I've had good luck at Costco if for no other reason than they offer a
warranty on all tires - I could never find another retailer to
warranty light truck tires.

Jeff

On 10-Aug-08, at 8:52 AM, Bill Glenn wrote:

> Tires at Costco:
> The statements in this thread about certain tires not being
> available at
> Costco has struck a cord (bad pun).
>
> Two weeks ago I was in Costco in Twin Falls, Idaho, and inquired
> about BFG
> T/A Ko's, 215/75R15, and was told they had been discontued;
> Michelins were
> offered as a substitute.  Having been reading up on the various tire
> options lately, I did not believe that the BFG's were no longer
> available,
> so the conversation went no further.  Upon returning home, I
> checked the
> BFG website for this tire and found it listed, and further
> confirmed with a
> phone call to BFG that it has not been discontinued.
>
> My own experience at Costco, when combined with what I'm reading in
> this
> thread of others' experience, leads me to wonder if Costco perhaps
> tries to
> sell the tires they have in the warehouse (possibly purchased with
> a volume
> discount), as opposed to getting the tires the customer wants (most
> likely
> purchased without a volume discount, and thus a lower-margin sale for
> Costco?).  A few anecdotal experiences are insufficient to reach a
> conclusion about Costco practice, but maybe there are more of you
> out there
> who have had a similar experience at Costco?
>
> I have yet to buy tires at Costco, since the nearest store is
> eighty miles
> away from me, so even a $15-20 savings per tire would not be worth the
> trip, without multiple other reasons for making the drive.
>
> Bill