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I've recently bought 2 part worm tyres on ebay. Thought it was quite a good deal, two 225 40 18's for £110. With 6mm tread.
Firstly they took 11 days to arrive, in this time I had my mot which had to be put back until I had the tyres. They came in the day of the retest which I thought was lucky.
(http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x329/Lewisb1991/C2FCBF65-F934-4EB9-85CF-863FD3A9433C-8679-000000F92076E33D.jpg)
As you can see there's a nail in the tyre. The Ebayer sold them stating there had been no previous repairs, so he sold them knowing there had been.
So basically I'd like to warn everyone not to use Platinum Part Worn Tyres UK. wayne kerrS!
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Not a dig in any way whatsoever, but I'd never buy part worns anyway! You don't know why they are part worn and not on a car, good scenario could be innocent and the car was being broken up...i'd hate to think about a bad scenario! I got a quote from a local well known tyre/exhaust place for the same size tyres but brand new budget brand for £130 for 2...you can find deals out there!
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Have you contacted the seller?
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Considering that tyres are a small area of contact between your car and the road, I would never buy worn tyres. The tread speaks for itself, but what about unseen sidewall damage? Has the tyre been involved in a heavy impact?
No thanks!
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I'd personally rather buy part worns that budgets. I'd never, ever buy budgets.
I've contacted the seller and he wants nothing to do with it. I've reported him for false advertising anyway. I've got his address so if I'm ever up that way ill pay him a little visit!
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'Item not as described'
they will find in your favour.
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PayPal open dispute saying want refund item not as discribed etc. job done!
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Raise a dispute and stop buying part-worn tyres you penny-pinching pikey!
They are literally the only thing between you and the road.
It's the damage you can't see on part-worns that will kill you, not the nail in the tyre.
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I'm currently in the process of battling with a seller through eBay's resolution centre as I bought a MK3 grill to replace my one, description states all clips intact but the two on the far left side were snapped!
Not only that but it was damaged in transit too. (The clips were clearly broken prior to this as there was no broken parts in the package).
Seller is getting sh!tty with me over it but the damage is there and it doesn't match the description. Not really sure why people need to be so crap about things.
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I've raised a claim but ebay want me to send the tyres back to receive a full refund. The tyres are on my car and have been for a few weeks now. I asked for a partial refund which I thought was fair but I don't think ill be successful.
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Ebay are normally good with disputes etc. Open a case up, even try and use those pics you put up, and I'm sure you will get a refund in no time.
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I just said I opened a dispute..
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I've recently bought 2 part worm tyres on ebay. Thought it was quite a good deal, two 225 40 18's for £110. With 6mm tread.
Firstly they took 11 days to arrive, in this time I had my mot which had to be put back until I had the tyres. They came in the day of the retest which I thought was lucky.
(http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x329/Lewisb1991/C2FCBF65-F934-4EB9-85CF-863FD3A9433C-8679-000000F92076E33D.jpg)
As you can see there's a nail in the tyre. The Ebayer sold them stating there had been no previous repairs, so he sold them knowing there had been.
So basically I'd like to warn everyone not to use Platinum Part Worn Tyres UK. wayne kerrS!
But you did say: The Ebayer sold them stating there had been no previous repairs. Well it has not been repaired as the nails still in it so he said the truth. I alway get cheap new tyre 4 for £160 will last for years. Had mine on for over 5 years and they still look new.
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Those tyres look shagged to me! they have the appearance of lots of tread because the grooves are so wide!
I've just thrown 4 away that were in better condition off my A4!
Its false economy using part worns, you'll be lucky to get more than 2 or 3k out of those before they need replacing, once that tread has that 'shiny' look, its game over as far as I'm concerned
I'd also check the manufacturing date on them, anymore than 5 or 6 years old, they're scrap anyway...
Thom
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I've had mixed results with part worns of ebay, once I got a good set, another time I got a rubbish set with claims of 3mm tread, more like 1.7mm.
But then again I had an issue with black circle who I use to always use, they basically put new tires on through "one of their recommended garage" as the charge was small on my partners car, usually with all tires from black circle I take them to my mates garage and never had a problem. Anyway, next day, my partners car had a flat, no sign of any puncture, took it to my mates and he took it off. Basically the so called recommended garage butchered the wheel on causing damage to it, using not enough grease and a few other things that my mate showed me when putting tires on. So I googled the garage and they are notorious cowboys through various review websites, they also did a poor job of tracking that my partner paid!
