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BSdetect

(8,999 posts) Thu May 12, 2022, 07:51 AM May 2022

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The free market in action?

Price of a tire here is $219

https://thetrailerpartsoutlet.com/products/goodride-13-6-ply-radial-trailer-tire-wheel-st-175-80r13-5-lug-white-spoke?
variant=31796012777553

Goodride 13" 6 ply Radial Trailer Tire & Wheel - ST 175/80R13 - 5 lug (White Spoke)
SKU: GRTW-17580R13-6WS545

Regular price $219.99

At Harborfreight it's $15

May not be exactly the same quality but really?

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The free market in action? (Original Post) BSdetect May 2022 OP

15 dollars? I really wouldn't buy a 15 dollar tire. jimfields33 May 2022 #1

This is a cheap inexpensive trailer tire, not an automobile tire. Emile May 2022 #3

Ah. Got it. jimfields33 May 2022 #4

I wonder how many suckers they sell that little wheel and tire to? Emile May 2022 #2

I had to replace the small tire on my wheelbarrow: $7.99 at Harborfreight, $39. at Lowe's. sop May 2022 #5

jimfields33

(16,144 posts)

1. 15 dollars? I really wouldn't buy a 15 dollar tire.

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2022, 07:55 AM

May 2022

219 is high but last time I bought tires three years ago they were around 180 so 219 is reasonable.

Emile

(23,192 posts)

3. This is a cheap inexpensive trailer tire, not an automobile tire.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Thu May 12, 2022, 07:56 AM

May 2022

jimfields33

(16,144 posts)

4. Ah. Got it.

Reply to Emile (Reply #3)

Thu May 12, 2022, 08:00 AM

May 2022

Emile

(23,192 posts)

2. I wonder how many suckers they sell that little wheel and tire to?

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2022, 07:55 AM

May 2022

sop

(10,299 posts)

5. I had to replace the small tire on my wheelbarrow: $7.99 at Harborfreight, $39. at Lowe's.

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2022, 08:37 AM

May 2022

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