment. "

Sorry, I forgot to list a con for Sams. There is no haggling. Which can be a plus.

Seems to depend on the individual store. The one in Spanish Fort/Daphne has some workers that will try and wiggle out of doing their job. I went in a couple months ago to see about getting a rotate and balance. there were 3 of the outside workers standing around shooting the shucks. I had to interrupt them to get them to talk to me. I asked about getting the rotate and balance and they came back with "DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT?" I said there is no one in here, why would I need an appointment. About that time a manager walked up and I asked him and he responded sure, we will get right on it. We have had mostly good luck with them though.

Check the date on the tires you are buying. Tire Discounters guy told me they will not rotate or repair a tire over 5 years old. Tire have a production date on them date/year. They also won’t sell tires over 6-8 months old. ( not sure about that). Sams should be good on selling new tire with the volume they sell????? Good experience with Sams years ago.

Ha Ha "I'll give you $200 less if you throw in a free Alignment"..we fix a lot of

Free Alignments.

If I had a time machine, just before I went back and got those $1,000,000,000.00 winning lottery #'s, I would go back and find the 1st guy that dropped his price to make a tire sale and kick him in the nuts...

I have never understood why negotiating price on tires is acceptable? Its a retail business, just like the grocery store, walmart, hardware store, etc. There are plenty of options, I've got more economical tires I can sell you but, these are $xyz price. The margins are there keep the business in good health. I've seen a lot if folks over the years negotiate themselves out of business.

Back on subject. Sam's club seems to be competitive and do a decent job of servicing after the sale. The do have very strict rules on what they are allowed to work on. Stripped lugs, broken studs, etc. They won't touch it because they can't/Don't have the staff to correct those things before the vehicle leaves. (Liability reasons?

i order mine at walmart and installed there. pay the extra per tire and have them rotated and rebalanced free as needed.

Sam's and Walmart are the undefeated champs

Free tire repair even if you don't buy tires from Sam's. I buy all kine from Sam's and Walmart. Screw Tire Discounters! They sell garbage and I will never use them again. I should have known you can't beat Sam's service and price.

Not Sam’s but we put tires on the wife’s telluride at Costco yesterday. Beat my tire store by $200.