Tires from Costco or Sam's
Purchasing tires from Costco or Sam's. Is it a good idea.
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The only caustion I would give is this: I know from personal experience that WAL MART often negotiates with manufacturers a price point. The manufacturers then produce a product to meet that. This often (but not always) means a reduction in some level of quality. The manufacturers assign DIFFERENT model/part numbers for those products.
A way to tell if this is the case is to look at the model no. or serial number carefully and compare it to the same tire at a tire store...if they are the same the tire is the same, if not then it is a tire made especially for Wal Mart Sams Club...Now WM and Sams are two different corporations and I do not know that Sams does this or not. My guess is they do as they have packaging of products that no other vendors have.
In general I think if the tire specs are what you need then the tires from Sams/Costco will be just fine.
A way to tell if this is the case is to look at the model no. or serial number carefully and compare it to the same tire at a tire store...if they are the same the tire is the same, if not then it is a tire made especially for Wal Mart Sams Club...Now WM and Sams are two different corporations and I do not know that Sams does this or not. My guess is they do as they have packaging of products that no other vendors have.
In general I think if the tire specs are what you need then the tires from Sams/Costco will be just fine.
