126, Report:
#409858
Posted Date:
May 04 2009
Merchants Tire And Auto Centers Unauthorized work Lake Ridge Virginia
On December 28, 2008 I took my car to Merchants Tire and Auto Centers for an oil change. While my car was being serviced a technician named Chris attempted to take a dent out of my bumper. I did not authorize the bumper repair work.
I left Merchants and went shopping and notic...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
127, Report:
#443579
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2009
Tire Kingdom, Arend Ferwerda, Adam Bowsky, David Shaffer All Scam Artist Beware! Tire Kingdom is scaming people into work they do not need on there cars. Worst they wrecked my car while servicing and refused to fix it. This is all after I sent the car there for two tires and they tried to convinced me it needed four (scam) and other work the lexus dealer later said was bull! Boca Raton Florida
On 3/18/09 at 12:53 pm I delivered my Lexus sedan to Tire Kingdom on SR 7 in Boca Raton FL to replace two fron tires and to change the oil. I had inspected all the tires myself together with my neighbor (who sells cars for a living) and determined the front tires needed to be repla...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
128, Report:
#284176
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2009
Tire Kingdom - National Tire Battery - Merchant Tires Extra charges Work not done Salisbury North Carolina
I went to Tire Kingdom in Salisbury NC on 11/9/07 .
Wanting two new tires, All 4 wheels aligned, the brakes checked for wear and an oil change.
About an hour later I got a call telling me the brakes had quite a lot of life left.
I declined replacing the brake pads.
I signed t...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
129, Report:
#443590
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2009
Tire Kingdom - Arend Ferwerda, Adam Bowsky, Jennifer Dougherty big scam artist Big Scammers Boca Raton Florida
On 3/18/09 at 12:53 pm I delivered my Lexus sedan to Tire Kingdom on SR 7 in Boca Raton FL to replace two front tires and to change the oil. I had inspected all the tires myself together with my neighbor (who sells cars for a living) and determined the front tires needed to be repl...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
130, Report:
#426601
Posted Date:
Apr 02 2009
Tire Kingdom Misrepresent the current offer on tires to us Brandon Florida
Below is copy of a letter that I sent to the CEO of Tire Kingdom. Apparently he has made it very clear he has no concerns with keeping his customers.
Ericka,
Thank you for informing me that Mr. Wolford has seen my letter. At least now I know how your company feels about ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
131, Report:
#439774
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2009
NATIONAL,TIRE & BATTERY - TIRE KINGDOM LOCAL STORE MECHANICDESTROYED MY CAR'S ENGINE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE, MISSED DIAGNOSIS PALM GARDEN BEACH Florida
My car has been serviced by our local National Tire & Battery (NTB)store since June 2008. We had put approx $1200 into the car at NTB from June 2008-July 2008 to get everything fixed on it prior to taking it on vacation. On July 22 I noticed my engine light was on so I took it bac...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
132, Report:
#419357
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2009
Tire Kingdom Went for an oil change, left with a deformed and scratched bumper. Columbia South Carolina
I had a coupon from a recent flier. My vehicle was checked in under order number 89257738 @ 14:33:30. I own a 1998 Isuzu Rodeo and sought to capitalize on a $16.99 oil change plus $3.00 oil disposal fee. I checked in the vehicle and walked to a nearby restaurant, where I ate lunch. ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
133, Report:
#380820
Posted Date:
Mar 18 2009
Grand Travel Sold Gas-rebate Registration forms which ended up in customers hands, but were never honored Sarasota, Florida Florida
Grand Travel Sold Gas-rebate Registration forms which ended up in customers hands, but were never honored Sarasota, Florida Florida
Grand Travel sold me hundreds and hundreds of gas rebate vouchers, which I, in turn, sold to tire dealers nationwide------------This turned out to b...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
134, Report:
#432563
Posted Date:
Mar 10 2009
TIRE KINGDOM DECEPTIVE PRACTICES PALM BAY Florida
I took my camaro into there shop to have the rear oil seal and valve cover gaskets replaced. Also to have the engine diagnosed. I never told the shop manager that I was speaking with that I used to work as a mechanic for several years. After the report came back, the manager informe...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
135, Report:
#378380
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2009
Tire Kingdom Using 'hard-sell' tactics to pressure un-needed items St Petersburg Florida
I have purchsed ALL replacement tires for my current vehicle from Tire Kingdom, and had included 'free lifetime tire rotation and balance'. On my first visit to use the free balance and rotation service, the store personnel tried to convince me my car was 'unsafe' so that I would pu...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
136, Report:
#424801
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2009
National Tire And Battery Poor service twice at two locations Palatine Illinois
I brought my vehicle in TODAY 2/16/2009 for 4 (four) tires and an alignment. The keys were handed off to a service rep at 15:23 local time. I gave the service rep my cell number and my home was listed in the system. I was told 1 hour and 30 minutes max. I waited 2 hours in the c...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
137, Report:
#421881
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2009
Free Gas, Freebie Gas They have not sent me the Debit Cards they promised for submitting Gas receipts Largo Florida
In May of 2009 I bought a product from a firm to hopefuly improve my gas mileage. At that time I was told I would receive information from a Company that would offer me an opportunity to get some relief from the high gas prices.
I received the information from FreebieGas advising...
