Nothing wrong with remoulds, it amazes me how fashion concious people are though.
EG, Insa Turbo/Bronco/Fedima/Kingpin/Recip, etc etc etc, all remoulds, all the same thing, ie. copies of something two or three times the price, but even their prices vary greatly. I've just bought a pair of Kingpin tracker Mud Terrain. Won't say exactly how much for but they were £20 cheaper each than Bronco Rough Riders which are exactly the same thing !
Mucky mate you're not the cheapest but you're not far off . You'll never match the big sellers who buy in bulk unless you can make less profit to start with. Guess you already know that though. Tyre place round the corner reckons he makes more fitting tyres supplied by customers than the does supplying them himself ! He wanted £85 a corner for Insa Turbo Saharas !!
ONLY A FOOL WOULD TRY TO TAKE ON THE BIG SELLERS :lol Thats the same in any market, like Adz was saying Kamskill would rather make a loss than see an order go to another company. You also have to think of cash flow and inventory. The big guys keep stock... were in recession... orders are slow resulting in poor cash flow... how do you make cash flow better... lower your inventory and sell stock off cheaper!
This is the same in the market i'm in with my parts business, how could I compare with the likes of Jack Barclay's... simple... not everyone wants to deal with them, or knows about them, or can be arsed going to them, or have had bad service in the past.
The price of £165 for the 4 has a standard mark up I put on, which easilly beats most tyre suppliers as I simply do not have their overheads resulting in a much lower mark up. Now where I am going to advertise it is very unlikely folk will know about Kamskill or any of the other companies willing to take a loss and are unlikely to be the type of person to start shopping online.
There is also the "buying off someone you know" satisfaction, i've already received two orders from guys off my other forum and I plan to hit my local area hard due to the lack of suppliers and number of 4x4s!
Now as for Kingpin, I have heard mixed feedback about them, as I have many manufacturers! I would always remember as with anything your only going to get what you pay for, want cheap tyres and thats what you'll get!
I now have accounts set up WITH ALL MANUFACTURERS!
MICHELIN, CONTINENTAL, KUMHO, YOKOHAMA, FIRESTONE, GOODYEAR, UNIROYAL, INSA-TURBO, ROADSTONE, FALKEN, DUNLOP, BRIDGESTONE, HANKOOK... the list goes on!
And of course "KINGPIN" for the budget option!
If anyone would like a simple quotation from a friendly helpful tyre supplier who can offer a fitting service, or mail order, dont hesitate to send me a pm
