I have purchased my tires from Discount Tire for several years now. I always choose to buy from Discount Tire for one reason and one reason only, the customer service. What good is saving a few bucks if the company doesn't stand behind their product ? Over the years, I have had occasion to use the warranty on a tire, and have been more than pleasantly surprised at how fairly I was treated by Discount Tire. I dont even shop around anymore. If I need a tire, I just go to the nearest DT store and get them.
With that said, let me tell you what
happened to us over the Thanksgiving holiday to show you that the customer service at Discount really does go beyond just making a buck.
I had travelled eight hours from
Midland, Texas to Portland, Texas to enjoy the holiday week fishing with my family on the Gulf and to pick up a used kayak and trailer I had purchased to bring home. When I picked up the trailer and kayak early in the week before Thanksgiving Day, there were no problems with the tires. Everything seemed OK and I drove all over the Coastal Bend area that week with no issues. I had brought a couple of the little 12 inch tires that you can get at any sporting good store with me in case there was a problem with the originals. Upon trying to leave on the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving, I decided to top these tires off with air for the 8 hr trip home. The very second that I started putting air in the tires one of the valves fell off and the other tire started leaking like a snake hissing. I thought, "Wow, good thing I'm prepared and have two spares. I'll switch these out and we'll be on our way." Well, a half an hour later I was still trying to get the first lug nut unstuck, even with a whole can of penetrating oil. Years of the kayak trailer being in the salt air had caused all of the lugs to be rusted shut. I had no idea how I was going to get home with the trailer. That's when my wife said "Hey, there's a Discount Tire right down the block let's go see if they can help." I thought, it's the busiest travel weekend of the year, it's a Saturday morning, and even if they agree to work on tires that they did not sell, it'll be at least a five or six hour wait and we're going to have to get another hotel room just to be able to get these tires on.
I limped the trailer the two blocks to Discount Tire. A man named Diego walked up to me and said "How can I help you sir?" I told him right then that I was probably going to turn out to be the biggest pain in the rear end he'd have all day. That I had a major problem, I was stuck with a wife, a kid, three dogs and two kayaks already loaded and no way to get home without a lot of help. I told him I'd pay anything if he would help me.
He looked at the tires and said "So you want to switch the tires you have for these old ones?"
I said "Yep."
Diego said "Oh man, I thought you said you had a problem! This is easy! Just pull around the side."
Five minutes later he had the tires switched and said "You're good to go."
I said "OK, let's go inside and get you paid for it."
Diego said "No charge Jon, glad to help."
I want the owners and managers of Discount Tire to know that this kind of customer service is exactly what is missing in most companies and that because you give your employees a little leeway to help people in need is why I always have, and always will shop only at Discount Tire. Diego saved my family a lot of money and at least an entire day by taking five minutes to help a stranded family trying to get home safely.
I know this is been a very very long review but I just wanted you to know as long as I live I will tell all who will listen about the true customer service they'll find shopping with your company. I'm posting it on Yelp, Facebook, The BBB, snd I'm sending it to all my clients, most of whom have fleets of vehicles.
And please let Diego in Portland, Texas know what an impact his kindness had on my family.
Thank you so much,
Chef Jon Boles
Midland Texas read more