Has anyone done this? I have heard that they will negotiate their prices.

I've heard they will also but have never tried it.

Yes they will. In the past tirerack.com and tirecrawler.com used to be nice online sites where you could find tires, estimate shipping, and discountt would match.

Lately I've noticed either the online sites have upped their priced or Discount has gotten more reasonable because the delta has closed quite a bit.

Using the online matching used to save me well over $150 when i needed tires. Now it might save me $50-ish.

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I was able to talk them down about $10 bucks a tire off listed price...Its always worth asking

Go in and either act like you are pricing at several places, or hem and haw for a while like you are on the edge of deciding, and then ask them to make it worth it for you, or give you a reason to go with them...

They'll match tirerack

I've had Discount match Tirerack my last 3 sets of tires.

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Lately I've noticed either the online sites have upped their priced or Discount has gotten more reasonable because the delta has closed quite a bit.

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I just bought a new set of tires from Discount last month from a friend who is a manager there. He said they are closing the gap with Tirerack when you take shipping into account...I also noticed this before I talked to him.

I've had good luck with having them price match. Last set it was $20 or $25 off per tire.

I search for whatever best price I can find, print out the page and take it with me. Usually it's no questions asked price matching.

I've had good luck with asking for a 10% loyalty discount. I just say I've always gotten it before and they just adjust it down some.

They'll do all of the above and then some. On my last visit they called BF Goodrich for me and got a partial credit for dry-rot on out of warranty tires that were put on by the dealer. Saved me the cost of ~1.5 tires when I purchased a replacement set of 4 and the money came out of BF Goodrich's pocket.

Love Discount Tire!

On the last two sets I asked them to match the tire rack price, and they did. No consideration of shipping cost - just matched the price on the site.

They dropped around $60 off the price of a set because I was indecisive the last time I went.

I've had the best luck when being indecisive. I was actually choosing between two different tires, one that they did not have in store, and the guy gave me a pretty good discount off the cost of the tire and free installation.

Sad truth is there is a ton of markup on tires. They still make a load of $$$ even with price matching.

I don't know if there's a ton of markup on tires, but I def don't believe it's a sad truth. I'm glad somebody is making money providing an excellent and necessary service while providing jobs to our hard working and hopefully honest workers. That's what America is all about.

I know it is July 4th weekend and all, but I think you're way overanalyzing my use of words.

They are extremely cs driven. They will work with you and deal some if you have researched and are nice about it.

Have not bought tires anywhere else for over 20 years because of that cs.

I know they'll negotiate on the road hazard/warranty thing they try to upsell you with. I thought it sounded like a decent deal but not at the initial price, so they dropped it 50-75% (can't remember the exact amount).

I declined it last time I bought a set. Then about 3 months in, hit something that cut the sidewall. When I went in expecting to buy a new tire, they sold me the warranty instead. Saved me over $50 and got me warranty on all four tires. Seemed to work well for me.

They will discount the certificates.
And price match like others have said.
I buy all my tires there.

I'm a little aggressive but very nice. My last set they took off about 50 per tire, including the certs. I bought 8 tires too, though. I think the key is to talk to the manager and talk to him over a period of two days or more. Soak up his time, make him invest in you. When you are done he will feel like he will have wasted a lot of time if he doesn't get close to what you want and also he will know you are serious. They want to sell tires. I also do this two or three shops....make them compete. I've been a customer of discount for at least ten years. I won't buy tires anywhere else. They always treat me right. I've used certs as well, no problems.

There isn't a Discount Tire place in the entire state of Iowa and it makes me sad. I had to buy from Sears when I got new tires on the GTI.