Cost of Tyres
Submitted: Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:03
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Echucan Bob
When I last bought tyres in 2007 I paid $300 for Cooper ST-Cs fitted in Kalgoorlie.
I thought with the relative increase in value of the $AUD v Greenback they would have been a bit cheaper by now. However, I just paid $370 fitted for STTs. Was I ripped off or is that about right? (LT 245/75 16s)
Reply By: Member - The Bushwhackers -NSW - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:22
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:22
G'day Bob
I paid $340 For Cooper Zeon LTZ 265/75/16 about 12 months ago,(would have to
check the receipt for exact date), so I guess the pricing is about standard.
I agree we should be seeing some benefit from the high Aussie dollar, so maybe we are all being ripped off! I mean, the high AU dollar gets blamed for everything being dearer!!
Cheers, Dave
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Follow Up By: Member - Mfewster(SA) - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:45
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:45
We are certianly getting benefit from the high dollar. Tyres are mainly made from oil and the price of that has risen steeply. Only the strong $ is saving us from much higher prices for tyres and at the bowser. If the oz dollar hadn't done its thing, fuel would be over $2 a litre now.
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Reply By: Patrol22 - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:59
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:59
I think we in Australia are still paying too much for tyres. There has been a discussion going on at work (we have a group of
recreation folders on outlook - one is 4WDriving) and there are a few guys who have recently imported BFG AT tyres from the US. They are saying that they get 5 delivered to the door (265/75R16 AT) for less than the $1000 GST free limit - freight included. The reason they went down this path in the first place is due to the fact that BFG tyres are pretty hard to come by at the present.
Personally I like to give the local bloke a go but it does seem that the mark up we have to pay is far too high.
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Follow Up By: muffin man - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 09:36
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 09:36
This is being tossed around alot lately. A bloke on another
forum posted a quote for the above from the US. By having them imported he saved $60 for a set of four tyres. The big thing was he could get the tyres within a week rather than waiting 4 months.
MM
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Follow Up By: Member - Des Lexic - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 20:41
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 20:41
G'day Patrol,
I've been looking into getting some new rubber from USA and they appear quite a lot cheaper. One Question if you don't mind but who organised thefreight, the outlet or the purchaser?
Des
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Follow Up By: muffin man - Monday, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:40
Monday, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:40
If you buy them from tireack they organise it about $400.
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Follow Up By: Patrol22 - Monday, Jun 06, 2011 at 15:59
Monday, Jun 06, 2011 at 15:59
Like Muffin Man says Des.....the crowd used by the guys at work was
Tire Rack and as you can see from the discussion at the link that do the organising.
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Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 09:38
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 09:38
What has the cost of oil got to do with the cost of tyres, really?
What is the cost of a barrell of crude oil?
How many tyres will 1 barrell of oil make?
I would guess that the crude oil cost contained in a tyre is
well under $10, so if it doubled, so what. More to do with manufacturing, supply and demand, shipping, overherads and margins along the way.
Cheers,
Peter
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Follow Up By: Battery Value Pty Ltd - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 10:19
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 10:19
Hi Peter,
how are you?
...More to do with manufacturing, supply and demand, shipping, overherads and margins along the way....
The cost of oil affects all of these, not only the ingredients, that's why.
Secondly, in an attempt to pay the higher cost for oil based products, we have to use more of the oil to be successful at it.
You can't make money out of thin air.
So there are some inflationary pressures which can't be overcome as long as demand exceeds a constrained supply.
cheers, Peter
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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 11:03
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 11:03
G'day Peter. We are
well :-) and you?
You are correct of course, I guess the point I was trying to make (badly) is that the oil content of the tyre is not the big deal part of the equation and a tyre is not likely to be effected by the direct cost of oil a lot more than many other products.
Cheers,
Peter
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian, SA - Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 10:05
Sunday, Jun 05, 2011 at 10:05
There are lots of variables in the pricing structure of every commodity, including the most important one ("how much would a consumer actually pay for this ? :-o). I bought 4 Cooper ST's (my size is 265/75/16) in the Alice 9 months back for $350 a piece fit and bal (BFG AT's were $400 ! - I got another one in
Adelaide 3 months ago for $10 less - I think at the time the ATR's, the AT3's and the ST-C's were all the same price in the Alice - the STT's were quite a few $ more (but the ST's were my pick anyway). I haven't bought anything in 245 for quite awhile.
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