Mondays at the tire shop

[Nick Danger]

im laughing at his first line being "its about time you answered" and his last line being "its the first time i called you"

Isn't it amazing when you catch someone in a situation like this and they get mad at you for pointing out their dilemma.

 

[rracer5]

When I got to the shop this AM. I glanced at caller ID on the phone to see if there were any missed calls over the weekend as per routine. I noticed an abnormality I had never seen with the display showing 50+.

When I started looking at the missed call directory, almost all were from the same number. I quit counting this number at 73 missed calls (they were more). They were from Saturday, Saturday night, Sunday, Sunday night, and 6 before I opened this morning.

That number showed up calling me as I was looking at all these on caller ID.

When I answered some guy was hollering at me "It's about 'dang' (not actual word) time you answered".

I asked how could I help him. He then starts telling me the balance beads I put in his tires last week made it worse. I knew he had the wrong place since I don't sell.... nor have installed any balance beads for anyone in a real long time. I told him he must have called the wrong place as I haven't put any balance beads in anything.

He starts calling me a liar and I am just about to hang up on him and decide to ask him where I am located. When he gives the wrong location, I tell him he is wrong and that's not where I am and maybe he needs to call that place instead of burning up my phone all weekend, as I saw from my caller ID.

Now the funny. He tells me this is the first time he called me, then hangs up before I could get my whole laugh out.

Mondays!

P.S. Maybe I should post his number and everybody here starts calling him asking about balance beads...and at all hours. LOL

He may not be completely wrong after all, "it was the first time he called" where you answered!

 

[wmtire]

This one bemused me and does happen infrequently. Had a guy come in wanting a price on a new tire for his truck which I told him was $110 plus tax. He gets this astonished look on his face and then asks me "for how many?"

I didn't really understand that question and asked him 'for how many what?"

He said " for how many tires." I said that is per tire, and did he need more than one? He said yeah he needed two but not at that high price. I said OK, but you know my price if you can't find a better deal on them. He left.

About an hour and a half later, he comes back and says to put them on. I guess he didn't find a better deal.

 

[Flybob]

Well I think this was a first. Guy comes in here wanting a specific brand/model tire. He wanted these cause they currently have a manufacturers rebate of $100 that expires in May.

If ya know how these rebates work, it is always for a set of tires and usually they will send you a prepaid gift card with the money loaded on it.....after you send in the rebate form (mail in or electronically) with your info and tire DOT codes.

What this guy wanted was for me to print him out a sales receipt showing he purchased four tires so he could get the rebate.......but he would only be able to afford to actually purchase ONE tire a month for the next few months.

I told him I could not do that as it would make me have to pay sales tax and recycling fees on all four tires now, even though he is only giving me money for one. I also stated the DOT codes may not match in three more months. He tried to argue me up but I wasn't having it.

He was never going to buy 3 more tires, as he was just trying to get the $100 back with only buying one tire. Almost like getting a new tire for free. LOL

It was a new scam for me. Giving him a E for effort though.....and an F for foot (which is what I wanted to put you know where for wasting my time)

He may have planned to use the same scam at three other places.

 

[Jfkmvk]

You missed your opportunity to say they went up by $12 in the time he was gone.

 

[wmtire]

I would like to think that some guy is going to be worrying all day that the police are going to come get him, but it's probably only wishful thinking on my part. These types probably think of jail as a vacation getaway.

I have new tire deliveries from several distributors, that have daily or every other day routes. I have given my cell number to several drivers who I have told they can call me and I can come in early if it helps their route. One of them called this morning and I met him up here about 30 minutes before opening time. I cut him a check and he left. It was four tires....two of which were some special order 13" trailer tires for a customer. Instead of opening the bay door and putting the tires inside, I left them there and stepped across the road to the convenience store to get me a biscuit. It's not like the tires are really even out of eyesight.

