All - Blackcircles - Ed V

I see Michelin has bought Blackcircles tyres for £50m, making 25% shareholder and ex-Tesco boss, Terry Leahy, a few more millions, as well as the founder, Mike Welch, who apparently left school at 16. Good effort!

But will we get independent advice from them any more?

All - Blackcircles - oldroverboy.

No, but you'll get Tesco "value" at Michelin starred prices.

Everly little helps.

Will they do refund AND replace?

All - Blackcircles - Dwight Van Driver

Yawn..........

This is tiring news.

dvd

All - Blackcircles - daveyjp
Used them once never again. The local fitters were shambolic.
All - Blackcircles - skidpan

Will they do refund AND replace?

Michelin are excellent when tyres are faulty. Had a 3 year old set of energys show signs of cracking on the sidewalls. Replaced them with a set of midrange tyres and the Michelins were sent back. Within 2 weeks I received a cheque for £193 as the value of the remaining tread, almost paid for the new tyres.

All - Blackcircles - Mikethemix

I'm now starting to understand why Blackcircles are being so difficult regarding my Goodyear warranty claim - now that they are owned by Michelin they have no interest in making Goodyear look good! Bought 2 Goodyears last summer and one has had slow puncture from new. When I took it back to fitter they found pinhole leak in inner wall and reported "Since the pressure loss has been present since the fitment of the tyre and there is no evidence of damage this defect would likely have been created during the manufacturing process."

BC insisted I buy another tyre so they could investigate. They reject the report of their own fitter, they tell me it will take 12 weeks to "process the claim" despite the BTMA guidance that states 15 working days. Avoid