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Credit Cards / Re: AMEX Purchase & Return Protection / Extended Warranty

« on: June 28, 2013, 01:20:23 PM »

I posted this question in the deals thread looking for good tire deals, but I think this is a more appropriate place...

If I buy my tires with my SPG card, will I get an extended warranty on them?
Thanks for any and all input

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 28, 2013, 01:13:49 PM »

So I just called firestone and they are charging 417 for four firestone affinity touring tires (they claim that it's a mid-grade tire, but does anyone know anything about these tires?) I can add 15.00 per tire for the road hazard warranty which covers me if I get a nail in the tire or something.

Also alignments are 80.00 bucks but 179.00 for unlimited alignments for the life of the car, so I assume I shod just get that, right?

Ha! Sam's Club (which i thought would be cheaper) is charging $500 for goodyear tires (and that's with an $80 off coupon)
I guess firestone is the cheapest...

And I guess i'll also get the alignment package- 179.00 for unlimited alignments for the life of the car (that way i'll always get alignments and they can't void my warranty due to a bad alignment...)

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 28, 2013, 08:47:16 AM »

So I just called firestone and they are charging 417 for four firestone affinity touring tires (they claim that it's a kid-grade tire, but does anyone know anything about these tires?) I can add 15.00 per tire for the road hazard warranty which covers me if I get a nail in the tire or something.

Also alignments are 80.00 bucks but 179.00 for unlimited alignments for the life of the car, so I assume I shod just get that, right?

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 28, 2013, 01:35:48 AM »

road hazard based pro rated based on tread use

And what does the road hazard cover?
If I accidentally drive over a nail will they fix it?

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 11:45:06 PM »

depends on what you want from your tires. There's touring, performance etc... I would suggest you go to tirerack.com and use their comparison tools, and go into your local shop and ask for a price match.   

Thanks

Honestly that site just confused me even more!
I guess i'll just have to go to Firestone and hope they don't rip me off... 

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On The Road / Re: New Pointbreaks!

« on: June 27, 2013, 11:27:57 PM »

Anybody ever been to the intercontinental Costa Rica?

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 11:18:21 PM »

maybe u mean oil filter?
air filters are recommended to be changed every 12k-15k

Oh y'know your probably right.
I really know very little about cars 
Pardon me

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 11:10:22 PM »

Not to hijack a thread, but I will. What work needs to be done on a car at what point. I never trust the mechanic. When do I need to rotate the wheels, change filters, etc.?

I was told that tires should be rotated every other oil change. So every about 6k miles, or 2x/year.

When I get oil changes they rotate the tires for free but it just takes an extra 25 mins which is annoying
Air filters also get changed during an oil change

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 11:00:26 PM »

450 all in is a great price. Granted that I got expensive tires, but I paid almost 1k for a set of 4 all in

Thanks!

So how do I know if the tires are any good? What kinda questions should I be asking? I've never bought tires before and I'm not too savvy...
Thanks !

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 10:49:26 PM »

go to Costco their warranty is great

Can you elaborate? What kind of warranty do they give?

Anyone know if i get an extended warranty if I use my Spg card to buy them?

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 08:54:05 PM »

450 all in?
Depending on the tire, that can actually be a good price

What's considered a good tire? How can I tell?
Thanks!

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General Discussion / Re: new tires for car

« on: June 27, 2013, 08:36:06 PM »

Hey everyone!
So it's time to get a new set of 4 tires for my car... I got some estimates of about $450 from both Midas and Firestone. But I think that's really expensive!!!
Anyone know of any decent deals??

Does Walmart have good tires/warranty? (I heard they sell bad off-market tires but dunno if that's true)

Thanks in advance
Ps if I buy it on an Amex do I get any kind of warranty protection?

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Credit Cards / Re: Bluebird: Now you can pay bills that don`t take credit card with a credit card

« on: June 26, 2013, 02:06:46 AM »

It has always been 1.95 per the T&C's. It is now being enforced.

Weird! In the past I was only charged $.50!

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Credit Cards / Re: Bluebird: Now you can pay bills that don`t take credit card with a credit card

« on: June 26, 2013, 01:20:02 AM »

Twice in the past week I got cash advances from chase and b of a from my vanilla debit card. I thought it was .50 cents but I see they're charging me $1.95
What gives!?
Amin doing something wrong?

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Credit Cards / Re: Bluebird: Now you can pay bills that don`t take credit card with a credit card

« on: June 24, 2013, 02:53:51 PM »

Just call the # to set the pin.

Oh that's annoying. Now it's gonna be a whole day affair.
Thanks for the info