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Categories: Bait-and-Switch
138, Report:
#257245
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2009
NTB - National Tire & Battery - Tire Kingdom Sold unneccessary transmission service, issue during service transmission now ruined Ripoff Conyers Georgia
I could write a book on this almost month long ordeal!
Here's the story so far:
Vehicle:
2005 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Automatic Transmission 5.3l V8 - Approximately 44,000 miles.
June 3 2007 1:30pm Truck arrived at NTB, located in Conyers, GA. (Telephone: 770-929-1700) I re...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
139, Report:
#399198
Posted Date:
Dec 08 2008
VIP AUTO SALES Sold me a lemon. Car started acting up on the very next day! Jacksonville Florida
I am single mother who just went through a horrible divorce. I needed a car because I ended up relocating after my divorce.I went to this car dealer located a couple of doors down from my job.The sales rep was nice and stated over and over again that any porblems he would fix it. Th...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
140, Report:
#387989
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2008
Tire Kingdom, Sold defective tires in February, refused to replace, when pressed replaced with substandart product Sarasota Florida
I purchased 4 new Yokohama tires for my Audi from Tire Kingdom on Clark Rd, Sarasota in February 2008. Three thousand miles later my rear tires were completely bold. When I asked for replacement the manager, Bhadresh Desai, at first denied selling me the tires ( although I had a r...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
141, Report:
#381485
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2008
Tire Kingdom Self Employed Melbourne Florida
I went to the Tire Kingdom to have my Kia Sedona transmission flush and ABS flush.
They showed me an estimated price on a paper, printed from their computer.
It showed $18.00 shop fees.
I asked them what it is.
The man said all auto repair shop in Florida charges 10% of th...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
142, Report:
#376690
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2008
Tire Kingdom scam illegal contract unnecessary selling fraudulent tire contract fraudulent car diagnosis Hollywood Florida
Though my husband and I realize that these are tough times and that businesses need to make money, our patience has run out and we are so completely dismayed by the outright highway robbery of Tire Kingdom. They have always told us that we need new car batteries when the batteries t...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
143, Report:
#358422
Posted Date:
Aug 02 2008
Tire Kingdom Jupiter Florida Bad Attitude Would Never Go Back Jupiter Florida
I went to Tire Kingdom on 50 Bush Road in Jupiter Florida on 8/1/08 to have a nail removed from my tire and the hole fixed. The extremely rude Lady at the front desk said she needed my keys to check the tire size and the mileage of the car???
When she came back, she loudly said, M...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
144, Report:
#350078
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2008
Tire Kingdom (Jacksonville, Fla; Touchton Street Store Improper repairs, life-threatening Jacksonville, Florida
Ltr to Better Business Bureau:
Please accept this letter and the accompanying copies of supporting documentation regarding a dangerous problem which I encountered as the result of repairs done to my 2000 Honda Accord at the Tire Kingdom Inc. Touchton Street Store (4195 Southside ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
145, Report:
#349636
Posted Date:
Jul 10 2008
Tire Kingdom/ Merchant Tires Total lack of product knowlede, skills, job performance, accountability and professionalism Chesapeake Virginia
We always use Merchants for our three cars. We use the Cedar road location because it is convient to our house. We have had several bad experiences for this location.
They broke my air conditioner when they changed the belts last year. It was like pulling teeth to get resolve ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
146, Report:
#344681
Posted Date:
Jun 26 2008
Merchant's Tire, A Tire Kingdom Company, TBC Corp. Poor service and followup led to more serious problems, which they refused to take responsibility for or repair. Cary North Carolina
I brought my car in with a pinhole leak in an upper coolant hose that was apparent due to some steam emanating from under the hood. The mechanic who first worked on my car indicated it was just a small leak and the hose could be replaced. I will point out here that at no time did ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
147, Report:
#340369
Posted Date:
Jun 15 2008
Advantage Tires Oldsmar Florida
I have been a loyal customer of Advantage for the past 3 years. Advantage informed me I needed a serpentine belt, struts, and brakes. I received a quote and paid for the services which were done on 10/31/07. I have been doing allot of traveling to visit relatives. I decided to do a ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
148, Report:
#313890
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2008
Tire Kingdom First and last experience with Tire Kingdom Jupiter Florida
I went to a Tire Kingdom at 50 Bush Road, Jupiter, FL around 9:30 on a Saturday morning because I had a belt squalling. I told them I had had the belts replaced about 18 months ago. The first person I talked to was very rude and sarcastic. I almost left because of this, but I don't ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
149, Report:
#323881
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2008
Tire Kingdom - NTB - Tire Merchants, Big O this chain of companies is a huge rip off company Nationwide
My husband works for a tire kingdom in the Augusta Ga area. My husband has worked for the company since september of 2007. He has hated working for this company from the beginning but had no where else to go. My husband is way too qualified to work for this company and doesn't appre...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
150, Report:
#311503
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2008
Tire Kingdom Damaged vehicle during repair, refused to take responsibility for damage, and was told to have it towed out Orlando Florida
My vehicle was brought in for two new tires. The tire sensor was damaged during the visit. Parts had to be ordered for them to fix their mistake. We waited two months for the problem to be resolved. The automobile was brought in to finally fix the problem and the very next day, ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops