Tyreleader.co.uk…

Used them before to buy quality tyres at reasonable prices but it appears they have changed their operational regime.

A couple of weeks ago I bought four JLR spec Pirelli all season tyres for daughters FL2. Normally delivered within a couple of days with full tracking traceability.
Had no tracking data and eventually arrived after 4-5 days. What was delivered were four Pirelli’s with a date of manufacture May 2018… over 3.5 years old!!
These tyres were older than the ones on the car that we were replacing. Upon closer inspection a couple of tyres exhibited marks on their beading rims which indicated that they had previously been fitted on rims. They also showed ingrained mud on the sidewalls. The tyres still had paint on their tread and the original stickers on them however they had clearly been stored inappropriately.

I immediately highlighted the problems and requested that they sort the problem… the tyres were only a few pounds cheaper than going to a normal tyre warehouse but I was certainly not aware that I was buying old stock.
13 days later I am still being ignored and fobbed off despite showing clear photographic evidence to them. They just ignore my emails or state that they are waiting for an answer from their warehouse and they will get back to me which spookily enough they never do!

So word of warning don’t buy anything from Tyreleader.co.uk unless you want old second hand tyres and zero customer service!

I’ve had problems before with customers buying tyres on the net,they think they are getting them cheaper but don’t factor in the price to have them fitted which can be between £15-£30,then they work out more expensive than what I can supply them fitted.Also if they bring their own tyres for fitting,the warranty is out the window. Andy.
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I have bought from them before, some years ago, and at that point they were good. They were significantly cheaper and you could include the fitting at a range of fitters. Oddly, kwikfit were cheapest I could find when I needed a single tyre Joined the X5 45e club
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Tyrefitter wrote:

I’ve had problems before with customers buying tyres on the net,they think they are getting them cheaper but don’t factor in the price to have them fitted which can be between £15-£30,then they work out more expensive than what I can supply them fitted.Also if they bring their own tyres for fitting,the warranty is out the window.