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Down To Zero Tires

DavidE - 7-10-2013 at 09:52 AM

They just do not have my size down here

monoloco - 7-10-2013 at 09:58 AM

Aduana's a bit persnickity about unmounted tires.

DavidE - 7-10-2013 at 10:06 AM

A kind word usually works just fine.

I gave it my best shot. Going home. No internet access there. Hasta.

[Edited on 7-10-2013 by DavidE]

rts551 - 7-10-2013 at 11:08 AM

I just gave a very nice 185/70r14 tire to Llantera Arce in La Bcana to sell if that will work for you. Came off of a Honda Accord.

or call him. I am sure he could order new ones for you

[Edited on 7-10-2013 by rts551]

J.P. - 7-10-2013 at 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
They just do not have my size down here

195X70X14

Blew out the last tire Monday. Now running on a bald emergency spare borrowed from the neighbors. The nearest size rubs on the wheel wheel, and zero new, used, stolen, etc. in BA. Vizcaino, or Guerrero Negro. Celso says he cannot find one in Ensenada.

If anyone can bring down two from Wal-Mart in Chula Vista, I

can purchase them online. A little far to be hobbling to the market on a crutch. The tires can be left at a roadside Auto Parts Store in Vizcaino.

You could find them in Ensenada there are several name brand tire stores in Ensenada that way you don't have to fool around with the Border I ran Cooper tires on a Subaru I used to have that had a off size tire I found them at Sasha tire in Ensenada.
About the only difference in price I found is you don't have to pay the Federal Disposal fee that you would pay in the states.

Mil Gracias.

mtgoat666 - 7-10-2013 at 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
They just do not have my size down here

cant your local tire shop order a set of tires for you?

Bob and Susan - 7-10-2013 at 02:52 PM

of course he can...in fact a phone call to ANY tire store and payment first will get the tires put on a bus

the border guys wont let you cross with un-mounted tires...
and...
there are all sizes in Baja already...
no need to have someone smuggle them across

cliffh - 7-11-2013 at 09:18 AM

In BV we use ACV Logistics 8560 Siempre Viva RD
Suite 1 San Diego, ca 92154
Tires , quad tires, boat stuff you name it for approx. 20% off invoice just have shipped to address above. Sorry Left phone number at home. I believe they deliver once a week to Buena Vista, BCS

rts551 - 7-11-2013 at 09:36 AM

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Originally posted by cliffh
In BV we use ACV Logistics 8560 Siempre Viva RD
Suite 1 San Diego, ca 92154
Tires , quad tires, boat stuff you name it for approx. 20% off invoice just have shipped to address above. Sorry Left phone number at home. I believe they deliver once a week to Buena Vista, BCS

when you use this service is there a tax to be paid as well as shipping?

DavidE - 7-11-2013 at 10:31 AM

BOB I NEED YOUR HELP ASAP

Obviously you speak Spanish better than I do. Because when I ask, they call their proveedor and ask.

"Lo Siento Mucho Pero Este Medidia No Existe En Clave ni Inventorio"

Try and find one in Mulege or Santa Rosalia. Talk is cheap.

Recommended import/export shipping company

Mulegena - 7-11-2013 at 11:53 AM

ACV LOGISTICS
Veronica Mijares
Customer Service
ACV Logistics, LLC
+52 (664) 647.8505 | USA +1 (619) 955.7652 FAX (619) 414-1559
www.acvlogistics.com | veronica.mijares@acvlogistics.com

Call Veronica and set things up.
They'll drop off at a secure place in Vizcaino, I imagine.
They are insured and bi-lingual.
The percentage of the net value of your shipment they charge for their services includes receiving the goods (by delivery to their office in San Diego), importation through Mexican Customs, transportation to the designated drop-off point for pickup. Your total charges are to be paid in dollars or pesos at the time of receipt of merchandise.

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Originally posted by rts551

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when you use this service is there a tax to be paid as well as shipping?

DavidE - 7-11-2013 at 03:20 PM

A sixty dollar tire quickly becomes a three hundred dollar tire. Can someone call Social Insecurity and tell them to raise the bridge? I only need two tires = 1 month.

There is a yacht provision service that promises to deliver a box of Red Oval Crackers anywhere in the world for $1,600.00

But a nice thought Mulegena. Thank you.

Mulegena - 7-11-2013 at 03:35 PM

I think your math is off, DavidE, but what the heck do I know, eh?

chuckie - 7-11-2013 at 03:38 PM

I thought you were looking for tires, now its crackers? I'm lost....

monoloco - 7-11-2013 at 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by DavidE
A sixty dollar tire quickly becomes a three hundred dollar tire. Can someone call Social Insecurity and tell them to raise the bridge? I only need two tires = 1 month.

