Frank wrote, on Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:13:37 -0500:

Company would not honor warranty since I did not return to where I
bought them but the shop where I bought them reimbursed me.

I make every mistake you can make, and I've made that buying tires
by warranty mistake also. In addition, I bought the useless extended
warranty.

Once I tried to return a tire I thought wore too early and the tire
under warranty would cost MORE than a tire NOT under warranty because
I had to have THEM do it, and I had to pay for the mounting and
balancing and I originally bought it on sale where it was no longer
on sale (although I could get it from Tire Rack cheaper!).

End result, even *with* the pro-rated warranty, the replacement tire
under warranty cost more than that same tire (same exact brand and
model!) not on warranty!

Likewise, I have paid for the extended warranty, which, when you bring
a tire back, they told me that alignment wasn't covered (which may
be true - but then why did I bother). So I never buy extended or
by warranty ever again.

Also, I used to get tires at Costco for the "free" mounting and
balancing and repair, but, unfortunately, the *wait* at Costco is
forever (hours and hours) so it's not worth it unless you drop it
off and come back (which isn't convenient for me).

So, I forgo all warranties and just buy tires from Tire Rack by
performance and price and fit. And I mount them myself now that
Harbor Freight sells that nice red mounting kit. And I balance
them statically, very carefully - and since they have expensive
rims, they're almost perfect and don't vibrate at all. Who knew
that dynamic balancing was a waste? I didn't. Until I tried the
static balancing.

Which so far works perfectly for me.