Tirerack experiences?

[walbjj]

ok, this is to quell all the misinformation being thrown around, i contacted roger@tirerack, who ive bought from a few times and he sent me this

Thanks for your inquiry. Unfortunately, you are correct, we are no longer able to export the following tire brands due to a new export requirement when shipping tires to Australia.


B. F. Goodrich

Bridgestone

Continental

Firestone

Fuzion

General

Hankook

Michelin

Pirelli

Toyo

Uniroyal

Yokohama


The only tires we can currently ship would include Dunlop's, Goodyear's, Kumho's, and Sumitomo's, So, if you can work with one of the remaining brand's I would be more than happy to quote!

in saying that, ive just put an order in for a set of 235/19/35 goodyear assym 2 and it comes to $1094 shipped to oz. im getting on these as who knows when the other brands will pull the plug on sending to oz.

[HaywireTig]

Tirerack experiences?

Excellent info. Thanks for that mate. Funny thing is... My friend who couldn't order his Michellin PSS's, he changed his order to 2 set of Continentals (2 different models). And they accepted it. This is just 2 days ago.

[walbjj]

Excellent info. Thanks for that mate. Funny thing is... My friend who couldn't order his Michellin PSS's, he changed his order to 2 set of Continentals (2 different models). And they accepted it. This is just 2 days ago.

I actually ordered a set of continental dw about 4 months ago and they arrived no problems. Who knows? Ill just buy what they say I can

[HaywireTig]

Tirerack experiences?

Yeah I got my Conti DW's from them 2mths ago too. ))

[Perun]

Sorry to drag up old replies but I just saw these...

Don't forget that some tyre cases have a fairly good value for the retreaders (yes, some fools still use retreads), so they can sell them rather than pay for disposal.

Do they generally take anything? I've wondered about this before. Why pay disposal fees if someone else wants them and might even pay for them.

The most you'll get for a casing is a few bucks. There are strict guidelines as to what they can accept. The tyre can't be damaged in any way, can have only one or two puncture repairs and they have to be a certain distance apart, can't be worn beyond the tread (ie. exposed cords), etc. Years ago, in your scrap heap you'd end up with 40% decent casings and 60% scrap, so it didn't end up costing a whole heap. These days, you'd be lucky to have 10% good casings. All my tyres get recycled because retreads are evil and should be killed with fire.

[seppo]

Sent a request for quote on 4xPirelli P Zero's before reading this. Don't like my chances.

[seppo]

From Tirerack today
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Thank you for your email. I apologize for my delay.

Thank you for your email!

I was just informed that we can no longer send Bridgestone brand tires internationally to Australia.

Please let me know the next step.

[walbjj]

From Tirerack today
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Thank you for your email. I apologize for my delay.

Thank you for your email!

I was just informed that we can no longer send Bridgestone brand tires internationally to Australia.

Please let me know the next step.

Where you get tyres from? - Page 4
Check out this thread, conflicting info from diff sales reps from tirerack

[seppo]

Where you get tyres from? - Page 4
Check out this thread, conflicting info from diff sales reps from tirerack

Bizarre. Thanks.

[Scanners]

in saying that, ive just put an order in for a set of 235/19/35 goodyear assym 2 and it comes to $1094 shipped to oz. im getting on these as who knows when the other brands will pull the plug on sending to oz.

G'day Walbjj,

Did you ending up receiving the Asym 2? I was looking at putting an order in for a set of 225/40/18 and Goodyear Australia don't have that size here; even though it says on their website that size is available.

They have quoted me the Goodyear F1 Directional 5 for $335 each fitted, etc; but in reading all the reviews the Asym 2 sounds like the way to go.

Thanks
Scanners

[walbjj]

Yes, received them, took 5 days. Ordered on a sat. Came in that friday

[yowie]

ok, this is to quell all the misinformation being thrown around, i contacted roger@tirerack, who ive bought from a few times and he sent me this

Thanks for your inquiry. Unfortunately, you are correct, we are no longer able to export the following tire brands due to a new export requirement when shipping tires to Australia.