There is a yacht provision service that promises to deliver a box of Red Oval Crackers anywhere in the world for $1,600.00

But a nice thought Mulegena. Thank you.

More like a $60 tire becomes a $72 tire. Not that bad. I got turned around once at SY for unmounted tires, they wouldn't let me take them across for any price.

chuckie - 7-11-2013 at 05:30 PM

DE is into problemizing.....make a big deal out of not much.....

woody with a view - 7-11-2013 at 05:56 PM

i'll be there end of month. i'll do it if you pay me even if they get confiscated. i'll give you the reciept. i'm crossing at san luis so i doubt they are so strict..... anyone have any experience there?

DavidE - 7-12-2013 at 08:50 AM

The last time I bothered to legally "import" a tire, was a 234X85X16" Michelin. It cost new including taxes $106.00

Aduana wrote out a nice receipt for me for the eqvt of forty three dollars which I paid at the Banjercito window. But that did NOT include 16% IVA which I paid separately. Aso at Banjercito.

Estafeta today estimated fifty seven dollars transport from Tijuana to Vizcaino for both tires.
But then the tires have to MIRACLE their way from the tire store to ADUANA.

Then MIRACLE their way from Aduana to the ESTAFETA office.

DavidE - 7-12-2013 at 09:04 AM

Recommended import/export shipping company

ACV LOGISTICS
Veronica Mijares
Customer Service
ACV Logistics, LLC
+52 (664) 647.8505 | USA +1 (619) 955.7652 FAX (619) 414-1559
www.acvlogistics.com | veronica.mijares@acvlogistics.com

Call Veronica and set things up.
They'll drop off at a secure place in Vizcaino, I imagine.
They are insured and bi-lingual.
The percentage of the net value of your shipment they charge for their services includes receiving the goods (by delivery to their office in San Diego), importation through Mexican Customs, transportation to the designated drop-off point for pickup. Your total charges are to be paid in dollars or pesos at the time of receipt of merchandise.

"Ring Ring"
"Hello I need a couple of tires delivered to Vizcaino"

"Where?"
"Vizcaino"

"I'm sorry sir our service is to like La Paz, La Riebera, Cabo San Lucas, you know"

"And sir, tires need special permission from Aduana, which we are not able to get".

A piece of cake Chucky. When I respond to someone on this forum for advice, I try my best to help. Help requires thinking unlike criticism.

Costco San Jose

tripledigitken - 7-12-2013 at 09:51 AM

How about this option?

Plugging in San Jose zip code, both Dunlop and Goodyear offered tires. $99 and $79.

Ken

http://www.mystore411.com/store/view/23368/mexico/Costco-San...

comitan - 7-12-2013 at 09:56 AM

David

I checked a used tire shop in La Paz they have 2 good tread different brands 400 pesos each, I.m coming up the end of this month.

wiley

Mulegena - 7-12-2013 at 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by Mulegena
Recommended import/export shipping company

ACV LOGISTICS
Veronica Mijares
Customer Service
ACV Logistics, LLC
+52 (664) 647.8505 | USA +1 (619) 955.7652 FAX (619) 414-1559
www.acvlogistics.com | veronica.mijares@acvlogistics.com

Call Veronica and set things up...

Quote:

Originally posted by David E
"Ring Ring"
"Hello I need a couple of tires delivered to Vizcaino"

"Where?"
"Vizcaino"

"I'm sorry sir our service is to like La Paz, La Riebera, Cabo San Lucas, you know"

"And sir, tires need special permission from Aduana, which we are not able to get"....

David E, I'm happy that Comitan has graciously offered to fetch your tires from La Paz and bring them to you in Bahia Asuncion. Comitan is indeed a gentleman, and this may work out well for you this time.

However, for the record and for anyone interested in knowing about cross-border transportation I must reiterate my recommendation of the services of a shipping company such as ACV or any of the several other that ply Mex-1 on a daily basis.

Yes, they do charge a fee. They're not free. They are in business of providing a service.

Yes, they do have offices in various cities in Baja Norte and Sur; however, no they are not limited to deliveries in those cities only. Its in their interest to serve the whole of the peninsula that is directly served by Mexican Highway 1. Therefore, yes they do make drops in other cities, pueblos and watering holes along the highway. For example, Estefeta's drop in Mulege is at the Telcel office at the entrance to town. Other shippers call the recipient ahead of time with an eta and meet up at the Pemex station south of town.

