The China-Bomb debate Put to rest
Almost every week or more a thread appears with someone with a tire question. And just as predictably the China Bomb experts come out and start decrying all Chinese made tires. Then usually they re...
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Huntindog wrote:dave54 wrote:rbpru wrote:
Let's see, on the one hand people buy STs because they are cheaper than LTs and they cannot see the value of spending more money for the LTs.
On the other hand, the tire folks make more profit selling the cheaper, far lower volume, STs over the LTs. They are perfectly willing to be sued by our litigious society.
Not exactly how capitalism usually works.
Not to mention the fact that not all tire makers make STs.
As I stated before, P tires do what they are designed to do, STs do what they are designed to do and LTs do what they are designed to do.
If you think you are going to exceed the ratings of the tire, do not blame the tire maker if it fails. It is easy enough to go with the tire YOU think will work. I am sure the TT dealer will retrofit almost any tire combo you wish to pay for.
There is no doubt that some folk feel "safer" with LTs. Likewise, millions of TT owners never give their STs a second thought.
My local tire dealer confesses his profit margin on LTs are higher than on STs. He will sell you what you want, but he advises customers to use ST on trailers, and he uses ST on his FW.
Were his lips moving when he said that? Typical salesman. He has a profit motive for everything he tells you.
Yours is a cynical and overbroad generalization. While it does exist it is equally true that many people in business take the Long view and treat customers with respect and actually sell them what they need and want...not what is just most profitable on THAT DAY but what may be MOST profitable in the long run by nurturing a return customer and good will.
Second your argument presupposes that ALL customer service people care about the Profit margin...they clearly do not.
And your statement presupposes that ALL customer service people are unethical or at least ethically questionable...
Also your statement assumes that ALL customer service people are being paid or motivated by sharing in an enlarged profit when in fact most tire salesmen I have dealt with are not paid by commission and only get bonuses paid on the stores overall sales. (questions I routinely ask)
None of your post's logical endpoints stand up and are unsupportable.
