Tyre Price Comparision
“We offer you the lowest prices!” Ok, we know that all retailers say that. It’s pretty much a cliché attached to the retail world. Here at Blackcircles.com though we mean what we say. Admittedly there is the odd occasion when we can’t get you the best deal on a particular a brand and size, but that doesn’t happen often. We work very hard to ensure that we can offer you low prices and as such operate a policy that encourages our buyers and sellers to invest in low tyre prices - especially if it means keeping an existing customer happy or attracting new ones.
Sometimes companies that offer cheap tyres don’t include the whole cost of the transaction on their website or catalogue and so items don’t turn out be as cheap as they first appeared. To ensure you don’t get caught paying more than you thought, we advice you should check out some details when you are collecting tyre prices.
Firstly ensure your quote is all inclusive of valves, fitting and balancing. You'd be surprised to see how many retailers add these charges later on. Also, be aware that non e-stamped tyres are in circulation; these are tyres that haven’t been approved for European use, so if you are in doubt, always ask the retailer whether the tyres you want are EU approved.
The tyre fitting element is quite crucial when comparing prices. It is advisable that you make sure the service you are being offered is one that is being offered in conjunction with the garage. Believe it or not there are many retailers, online in particular, who promise a fully fitted service, when in actual fact the garages they use know very little or nothing about the fact they will be expected to fit the tyre to your car. This can lead to an embarrassing conversation at the garage if you are the unlucky customer.
At Blackcircles.com we have franchise partnerships in place with our network, which have been vetted and approved by our Unipart & Blackcircles.com Endorsement standard. At Blackcircles.com we manually poll the prices of our competitors on a monthly basis to ensure we stay ahead. We have a dedicated team of buyers who spend their time keeping up to date with the marketplace. Our tyre price comparisons are with like for like offerings, those, like us, that offer a national price and have a network of tyre fitting outlets.
With that in mind, we have selected the following retail brands for you to compare us against: Kwik-Fit / National Tyres / Just Tyres / ATS:
| Tyre | Kwikfit | National Tyres | Just Tyres | ATS | Blackcircles.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bridgestone B250 | £66.77 | £62.55 | £66.00 | £60.00 | £53.83 |
Continental Eco Contact 3 | £99.07 | £90.45 | £88.99 | £89.00 | £74.59 |
Continental Sport Contact 2 | £129.41 | £122.82 | N/A | N/A | £97.91 |
| Dunlop SP Sport Max 225/45 17 91Z | £141.15 | £130.05 | £129.99 | N/A | £106.90 |
| Goodyear NCTS 205/55 16 91V | £101.03 | £92.25 | £105.00 | £89.70 | £65.34 |
| Michelin Energy 3a 185/65 15 88H | N/A | £101.25 | £90.00 | £89.00 | £72.17 |
| Pirelli P6000 Powergy 195/65 15 91 | £85.37 | £79.65 | £82.99 | £84.00 | £54.96 |
Prices are for one tyre and include fitting, balancing, valves and disposal
Accurate as at 27th January 2009. N/A - Price not available