Rang black circle, took the tire too two other garages, and they said the initial fitter was at fault, just like my mate said, going back and forth with black circle they were not having it. Black circles response was my mate butchered the wheel not the initial fitter even though two other garages said otherwise and so did my friend who has been fitting all my tires for quite some time without any problems. In the end I sourced a new tire from ebay, redid the tracking and the best I got out of black circle was £15 which pi$$ed me off as had that tire blown out with my child in the car. So a £60 tire, plus 35 tracking cost me £175 to sort out with there generous £15, as I had to buy another wheel and get tracking redone! And they made me laugh with the conversations I had "oh we can offer you the exactly the same tire for £70 even though you paid £60 or the budgets are now £60". So much for customer support.
So moral of the story, who do you trust? eBay, Black circle? I'd personally just buy new tires of ebay and get a garage I know competent to fit it and I will travel to a garage for tracking and watch them do it, as that incident with cowboys has taught me never to send a woman to a garage. My partner was there watching the tracking and I said what happened, to which her reply was "they put it on a ramp with swivel wheels undid one side and that was it" I said, where lasers used that hang off the wheels etc.... the answer was "no".
At least with ebay they are good with disputes unlike black circle :grin: :grin: :grin:
I'd explain to ebay that you had puncture repaired and its now on your car, it was not as described, willing to provide receipts and see if you can get some sort of money back as you paid to have the puncture repaired and fitted, taking them off would end up costing you alot more and your old tires would be putting you at legal risk and other drivers. Its just a case of seeing what they get back with as the tires are already on, just stand your ground is the best solution and provide as much evidence as possible.
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You were only ever going to get a refund by returning the tyres, so why did you put them onto the car anyway? You'd have been better of buying a couple of new tyres and keeping them to one side to send back. Also, you'd be responsible for postage and it won't be refunded.
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Raise a dispute and stop buying part-worn tyres you penny-pinching pikey!
They are literally the only thing between you and the road.
It's the damage you can't see on part-worns that will kill you, not the nail in the tyre.
Completly agree with above, and if you were not happy with them send them back straight away and not run them on the car.
Only thing I will offer on ebay is a full refund when the item is returned.
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I've recently bought 2 part worm tyres on ebay. Thought it was quite a good deal, two 225 40 18's for £110. With 6mm tread.
Firstly they took 11 days to arrive, in this time I had my mot which had to be put back until I had the tyres. They came in the day of the retest which I thought was lucky.
(http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x329/Lewisb1991/C2FCBF65-F934-4EB9-85CF-863FD3A9433C-8679-000000F92076E33D.jpg)
As you can see there's a nail in the tyre. The Ebayer sold them stating there had been no previous repairs, so he sold them knowing there had been.
So basically I'd like to warn everyone not to use Platinum Part Worn Tyres UK. wayne kerrS!
But you did say: The Ebayer sold them stating there had been no previous repairs. Well it has not been repaired as the nails still in it so he said the truth. I alway get cheap new tyre 4 for £160 will last for years. Had mine on for over 5 years and they still look new.
(http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x329/Lewisb1991/E532A791-0246-4418-86BB-31B9FA590B45-8679-000000F911084605.jpg)
As you can see it was a puncture repair...
I had to fit the tyres as i was waiting for the tyres to arrive to pass an mot, the tyres arrived on the date if the retest. So it was either fit them, or fork out for more tyres, which wasn't a viable solution at the time.
I'm not going to get anything out of it, I've been screwed over. I wanted a partial refund so I'd end up paying what the tyres were actually worth.
Hey-ho, you live and learn I suppose.
Raise a dispute and stop buying part-worn tyres you penny-pinching pikey!
They are literally the only thing between you and the road.
It's the damage you can't see on part-worns that will kill you, not the nail in the tyre.
Completly agree with above, and if you were not happy with them send them back straight away and not run them on the car.
Only thing I will offer on ebay is a full refund when the item is returned.
Ebay actually said they pay for the return too..You were only ever going to get a refund by returning the tyres, so why did you put them onto the car anyway? You'd have been better of buying a couple of new tyres and keeping them to one side to send back. Also, you'd be responsible for postage and it won't be refunded.
We haven't all got a money tree in our back garden pal..
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its not a punture repair. lol they use rubber plug and glue not a nail . You can pick up new tyres at £30 each, you paid 110 for 2 worn tyres ,you must have a money tree. :grin:
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its not a punture repair. lol they use rubber plug and glue not a nail . You can pick up new tyres at £30 each, you paid 110 for 2 worn tyres ,you must have a money tree. :grin:
If you're not going to be nice then please little boy, go away
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Ps if you can find me 2 michelin pilot sport 3's for £30 then please let me know. And also if you can find any new 225 40 18 for £30. Share it to the world!
