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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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The alignment has a warranty. Its our basic alignment. Its $79.99. The road hazard is basically for the life of the tires but the free replacement is for the first year and 12000 miles. Its a prorated warranty after that. The warranty does cover the tires getting slashed. Some people just dont like to admit that. NTB policies are the same nationwide.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 11:13 AM
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Good to know! Thanks.
No problem! Good luck with your purchase!
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Donohue96M6Z28
Flip the wheel over, it'll say the size and the offset. I'm really not sure if I've seen 17x9.5 c5 wheels. Are you sure they aren't 17x8.5?
Yep, definitely 17x9.5:

Also got Discount to a $686.80 Out the Door price.
Appointment is tomorrow at 11am.
Cant wait to get these on!
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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Too bad you arent in Houston I was doing buy 2 get 2 free at my discount tire store. My mgr gave me the go ahead to do some stupid deals lol.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
Too bad you arent in Houston I was doing buy 2 get 2 free at my discount tire store. My mgr gave me the go ahead to do some stupid deals lol.
Faaacckkk... I can give you the number to the store I'm going to.
Tell them what's up!

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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
Too bad you arent in Houston I was doing buy 2 get 2 free at my discount tire store. My mgr gave me the go ahead to do some stupid deals lol.
I dont doubt it, yall will match our buy 2 get 2 free and yall dont even do alignments. We are right next to a discount tire and we are buddies with them though. They send us alignments and we send them tires.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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I dont doubt it, yall will match our buy 2 get 2 free and yall dont even do alignments. We are right next to a discount tire and we are buddies with them though. They send us alignments and we send them tires.
Why are the alignment packages so expensive it seems from NTB?
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by irbs
I dont doubt it, yall will match our buy 2 get 2 free and yall dont even do alignments. We are right next to a discount tire and we are buddies with them though. They send us alignments and we send them tires.
Same here, I send our customers to ntb for alignments, it's those tire max ppl the company doesn't like lol.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Super-Bat
Why are the alignment packages so expensive it seems from NTB?
In corporate terms its called 100% profit. It drives our gross profit dollars up. You can negotiate with them on the price. Ask them to do a 3 year for the price of a 1 year. They will do it if you haggle them enough.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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In corporate terms its called 100% profit. It drives our gross profit dollars up. You can negotiate with them on the price. Ask them to do a 3 year for the price of a 1 year. They will do it if you haggle them enough.
Really?
PM me your number so I can call you up when I go in there for 'backup'.
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Super-Bat
Really?
PM me your number so I can call you up when I go in there for 'backup'.
It's a price adjustment of $40 I do it all the time if it's a loyal customer. Lol don't mention any of this to them. Just trying to help you get the best deal possible.
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by irbs
It's a price adjustment of $40 I do it all the time if it's a loyal customer. Lol don't mention any of this to them. Just trying to help you get the best deal possible.
I understand. I've been doing business with them for a few years now.
Maybe they'll cut me some slack.
Thanks man!
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 06:05 AM
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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That Firebird looks good with the TA Hatch!
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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That Firebird looks good with the TA Hatch!
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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Something to consider about price matching locals. They may match the price of the tires plus shipping, but will still charge you sales tax. If you're buying from out of state, you won't be paying sales tax which usually is equivalent to the shipping costs.

I brought this up at Discount. They wouldn't budge on it so they lost a sale, and I saved over $50 by buying online, paying shipping, and having NTB mount/balance the tires.
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clean car....
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