Deerfield Tire Co Review from STEVE R. on 09/02/2013


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STEVE R.
Deerfield, IL
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09/02/2013
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I was not too pleased.....
i was pleased to find a local business in deefield that could work on my car....but was not pleased being over sold on 4 tires when i only needed one....over sold on lug nuts at 9 dollars a piece when they only cost 34 for a set of 20 and it only needed 2....i was told i need all 20 replaced....when questioned why a 30 dollar item was going to cost me 180 to put in....he said it cost money for labor....there was a condesending way i was being talked to....the total bill for simple repirs was 2200 dollars....i got it done at another shop for 1200 from a top rated company on yelp and angies list. i surely want to support my local businesses in deerfield but the idea that people in the north shore have so much money....they will pay anyone anything....is a poor attitude. everyone was very nice in this place...i just found the sales tactics of this particular guy to be so far off base....sure i would go back and find out how much tires might cost....but just know i am an educated buyer who researches out prices and has a pretty good idea of the neccesary costs of maintaining a car.
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Garrett G. from Deerfield Tire Co responded on 09/06/2013 11:04 AM

Thank you for your review.I am sorry you were not satisfied. I tried calling you multiple times and left messages and left my cell phone number for you in order to review our quote and discuss your experience and unfortunately recieved no response back from you.
We are very proud of our excellent prices and value and as you can see by the other customers reviews here they feel the same.
So I was shocked at your review, and I called 3 other repair facilities here in Deerfield on your 95 jeep wrangler and our quote we gave you is right in line with theirs. I am not sure how after picking up your car from us on sunday of the labor day weekend you were able to take your car on that sunday or labor day as you stated you did, to a place that was open and could get parts to repair your car. Being in business here for 40 years I know All the reputable parts stores in the Deerfield area and they were closed as of saturday afternoon for the holiday.
We only use new quality parts and we only have ASE certified mechanics doing our work. In addition we did not go in to business to be the cheapest repair facility in the world. Our goal is to provide the best quality service we can with the best quality parts we can at the best price we can while also providing you a warranty.
In our reccomendations to our customers we always lean to our customers safety first, the finale decision is always up to you. I would ask you to consider the following: In regards to your lugnuts price, You have hollow cheap tin capped lugnuts that over the winter rust and swell to the point you can't even get a lug wrench on the lugnut to take it off or properly tighten it. Instead of putting the same poor quality type lugnut back on your car we were suggesting a lugnut that would not cause these type of problems. Yes they are much more expensive initially. However what if you get a flat on the side of the road and cannot take the lugnut off? What if you go in for a tire rotation or other repair and the lugnut is swollen and frozen and requires additional labor costs and expense to remove it as we experienced with the ones you have? What if because the lugs are so swollen the tech cannot tighten them completely and the tire falls off while your daughter is driving? In our opinion your overall end costs would be far more than just initially putting a quality part on in the first place and eliminateing the possibility of this problem.
I again thank you for your time and review.
Garrett Garofolo