some days are more challenging than others

so with the intermittent brighthouse service i stayed up until about 8am researching and then searching for tires... and the phone wakes me an hour ago and i should have known a tire place wants me to call back... i hate this money-grubbing world and the people who make it that way... tiresplus supposedly has a price guarantee and a simple form asked for the amount of lower price and the address for the store/website that offered the lower price and the guarantee states they will match it... the message on my phone was call us and let's talk tires... not we have that tire and will match that price... an unsolicited sales call and false advertising if they don't meet the price, but it is to be expected, sales people lie routinely...

jackson said she got a quote yesterday from a guy at a david maus toyota dealership for 4 tires for just over $200 installed... when she told me my eyes must have rolled because she got upset... she called back today and another guy said that the guy she spoke to was not there and he had no tires that low, but told her to come in and quoted tires at twice the price and more... she said she can't afford that... beautiful person that she is, she does not want to believe that sales people lie routinely...

if i was working this would not be a challenge as i'd just lay it out or buy them... guess she does not realize how much new tires cost... i put four new michelins on my car this past spring and it was about $560... i can probably get her four newer (latest model, "defenders" michelins for about $500 maybe $450 installed and balanced which is the wisest way to go (best tires out there)... i can probably get a cheaper tire for about $350 out the door, but the big difference is that cheaper tire will wear out in half the time or less... she'd need another set of tires in less than two years... the michelins should last her at least three, likely four and they will improve her gas mileage... all in all, cheaper and safer over the course of the next four years... hopefully she will see that...

gonna wander the facebook a while...