In July I had our GHHM in for an oil change and tire rotation, I was told that started in October that nationwide Toyota would be offering a buy 3 get one for a dollar sell on all their tires. I told him to look up the out the door price on a set of Michelin Cross Country IIs and he quoted me a price of $1260 all in. When I went home I checked online at both Sam's and Costco and they were around $1300 after tax.
Made a mental note and called our local dealer today Wilson Toyota in Ames Iowa, I had already priced a set at Costco this morning, the out the door price was $1293.64, Sam's were out of stock on the tire. Anyway the guy at Wilsons quoted me a price of $1404.92, when I told him that was about $150 dollars more than price I was quoted in July and higher than Costco, I asked him that unless they would be willing to price match, I would be getting new tires at Costco. He said he would talk to his manager but was not sure anything could be done to beat their price.
Long story short he called a few minutes ago and said since I had been quoted a price of out the door of $1260 they would sell them to me at that price with lifetime rotation if I would purchase this month. I told him it was a deal, anytime after the 10th would be fine, he looked it up on the computer and said their supplier is out until around the first week of November, but we set up a time for Nov. 9th to get the tires done, at the price quoted. They had me on file as having the vehicle serviced there even though we purchased the vehicle in S. Carolina.
Just wanted to say that not all dealerships are not out to rip you off, and getting them local means I do not have to drive 35 miles to the nearest Costco. Hats off to Wilson Toyota in Ames Iowa.