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Is $50 to swap winters on rims too much?

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Aug 16, 2014
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Just paid $135 to have my summer rims/tires replaced with my winter rims/tires and have them store them until next spring.
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You can get a better deal elsewhere (half that price). I wouldn't pay more then $50, it does not take over 30 min for a tire swap on wheels already mounted.
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Mar 28, 2013
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SCARBOROUGH
Not sure if this is still the case but Costco used to do it free if you bought the tires there.
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Oct 18, 2012
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I think 25-30$ is reasonable, since the tires are already on rim. That's wat I paid last week in Brampton.
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Aug 5, 2012
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MISSISSAUGA
I read an ad a couple of weeks in kijiji where a licensed mechanic comes to your house and swaps the already mounted winter tires on rims onto your car..This is all for just
$ 35.
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Mar 25, 2005
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Tires23 $25.00

I'll be paying $125 though for storage and spring switch.
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Mar 13, 2009
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Maple
I have been paying $20 in the last 4 years. It's 15 minutes of work for competent garage. Anyone who charges you more than $30 is ripping you off. And frankly, I don't really care if he is paying taxes, it's his problem not mine.
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Mar 13, 2009
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Maple
And yes, they take the tires out of the car, replace them and put the replaced ones back. Even put them in nylons.
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Jul 19, 2005
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got mine done for $25

wouldn't pay more than $40
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Yea a lot of you are overpaying.
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STCman wrote: Never paid more then 15-20 to do this....

Mounting tires on rims I paid 50 but a swap never cost me that over 20
+1 paid my mech. $70 to remove old tires and mount new ones and then swap my summer wheels with the newly mounted winters on to the car.
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Gnucky wrote: Not sure if this is still the case but Costco used to do it free if you bought the tires there.
Sure they do but get ready to get to the store at the crack of dawn and wait until the dead of night before it gets done, lol. Wayyy too many people waiting to get this done at Costco.
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Feb 26, 2012
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MISSISSAUGA
mathiewannabe wrote: exactly, seems too cheap. must be skipping on paying taxes/reporting income.

same goes for haircuts at $8.

Unless they cut your hair in 10 minutes, something is fishy.
If you guys are paying more than $50 for a tire changeover, something at that garage is fishy!

We have stealerships here charging only $40!
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Jan 13, 2005
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IMO, If that your your mechanic and he been fixing your car for years, you shouldn't be charged.
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mathiewannabe wrote: You do the math. If it was like 30$, thats just slave labour. Hair cut these days cost 20$.

How much are you expecting to pay?
Just do it yourself if its not worth 50$
I' won't shine your boots for less than $30. Op is just cheap! Sorry John I think you need to suck it up or do it your self.
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Jul 17, 2011
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I paid $60 for mounting new winter tires on new rims plus balancing. Then also switch from my summer set.
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FWIW, Walmart in Ottawa (Trainyards) charges $8/tire (+ tax) to change mounted tires. It's $18.50/tire (+ tax) to swap unmounted tires.

Honestly, as someone else mentioned, I think $50 is about what you'd expect a garage to charge given that most charge $100+/hr. IMO, the dealerships that do it for $40, do it as a loss leader (i.e. offer to do the switch-over for $40 in order to get you in the garage and convince you to do other work).
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Sep 24, 2007
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I have seen promo pricing at $20 to swap mounted tires. At $50, I would swap them my self in the driveway.
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Jul 22, 2014
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nano wrote: IMO, If that your your mechanic and he been fixing your car for years, you shouldn't be charged.
Why? If we change all the tires for our customers for free, we'd be volunteering half the month of october and all of november. You entitlement makes you sound like someone that still has fathers credit card in your wallet.
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Mar 13, 2009
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Maple
valeradunets wrote: Why? If we change all the tires for our customers for free, we'd be volunteering half the month of october and all of november. You entitlement makes you sound like someone that still has fathers credit card in your wallet.
No work should be done for free. But there is a difference between doing it for free and charging $50-70 for 15 minutes of work. $30-40 is the maximum you should pay for that kind of work, but plenty of garages will do it for $20.

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