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im telling you the truth . :smug: your cars nice
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Ps if you can find me 2 michelin pilot sport 3's for £30 then please let me know. And also if you can find any new 225 40 18 for £30. Share it to the world!
you can not get michelin pilot sport for 30 pound each .Ring rsr tyres for good cheap new tyres.
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You can get new Nankang's for around £55 each and whilst I will say they are not the greatest they have to be a better bet in the long run than part worns / history unknown.
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its not a punture repair. lol they use rubber plug and glue not a nail . You can pick up new tyres at £30 each, you paid 110 for 2 worn tyres ,you must have a money tree. :grin:
If you're not going to be nice then please little boy, go away
im 34 year old and have work in a tyre company. They pay £1 to get shot of any tyre (scrap) ,go into any tyre place and ask them to phone you when they get the tyres you want part worn and they will charge you £20 to fit each tyre. Its profit on there wages.
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I've been really impressed with the michelin pilot sport 3's and I've had them on a few cars. They're around £160 each new. So I thought £110 for part worns with 6mm it's probably worth it! I'd rather have no tyres than Nankangs Wayne!
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Depends how you drive, I got my misses contact sports on a KA and the way she drives its overkill for soft rubber, just means they wear quicker even though she drives sensibly, need to get her something cheaper as they have worn way to quick for driving like miss daisy.
With a 1.8T with that torque & lego tyres you will be in wheel spin city, plus its a lardy thing on bends, so I doubt he wants budgets.
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I've been really impressed with the michelin pilot sport 3's and I've had them on a few cars. They're around £160 each new. So I thought £110 for part worns with 6mm it's probably worth it!
Maybe if you lowered your sights to some mid-range tyres instead of ultra-premium in an expensive size you'd be able to afford actual new tyres. Try Kleber or Falken or Toyo or similar. Wouldn't be too shoddy I can assure you.
I'd rather have no tyres than Nankangs Wayne!
If those pikey tyres you have put on your car have a puncture odds on one of them will have been run while at low pressure, or even flat. This will have massively weakened the sidewalls, which is when you're in to blow outs on the motorway.
As has already been said you don't know the history of the tyres when you buy part-worn - you're buying shat someone else has discarded. You're a damned fool.
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I've been really impressed with the michelin pilot sport 3's and I've had them on a few cars. They're around £160 each new. So I thought £110 for part worns with 6mm it's probably worth it!
Maybe if you lowered your sights to some mid-range tyres instead of ultra-premium in an expensive size you'd be able to afford actual new tyres. Try Kleber or Falken or Toyo or similar. Wouldn't be too shoddy I can assure you.
I'd rather have no tyres than Nankangs Wayne!
If those pikey tyres you have put on your car have a puncture odds on one of them will have been run while at low pressure, or even flat. This will have massively weakened the sidewalls, which is when you're in to blow outs on the motorway.
As has already been said you don't know the history of the tyres when you buy part-worn - you're buying shat someone else has discarded. You're a damned fool.
Well thanks for your witty, patronising feedback.
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It's not patronising, it's condescending.
You did post up that you were a cheap-ass, who buys pikey tyres.
Then you were rude about buying new budget tyres, which are probably a lot safer than the dicey old rubber you've been messed about over.
What did you expect from most of the members of this forum? Praise?
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Falken 452's are good, eagle f1, toyo t1r, all midrange and more than enough grip :wink:
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Falken 452's are good, eagle f1, toyo t1r, all midrange and more than enough grip :wink:
I'm running 452's at the moment, in the dry they are very good, in the wet not fantastic. However, I've had them on for about 10k miles now and the fronts are half worn & the rears still have loads of tread left. I'm going to swap front & rears over and I reckon I'll see another 10k out of them.
It's a false economy buying part worns, there's no-way you'll see 10k miles out of those ones which means you'll end up buying more, with the money that you will have then spent you could have bought new.
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DubandDubber are you not shopping around properly?
I can get my tyres (205/40/17) Uniroyal Rainsports 2 for around 85 quid plus fitting
They are fantastic tyres wet or dry!
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Diamond, the point of this post in the first place was to warn others about the bad transaction I've been through with the tyre company. Nothing more.
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There does come the argument that when you buy a second hand car you don't know the condition of the tyres.
Personally, I'd have tyres off a car of which I know WHY the tyres are up for grabs. I know a tyre place that pulls them off damaged rims and sells them. IMO that's downright dangerous. One that has been off an MOT failure that failed on rust or something wouldn't bother me that much.
