> Are you sure about that? It's more annoying to have to change them, but as someone who bought some long ago, it was cheaper than new, even taking into account how much wear there was.

Yes, but their as an emphasis on it being done repeatedly, which is why it incurs such a large expense OVER TIME.

When I worked in the auto Industry we used to charge customers at the dealership for disposal fee on tires, unbeknownst to them a lot of the techs and us in parts had a look at the take-offs and tried to keep some around just in case for friends or workers who were on hard-times to avoid this--they also made good rollers when tying to sell spare shells/chassis projects we no longer wanted. They typical size 205-15s were always gone as they were used on your basic econoboxes and fit most steel wheels.

I've mainly bought used tires after making the mistake of buying new I bought my first car when I was a teenager as I had a bad experience with the return policy at Sears (my mom forced me to buy new). Whether out of need or simply convenience I could simply get them easier than ordering most times and I knew where to look and who to call, but I had the luxury of working in the auto Industry and living close enough to work that I could walk, ride a bike or use one of my other cars or motorcycles. But even then I had a hard time getting all-season 255/35/20 in the middle of winter in CO for my car that I brought from SoCal, it sat parked for about 2 months until the weather improved and I ended buying a beater car for nearly the same price of the tires new even with an employee discount.

> Are you sure about that? It's more annoying to have to change them, but as someone who bought some long ago, it was cheaper than new, even taking into account how much wear there was.

If that seems to be the consensus around here, it once again omits a great deal of anecdotal evidence for the majority of people. Specifically when taking how devastating COVID was for most retail/service workers in the US and around the World.

Want to know how I know this?

Bank fees are typically the most common ding on people's credit scores, perhaps second to late or missed payments on bills or credit cards and student or medical debt rounding out the trifecta: guess who incurs those most frequently? You guessed it, people who are often unable to maintain any savings and thus have a low bank balance because they live paycheck to paycheck.

I lived that way most of my young adult life, too.

When you realize how predatory the banking system is first hand, it makes your blood boil: I had friends in the culinary World who essentially had a large part of their stimulus checks eaten away due to overdraft fees, which are structured in such a way in order yield the largest fees for the bank(s) [0].

I was moving out of the country and I gave a friend some Hifi equipment, an HDTV, and a spare car I didn't want to bother selling in order to get him out of debt.

Sadly, he couldn't even afford to register the car after he sold the TV and HIFI after paying rent and utilities as his hours had been reduced due to COVID, which is once again a reminder of who has poor credit and why.

0: https://rightsradio.com/removing-unfair-bank-overdraft-charg...