After I get my biscuit and am walking across the stores parking lot, I see a guy whip in my parking lot driving a beat up Honda CUV. I am thinking I already have my first customer. As I am still walking, I see him go over to the new tires, and pick up the trailer tires, one in each hand and is going back to his Honda.

I am now about half-way across the road, and yell at him to stop. This surprises him when he sees me and he puts the tires down. I'm now back in my parking lot and demand to know what he's doing...interjected with cuss words.

He said he was just seeing what size tires these were as he was going to buy some this morning. I'm looking at his license plate now, and he notices this.

I ask him where his rims are and he says they are still at the house and he needs to go get them. He then adds he will be right back. I tell him good, the sheriff's dept would be here waiting on him.

He hastily leaves as I am looking at his plates again.

I didn't call the po-po as they would know how stupid I was for leaving the new tires out......as ya do now.

 

[Nick Danger]

You missed your opportunity to say they went up by $12 in the time he was gone.

Are you looking for a job? Because you could work with me!

 

[Jfkmvk]

Maybe it was a bad idea to leave the tires outside, but dang! It shouldn’t be an open invitation for someone to steal them.

 

[rracer5]

Maybe it was a bad idea to leave the tires outside, but dang! It shouldn’t be an open invitation for someone to steal them.

In this day & age with the screwed up culture humanity has turned into, you could drop a wooden nickel and someone would try to claim it saying it was theirs because once it hits the ground it's up for grabs!

 

[wmtire]

Time to test the forums tire knowledge. What do see off in these pics of two tires a customer wanted dismounted and remounted on different rims.

 

[DES-1]

manufactured the 5th week of 2008.

 

[reidfo]

2008 as DES-1 says. Plus cracking and probably a needed alignment on the vehicle.

 

[CedarCreekWoody]

I haven't deciphered the first tire...

 

[Qwkynuf]

I replaced the tires on my 2003 F150 a couple of months ago. I got to thinking that I should replace the spare too, since I bought the truck new - and to my knowledge the spare had only been on the ground twice since then...both times when I had to lower it to replace the rear shocks. It had never been installed on the truck or carried weight.

When I pulled it down to get replaced it looked brand new. It broke my heart a little to know it was going to be recycled!

The date code is kind of hard to read in the image, but that says 4502!

 

[Qwkynuf]

I haven't deciphered the first tire...

That first one should be the 38th week of 2008 (though it could have been 1998, 1988, 1978, etc. The older 3 digit codes were typically a two digit week and the last digit of the year within its decade.

 

[wmtire]

Ok lots of good answers but a little refresher. Tires manufactured BEFORE the calendar year 2000 had a three digit date code. The first two digits were week (01-52) and the last digit was the year number.....but as noted could be confused with decade 70s, 80s, 90s. Some manufacturers did put a little triangle symbol after the year number to help differentiate between the 80s and 90s but not all did.

Beginning in calendar year 2000, tires now have a four digit code. The first two numbers are still the week (01-52) but the last two numbers now show the exact year (00-25 currently)

The second tire had the date plate installed upside down in the mold. Notice how it isn't the same as the DOT beginning mold code. This does happen sometimes. The date plates are only changed weekly as tires are produced so you don't know if you got a Monday... or a Friday tire. LOL

Both tires are old but that first one is near 27 years or more. I did refuse the swaps.

 

[TitanMike]

How about just rolling whatever tire you sell him across some dirt in the lot?

See what he says then.

 

[Oaklevel]

Dang you wern't supposed to show everyone my tires . I think I still have some 1988s on rims out here

 

[pwoods]

In 2023, I sold my ‘54 Citroen with the tires that were on it when we bought it in 1981. Granted some of the treads were no longer attached to the sidewalls, but that’s just being picky.

 

[Cost4133]

i should have taken some pics, a couple months ago i swapped out the original spare for my 65 chrysler. I dont think the tire ever touched the ground, and to be honest, i think i would trust more than a castle rock tire...