Yes, they do ship new tires; I've seen it several times by ACV.

They will even bring mail down for you at no cost if they are carrying other parcels for you-- now that's special delivery, seems to me.

Many of us full-time Baja residents use the services of these companies on a regular basis.

rts551 - 7-12-2013 at 05:16 PM

Mulegena

As the age of internet begging has matured, it is way to easy to ask for "free" delivery..sometimes it is even easier to ask for illegal transportation of your desired goods. By the way, while it is not critical, can someone bring me down a new bed. mine is getting old and it is so hard to find a nice new Kalifornia King down here.

Ralph

monoloco - 7-12-2013 at 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Mulegena

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I have used ACV several times, they have no problem getting proper permits for most anything and have been an efficient and reasonably priced solution to shipping items from the states. I even used them to ship 3000 bf of lumber down, which required a couple of special permits. It's worth it to me to just pay the extra 12-15% and have it delivered securely and legally.

Absolute bs

classicbajabronco - 7-12-2013 at 06:25 PM

This is not correct, but nice try. How do I know? I had a set of 4 bfg all terrain 33" x 12.5 x 16.5" tires which weigh 75lbs each delivered to ACV today. The total cost to ship $808 worth of tires with a combined weight of 300lbs cost me $236 delivered to cabo san lucas. I will receive the tires in a week.

IVA is 11 percent not 16 percent, at least it is in bcs, I an an independent contractor who facturas everything possible for tax purposes, including the importation of these tires and the tires themselves.

Acv charges 30 percent of invoice cost. I have gotten quotes from Veronica on numerous occasions.i have also used lopez page on numerous occasions they cost 28 percent, but don't have an office.

Quote:

Originally posted by DavidE
Recommended import/export shipping company

ACV LOGISTICS
Veronica Mijares
Customer Service
ACV Logistics, LLC
+52 (664) 647.8505 | USA +1 (619) 955.7652 FAX (619) 414-1559
www.acvlogistics.com | veronica.mijares@acvlogistics.com

Call Veronica and set things up.
They'll drop off at a secure place in Vizcaino, I imagine.
They are insured and bi-lingual.
The percentage of the net value of your shipment they charge for their services includes receiving the goods (by delivery to their office in San Diego), importation through Mexican Customs, transportation to the designated drop-off point for pickup. Your total charges are to be paid in dollars or pesos at the time of receipt of merchandise.

"Ring Ring"
"Hello I need a couple of tires delivered to Vizcaino"

"Where?"
"Vizcaino"

"I'm sorry sir our service is to like La Paz, La Riebera, Cabo San Lucas, you know"

"And sir, tires need special permission from Aduana, which we are not able to get".

A piece of cake Chucky. When I respond to someone on this forum for advice, I try my best to help. Help requires thinking unlike criticism.

Mulegena - 7-12-2013 at 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by classicbajabronco
...i have also used lopez page on numerous occasions they cost 28 percent, but don't have an office.

I've used Lopez Page and have visited their busy main office/warehouse and met the whole family.
Nice folks. Excellent service.
Here's their contact information:
Lopez Page International Corporation
2350 Marconi Place
Suite 102
San Diego, CA 92154
+1 619-661-1233

chuckie - 7-13-2013 at 04:38 AM

DavidE still sounds like whining to me...waiting until the last minute so you have NO tires and then starting with the lamentations....You surely have lived in Baja long enough to know the trials of same.....I hope you get your tires.....

Bob and Susan - 7-13-2013 at 04:49 AM

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Originally posted by classicbajabroncoIVA is 11 percent not 16 percent, at least it is in bcs, I an an independent contractor who facturas everything possible for tax purposes, including the importation of these tires and the tires themselves.

IVA and import fees are different...import tax is 16%
sometimes more...it depends where the stuff is made

IVA is like sales tax and is 11%

when you import and use a broker it can be 30% at the end
plus shipping

Hook - 7-13-2013 at 05:31 AM

WHAT is absolute BS, classicbajabronco? ACV Pricing? The ability to move tires? DavidE's quandry?

chuckie - 7-13-2013 at 05:52 AM

Admirable attempt, Hook, but to try to categorize BS, would require a Grant from the Ford foundation :lol:

Got a heck of a yellowtail bite goin on...off to the briny

ACV

bajadave1 - 7-13-2013 at 06:20 AM

If you import lot's of stuff, tell the driver/delivery people, and they will enter your location in their GPS memory, so they can find you easily. good service & well worth the price.
Dave

classicbajabronco - 7-13-2013 at 06:35 AM

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Originally posted by Hook
WHAT is absolute BS, classicbajabronco? ACV Pricing? The ability to move tires? DavidE's quandry?

