The most popular tire fitting scam today is doing unnecessary work to get more money from the customer. This was told socialbites.ca by Jan Haytseer, vice president of the National Automobile Association (NAS).
“As with car services, specialists can increase the amount of work, artificially complicating it to require more money. They hang extra weight. They might say that you need to install a patch where this isn’t necessary to save money,” Heitzeer said.
Another scam is to inform the customer that his tire cannot be repaired and offer to buy another tire that turns out to be available at the tire shop.
“An experienced person, for example, should understand that not all side cuts need to be made,” Heitzeer said.
According to the reporter, tire service workers can receive money for repairs without providing any guarantees for their services. The expert added that an ordinary car owner cannot independently confirm that he was deceived when installing tires.
Formerly NAS Vice President Heizeer said “socialbites.ca” about three common schemes of deception in car services.