To be honest though, brakes, tyres and suspension I personally just buy new. You know what's what and you also have decent new parts providing you've gone midrange.
For example, Pagid pads are a minimum for me, a customer commented how much better the brakes are after taking out some cheap sh!te pads while doing other work and replacing them with Pagid on a 4.2l Supercharged Range Rover.
Just spend a bit less and go for new midrange tyres IMO.
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Tough luck then. If they weren't what you ordered, you should not have put them on the car.
Take it on the chin and move on.
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Tough luck then. If they weren't what you ordered, you should not have put them on the car.
Take it on the chin and move on.
Have you not read what I said, at all? It would of cost me for new tyres to be put on so I could of passed the mot. I just forked out for those tyres, and the price of the mot. So I couldn't afford to put more tyres on! God! I think this thread should be locked now..
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Tough luck then. If they weren't what you ordered, you should not have put them on the car.
Take it on the chin and move on.
Have you not read what I said, at all? It would of cost me for new tyres to be put on so I could of passed the mot. I just forked out for those tyres, and the price of the mot. So I couldn't afford to put more tyres on! God! I think this thread should be locked now..
Yeah I read the whole thread. You still made a choice to fit them regardless of whether you had your MOT or not.
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you just have to presume every seller on ebay is a thingy regardless of feedback.
as for part worn tyers, when my cheepskate hat is on i love them as long as know where they came from, van and daily driver never get anything other than part worns the pet sometimes gets them when semislicks are going but i know the car they come off. otherwise it's shiney new premium boots.
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Tough luck then. If they weren't what you ordered, you should not have put them on the car.
Take it on the chin and move on.
Have you not read what I said, at all? It would of cost me for new tyres to be put on so I could of passed the mot. I just forked out for those tyres, and the price of the mot. So I couldn't afford to put more tyres on! God! I think this thread should be locked now..
Yeah I read the whole thread. You still made a choice to fit them regardless of whether you had your MOT or not.
Because I had no choice, £150 for the tyres and mot. I wasn't going to pay for other tyres to..
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Still your choice though however much you try to justify it!
You took a risk it didn't pay off, move on :afro:
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Always buy the best NEW tyres you can afford. This is a good motto to have. As plenty of others have said, they're the only contact between you and the road.
Part-worns are a complete lottery at best, even if you KNOW where they're from. If you can't afford 18" tyres, you shouldn't have 18" rims.
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Always buy the best NEW tyres you can afford. This is a good motto to have. As plenty of others have said, they're the only contact between you and the road.
Part-worns are a complete lottery at best, even if you KNOW where they're from. If you can't afford 18" tyres, you shouldn't have 18" rims.
I don't want the 18s I got lol, I want a set of standards..but can't sell the 18s as they are in a bad way lol
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Still your choice though however much you try to justify it!
You took a risk it didn't pay off, move on :afro:
Thanks for the advice :afro:
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You thought you were doing this:
the point of this post in the first place was to warn others about the bad transaction I've been through with the tyre company. Nothing more.
Unfortunately it came over as 'I did something pikey and now I'm out of pocket WAH!'
Because I had no choice, £150 for the tyres and mot. I wasn't going to pay for other tyres to..
Still your choice though however much you try to justify it!
This, all day long. You had a choice, you didn't make the right one. For the money you've spent you could have had new mid-range tyres you could trust and not be being lampooned on a forum.
Locking the thread would be no fun at all. :grin:
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Part-worns are a complete lottery at best, even if you KNOW where they're from. If you can't afford 18" tyres, you shouldn't have 18" rims.
Why a lottery?
I used the Passat, put them on the rear of the Golf. I could have swapped the rims around if the Passat was 5x100 and would have been the same difference.
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This, all day long. You had a choice, you didn't make the right one. For the money you've spent you could have had new mid-range tyres you could trust and not be being lampooned on a forum.
Locking the thread would be no fun at all. :grin:
and the best part is your new mid range tyres (that cost the same as your part worns) will last twice as long because they arent part worn :laugh: so essentially they are half the price because they will last twice as long :nerd:
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the "I bought big shiney wheels but can't afford the tyers when i need ones" allways makes me chuckel
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the "I bought big shiney wheels but can't afford the tyers when i need ones" allways makes me chuckel
Ooooh f**k off. It's tyres too, not tyers :nerd:
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the "I bought big shiney wheels but can't afford the tyers when i need ones" allways makes me chuckel
Ooooh f**k off. It's tyres too, not tyers :nerd:
I wouldn't go down the spelling route if I were you.
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It was my only comeback I'm afraid :grin: