Beware, DO NOT BUY FROM tiresdelivered.com!!

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portis

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Hey guys, this is just a warning for those of you looking to purchase wheels/tires in the future. DON'T USE Tiresdelivered.com, my experience has been horrible with this company. The customer service department won't return my calls or emails, and when I finally get ahold of them on the phone I'm getting the run around.

Like many of the members on this board I saved up for months to get enough extra cash to purchase a set of summer wheels. I finally bought my wheels on July 17, 2007 but they didn't get put on the car till August 3, 2007. Everything was fine until November 17 when I removed the wheels for winter storage. They wouldn't come clean around the base of each spoke, but upon further inspection the wheels are pitting. The bare metal is showing through the chrome, it's almost like they didn't use enough chrome when dipping the wheel. They were on my car less than 4 full months and now they are ruined. The wheels are Motegi DP6 Chrome (Motegi is owned by American Racing), and at American Racing they have a 2 year warranty on all chrome wheels. This was confirmed with an American Racing representative directly. The representative tells me that they (American Racing) don't deal direct with the public, so I have to go through the warehouse that I purchased the wheels from. I called Tires Delivered 3 times the week of January 20. I am being told that American Racing is "reviewing" the case, but right now they are not going to be able to do anything. I have spoken with two members of the customer service department at Tires Delivered (Cody and Brandon). These two are no help at all, so I ask to speak with a member of management. Each time I call Tires Delivered tells me the manager is being told by American Racing that nothing can be done. Each time I have asked to speak with a member of management, but they are in meetings with the phone company, IT department, out to lunch......basically they aren't taking care of this problem. I was told on January 23 that I would receive and email on January 25 updating me on the progress of the "case" with American Racing. I'm still waiting for an email! I called yesterday to speak with Management, but as usual they are in meetings with their advertising agency.

I have attached pics so you can see the "evidence" supposedly being shown to American Racing. It wouldn't surprise me if they haven't even mentioned this to American Racing. I think Tires Delivered just doesn't want to come off of a set of 4 wheels, even though their policy states they will replace damaged wheels. Please spread the news to your other friends if they are thinking of purchasing wheels from Tiresdelivered.com. As the days pass the anger builds and the thought of my $1300 going down the drain only add to the frustration. Don't let these guys scam you too, don't buy from tiresdelivered.com!!!

Now please see the attached pics and tell me what you guys think.

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Thats such BS.

Good luck with your endeveors. I stand behind you. A warranty is a warranty. Honestly, since American Racing stands behind their wheels, they should be greasing the wheels from the other side and start talking to tiresdelivered. Either way, someone (other than you) needs to pay up.
 
Did you tell the representative at AR that you were having issues with the rtailer? AR is a good company that does honor their warranty. I've owned a few sets of wheels they make distributed by different companies and have had problems 2 times. The first was my fault and the second time was a discoloring of the paint, both times they were replaced.
 
the problem is not tiresdelivered.com, but American Racing. THOSE are the ones that grants warranty.

If American Racing told you they "don't deal direct with the public"...is because they dont have such a warranty. They are the ones pushing you around. Eventually, they are going to push tiresdelivered away the same way they did to you.

My point of view.
 
Us here at Tires Delivered (www.tiresdelivered.com) are rather confused as to why one individual would post such negative things about us when we've tried our best to get this warranty covered. We are always in the best interest of our customers. We handled this customer's situation by the book. We are not the ones who decide whether or not an item is warrantable (as stated in our terms and conditions at www.tiresdelivered.com/termsandconditions.php), it is the manufacturer. We ask for pictures, then submit them to the manufacturer for review. If it is warrantable, we will gladly take them back and exchange them for another set. No skin off our back! What do we have to lose? Unfortunately, this customer that is obviously out to "tell the world how bad of a company we are" didn't get what he wanted and is mad. I don't blame him, when I think something should go my way and it doesn't, I get upset as well. We don't build the custom wheels we sell, we are an internet / mail order retailer. If the manufacturer will not credit us for a set of wheels that are clearly "non warrantable", then why should we reimburse or replace a set of wheels at our cost? We didn't make that wheel. One thing you'll notice in American Racing's as well as in our terms and conditions, "pitting" is not covered in any warranty. "Pitting" or corrosion of the wheel ONLY occurs with lack of maintenance. Chrome wheels MUST be cleaned regularly, and brake dust & road salt must be taken off immediately to prevent what we call corrosion, but what is also known as pitting. I hope this customer is satisfied with his venting, but nothing was done wrong on this end. We have worked very hard to build our reputation. I'm not typing this because I fear a loss of sales, as we are busier than ever, but I feel that anyone reading this must look at what really happened, how these warranties really work, and how far one disgruntled customer is willing to go to stir things up.

I encourage all to go to http://www.tiresdelivered.com/ARE PDF.pdf to clearly see American Racing's warranty policy. It clearly states that "pitting" is NOT covered by any kind of warranty (they sometimes call it corrosion). This is a large file, so be patient, and if the whole sheet does not pull up, please scroll up and down until it does. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Thank you for reading my post...
 
You might have better luck right clicking on the link, then clicking the "save target as" button, then opening it from your computer's desktop or wherever you save the file.
 
Regardless of who is at fault, why does he keep getting the run around??? That alone is enough to make me not shop there. Lets just say he had a problem that WAS covered under warranty... How does everyone know when they will ever get there replacements. Id say keep trying to get them replaced and then remember to never shop with either place again. Good luck Portis!
 
Unfortunately for us, anyone upset at us will usually state that we had a lack of customer service. We warranty wheels out regularly when they are warrantable, but when they are not, customers in most situations get rather upset, and it is frustrating when the manufacturer declines the warranty request, especially because we are the ones that have to tell the customer that there is nothing we can do for them. Our customer service is second to none and we strive daily to even further improve it. I personally am the one who monitors, records, and reviews all phone calls, and I have to say that our salesmen do a fantastic job. If there are any customer service issues, it is immediately addressed.
 
So there should be no run around. It should be, "Well sir, the corrosion (pitting) is not covered under the warranty." So there can be no issue. And if he isnt satisfied with that then why can he not get ahold of a manager? This isnt my battle i just know from experience with Sears that I just had. I waited 3 weeks to finally get a tech out to fix my 4 month old fridge. I cussed out every operator and 2 managers. On top of that I sent a email in to remind them of how SORRY there customer service was. The called me the very next day after the email and sent someone to my house and in less then an hour it was fixed... Soooo why did it take 3 weeks and so much trouble. ANYWAYS, i believe he is getting the run around!
 
So there should be no run around. It should be, "Well sir, the corrosion (pitting) is not covered under the warranty." So there can be no issue. And if he isnt satisfied with that then why can he not get ahold of a manager? This isnt my battle i just know from experience with Sears that I just had. I waited 3 weeks to finally get a tech out to fix my 4 month old fridge. I cussed out every operator and 2 managers. On top of that I sent a email in to remind them of how SORRY there customer service was. The called me the very next day after the email and sent someone to my house and in less then an hour it was fixed... Soooo why did it take 3 weeks and so much trouble. ANYWAYS, i believe he is getting the run around!

I'm going to be very professional, AWDRACER6, and finish this by stating that this was told to our customer, but obviously wasn't acceptable to him. Managers ALWAYS respond to their voicemail when their not available. I'm sorry about your Sears experience, but we're not Sears, and that's not how we run our business. I'm very sorry that the facts stated above are not good enough to have us earn your business in the future.
 
But they can't do sh*t for him, so how is that anything like your situation? At least Sears was supposed to fix your fridge. But according to American Racing, it's his fault the rims are pitted and it's not covered, so he's SOL. He knows this, he's just bitching to try and get something for free, and that's not how things should work.
 
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