New twist on rentals..........tires

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  • Monk
    Legendary BangShifter
    • Nov 2007
    • 6722

    #1

    New twist on rentals..........tires

    Apparently now you can rent tires.

    Sign of the times I guess.

    Chains such as Rent-a-Wheel and Rimco are seeing business boom. Many consumers pay double or triple the cost of buying and face aggressive repossession policies.
    Thom

    "The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."
  • Monster
    Administrator
    • Nov 2007
    • 25548

    #2
    Originally posted by Monk View Post
    Apparently now you can rent tires.

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    • squirrel
      Benevolent Ruler of the Universe
      • Nov 2007
      • 19334

      #3
      I saw a tire rental place in Phoenix when I visited last weekend. Strange.
      My fabulous web page

      "If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk

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      • Aircooled
        Superhero BangShifter
        • Nov 2007
        • 981

        #4
        Rent-A-Tire has been in Houston for 10 or so years now. It is an expansion of the Rent-A-Center furniture and appliance stores that have been around forever.

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        • Dan Barlow
          ZF6 Bangshifter
          • Dec 2007
          • 10582

          #5
          I just want to rent them for a weekend. Turn them in after an open track day.
          Last edited by Dan Barlow; June 10, 2013, 06:00 AM.
          Previously HoosierL98GTA

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          • Barry Donovan
            No Life Outside BangShift.com
            • Jul 2009
            • 16928

            #6
            I have bought used.. usually a case of owner frustration. not happy with them.. but they would have to be over half tread, and no oddities...unless a plug or 3.
            I have even worked into the t rated and beyond,( tires normally beaten to death).

            renting is silly. That is like a bank charging to have a direct deposit account.
            Previously boxer3main
            the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.

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            • Monk
              Legendary BangShifter
              • Nov 2007
              • 6722

              #7
              I'm waiting for Chad and Brian to rent their first set
              Thom

              "The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."

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              • BigBlockMopar
                Superhero BangShifter
                • Nov 2007
                • 3498

                #8
                Reading the title I thought sneaky peeps were now stealing the good tires from rentals cars and putting old ones back on...
                www.BigBlockMopar.com

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                • BOOOGHAR
                  Legendary BangShifter
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 6442

                  #9
                  Originally posted by BigBlockMopar View Post
                  Reading the title I thought sneaky peeps were now stealing the good tires from rentals cars and putting old ones back on...
                  Oh I've known people who did that very thing
                  Charles W - BS Photographer at large

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                  • studemax
                    [ Expletive Deleted ]
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 6453

                    #10
                    One of the big local wheel and tire outfits is renting.... I thought it sounded like a horrible idea.
                    Most of their customers are driving lowriders and donks.... so maybe it works for them.

                    I would NEVER do such a dumb thing.
                    Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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                    • Aircooled
                      Superhero BangShifter
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 981

                      #11
                      These businesses are not really renting the tires, the are using the "Rent-to-own" selling scheme (scam?). The one where you pay $10 per week for 2 years for a $100 tire.

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                      • Monk
                        Legendary BangShifter
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 6722

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Aircooled View Post
                        These businesses are not really renting the tires, the are using the "Rent-to-own" selling scheme (scam?). The one where you pay $10 per week for 2 years for a $100 tire.
                        Yeah.... More appropriate
                        Thom

                        "The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."

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                        • Nik
                          Hero BangShifter
                          • Jun 2011
                          • 294

                          #13
                          When I use to run a radio station, one of the Rent A Centers was my account. You could not believe how many people were renting to own their bling bling wheels and rubber band tires. They also did rent to own on stereo systems for your car. I called on that account twice and then couldn't go back cause it made me sick to see young kids ruining their credit for a goofy looking set of rims and a radio.
                          Nitrous is like that hot chick with crabs. you want to hit it, you're just afraid of the consequences

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