I came into the discount tire on Pearl a couple of months ago to get pricing on all season tires to prepare for the winter and be able to get to Crystal mountain for snow sports. I was greeted by Austin who was super helpful and showed me many different options of tires for my car at varying levels and prices. I knew right then I wanted to purchase my tires from them based off of this encounter. I ended up ordering tires that weren't in stock and making an appointment a week later to come get them installed. It took about an hour as quoted and I was able to watch them in the bay during the whole process.
Fast forward to yesterday at 8am, I was taking my kids to school and my low tire pressure light alert came on. One of my kids had to be at school in 10 minutes but the other had 30 min until his school started. I also had a lift ticket booked with plans to hit the slopes after the second drop off. So I dropped my daughter off and stopped for an air check at Discount Tire before the elementary school. The attendant was prompt and friendly. When he got to the 4th tire he told me the bad news, unfortunately it was under 15psi and he couldn't fill it. He was going to ask if there was something else they could use and if not they could repair it but it would take a couple of hours because their morning was filled with appointments, which I could see from the volume of cars in the bay and the parking lot. I asked if I could take my son to school and come back because his bell was going to ring in 15 minutes. The manager, again Austin was passing and took a look and said I really can't drive on that because it might blow out because it's so low. He said he could get me in and it would take 45 min to repair and that was putting me in front of a lot of people. I pulled into a parking space and Austin got right to work. Tom came out to get my customer info, returning 3 times to cater to me not having to get out of the car or take my son out. From getting my email, asking questions, bringing my receipt etc. all while Austin jacked up the car removed the tire, the metal, leak tested it and put it back on. The whole process only took about 15 minutes. I'm not sure which was more impressive, the wonderful customer service or the skill and execution of removing, repairing and replacing the tire. They both exceeded any expectations. My son only ended up being 3 minutes late for school and I was able to get to the mountain with hardly a delay. Austin, Tom and the air check attendant really recovered a Friday that was heading south! Amazing. Would recommend and so glad I got my tires with the lifetime cert from them! read more