shercosi Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Went to rufourth autojumble nr york yesterday and there was one guy selling trials stuff and he had a large stack of michelin trials tyres front and rears which he was knockin out for £45 for front and £65 for rear. now my question is these tyres looked new but doggy some how i.e. they had moulding imperfections not been trimed properly etc, has anyone brought any of these and are they ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 If they were kosher he would be making very little if any profit which after all is why he is supposed to be there. Sounds a bit dodgy to me after all these sort of events are the same as car boot sales selling pirate DVD and CD's. Thing is with tyres they all look the same and you see people twisting knobles like they know what they are doing but believe me there are tyres that look like trials tyres and there are Trials tyres. Normally in life you get what you pay for and thats no more true than with tyres. If you just want to improve the price you will get selling your old nail on flea bay, i'm not saying thats you BTW, then i suppose theres a case for it but without trying them out you will never know till you do and after all they are not that much cheaper than the real thing. Mark up on tyres is bu66er all but you sell them hoping the customer will buy something else at the same time. Cavieat Emptor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul w Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 I cannot believe that place is still able to operate. I wouldn't give anyone there my business, pay a bit more from a shop. I think Woosters at Leeds do them for £75 fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy m Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 I just bought a rear X11(TUBELESS) one for £78.00 so they may be kosher as in the item. Did he say how they were cheaper ?? Were they tubed type, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 When you say there were "doggy", did they have dog turds already fitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shercosi Posted February 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 When you say there were "doggy", did they have dog turds already fitted? thanks for pointin out my spelling mistake 250 when i say they looked dodgy it was like the moulding excess had not been trimed back properly so that made me suspucious Maybe from a cost point of view he was buying in bulk because he had about 15 tubed fronts and about the same in tubless rears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thats less than dealers pay for them,why would you let them go for that?maybe they came trom a duff batch.You normally get what you pay for 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stroke4stroke Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 You shouldn't get sub-standard Michelins. i know someone who works for them and part of his job is to put a Stanley knife through the walls of anything that does not pass inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger144 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 probably tube type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) probably tube type still very cheap, almost cost, if tube type. As per my previous post re car boots and copied DVD / Cd's perhaps somebody has taken a mould off Michelin's and remoulded some cheepo copies as in lookalikes? Look i dont know but i can tell you at that price if they are genuine there is NO PROFIT so why would you "sell" ?As i said before same as with counterfeit DVD's cavieat emptor. Edited February 3, 2013 by old trials fanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnh Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 didnt you ask him where he got them from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindie Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Buy one, take it to Michelin and see what they think? If hes a dodgy geezer then Mich may reward you for your trouble? Possibly with a few free tyres. I know I would. Edited February 12, 2013 by pindie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 its conceivable they are kosher but with VAT, the margin would be infinitesimal you can't enforce RRPs anymore, so if someone wanted to they could my source in the tyre would does enquire, has anyone looked at the date codes on these tyres ??? all tyre come with a code on the sidewall which tells you year and week of production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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