B. F. Goodrich

Bridgestone

Continental

Firestone

Fuzion

General

Hankook

Michelin

Pirelli

Toyo

Uniroyal

Yokohama


The only tires we can currently ship would include Dunlop's, Goodyear's, Kumho's, and Sumitomo's, So, if you can work with one of the remaining brand's I would be more than happy to quote!

This doesn't make much sense. What is the new 'requirement' they speak of? And who has legal authority to impose such a thing?
It sounds and looks like re-seller pressure on manufacturers to maintain profits, which, if proved, would be collusion to overcome the objects of the US -Australia Free Trade Agreement.
I am very happy with my Conti DWs and with the price.
I couldn't be bothered complaining to ACCC by calling 1300 302502. Others may.
When needed, we will just engage a third-party purchaser.

[walbjj]

This doesn't make much sense. What is the new 'requirement' they speak of? And who has legal authority to impose such a thing?
It sounds and looks like re-seller pressure on manufacturers to maintain profits, which, if proved, would be collusion to overcome the objects of the US -Australia Free Trade Agreement.
I am very happy with my Conti DWs and with the price.
I couldn't be bothered complaining to ACCC by calling 1300 302502. Others may.
When needed, we will just engage a third-party purchaser.

in case u havent been following what goes on, say for example, michelin intl appoints a distributor in australia, michelin australia. they r given the licence to distribute and sell michelin tyres (at great expense i assume). so they r going along quite dandy until consumers catch wind that they can bu the exact same michelin tyres from overseas for much cheaper. michelin aust asks michelin intl what the deal is, seeing as they paid a lot of money for the distribution rights for aust. michelin intl will try to appease michelin aust by "restricting" sales of said tyres from say for example, north america to anywhere else in the world.
so all the nth american michelin resellers r told that they can have their allotment revoked if they r found to sell to australian or overseas customers. this fear of god is enough for them to stop.
thats it in a nutshell. happens with a lot of consumer goods. its just the way it is.

[yowie]

I agree, practically that is probably how it is.
The question is whether it would withstand legal scrutiny since the FTA came into effect in 2008.
The thrust of the Agremeent, below, is clearly to create a single market without regard to local considerations.
If however, the GST invades internet transactions as is being suggested, it may be our government has incentive enough to do something about it.

Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.

Article 10.1 : Scope and Coverage

1. This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by a Party affecting cross-border trade in services by service suppliers of the other Party. Such measures include measures affecting:

(a) the production, distribution, marketing, sale, and delivery of a service;

(b) the purchase or use of, or payment for, a service;
...

Article 10.4 : Market Access

Neither Party may adopt or maintain, either on the basis of a regional subdivision or on the basis of its entire territory, measures that:

...

(b) restrict or require specific types of legal entity or joint venture through which a service supplier may supply a service.

[BottomScratcher]

I agree, practically that is probably how it is.
The question is whether it would withstand legal scrutiny since the FTA came into effect in 2008.

One of the four things the Australian constitution assures is free trade between the states, but try to take a truckload of cigarettes across the Qld/NSW border and see how you go at the heavy vehicle checking station.

Legal standings aside, and bearing in mind that the tyres most of us here would want to buy from the US are not US products anyhow, companies such as TireRack aren't going to bother spending a motza on legal fees against a foreign tyre corporation in order to test a case that would permit them to sell a relative handful of tyres to Australians.....and the tyre corporations know it.

Levi's jeans is another example. USD45 a pair retail in the USA, AUD109.95 here. US stores like Sears, and J.C Penney are told by Levi's not to ship them to Australia to protect the Australian distributor. A top of the range iPhone 5 in the US goes for USD399 and AUD999 here. When ordered online they both ship from the same place in China. So much for the US being the champion of capitalism in the free world. FTAs are a joke. Particularly with the USA, which I don't ever recall doing anything that wasn't in its own interests. Have a look at all of the self-serving protectionist measures that were immediately reapplied, and remain in place, as soon as the GFC started to bite. It's not just the US though. It's standard procedure all over. Despite all the talk of a global market place when it comes down to us at the retail consumer level (the bottom of the food chain) the realities are unfortunately quite different.