Acv's pricing as well as lopez page are both fair. What I find to be absolute bs, is DE's version of the phone call he made to acv. He claims ACV does not have the permits to available to import tires and does not import tires, when on fact they are doing the exact thing for me at this very moment.

Monoloco gets it, as does Bob and others. The days of smuggling stuff in is behind us, not worth the risk, not worth the drive in my opinion.

Monica at lopez page is good people, only reason I choose acv this time around was because I wanted the tires delivered to the office rather than my home, so I don't have to load them and take them back to town to get mounted. Less work for me.

DianaT - 7-13-2013 at 06:55 AM

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Originally posted by rts551
Mulegena

As the age of internet begging has matured, it is way to easy to ask for "free" delivery..sometimes it is even easier to ask for illegal transportation of your desired goods. By the way, while it is not critical, can someone bring me down a new bed. mine is getting old and it is so hard to find a nice new Kalifornia King down here.

Ralph

We will put it on top of the car! And like some others, I expect you are willing to paid the going price --- gratis :yes:

Mulegena - 7-13-2013 at 08:39 AM

Just for clarification, I did not make that statement nor am I asking anyone to smuggle tires into Mexico for me. rts551's address to me in this isolated quote leaves some ambiguity here.
Thank you.

btw, here's a laugh: the last set of four new tires I bought was in beautiful downtown Vizcaino.
size 14's are pretty darn common down here.

... however, Diana, if you do bring me tires I'll take 'em off the top of your car for free!

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Originally posted by DianaT

Quote:

We will put it on top of the car! And like some others, I expect you are willing to paid the going price --- gratis :yes:

rts551 - 7-13-2013 at 09:01 AM

I am sorry if you took it as directed at you as an internet beggar. I think it is quiet clear you have advocated a particular shipping company to do things legally. My comment was directed to you as to why some people might not want to pay for the service.

Quote:

Originally posted by Mulegena
Just for clarification, I did not make that statement nor am I asking anyone to smuggle tires into Mexico for me. rts551's address to me in this isolated quote leaves some ambiguity here.
Thank you.

btw, here's a laugh: the last set of four new tires I bought was in beautiful downtown Vizcaino.
size 14's are pretty darn common down here.

... however, Diana, if you do bring me tires I'll take 'em off the top of your car for free!

Quote:

Originally posted by DianaT

Quote:

We will put it on top of the car! And like some others, I expect you are willing to paid the going price --- gratis :yes:

tripledigitken - 7-13-2013 at 09:26 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
Now running on a bald emergency spare borrowed from the neighbors.

No spare tire? I hope the fix includes adding a decent spare tire that is carried in the car.

Mulegena - 7-13-2013 at 10:29 AM

Oh, no rts551 I didn't take your remark in a negative way,
but for a moment when it was isolated in another quote out of linear context I read it wrong.
Thas' all.

I was confuddled for a moment, as many of us have been, I imagine, when we're quoted out of context or responded to within the body of our statement (you didn't do this, but it happens).

When I was very young I was a newpaper columnist and typesetter. I know from first-hand experience that handling the quote bars can be a complex task, and stringing multiple quotes along with answers can get wonky real fast.

here's another zinger: I once typed copy and it read, " 'john doe' is running for pubic office."
... the proofreader caught it before it went to press, bless her.

No worries, amigo. None whatsoever.

Now, about that bed Diana is gonna throw on top of her car: what brand do you want
and should it be wrapped in case of rain?
Is it ok if those famous tires are on top of the whole shebang?

Quote:

Originally posted by rts551
I am sorry if you took it as directed at you as an internet beggar. I think it is quiet clear you have advocated a particular shipping company to do things legally. My comment was directed to you as to why some people might not want to pay for the service.

Quote:

Originally posted by DianaT

Quote:

We will put it on top of the car! And like some others, I expect you are willing to paid the going price --- gratis :yes:

[Edited on 7-13-2013 by Mulegena]

DianaT - 7-13-2013 at 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mulegena

Now, about that bed Diana is gonna throw on top of her car: what brand do you want
and should it be wrapped in case of rain?
Is it ok if those famous tires are on top of the whole shebang?

[Edited on 7-13-2013 by Mulegena]

For you, I would be more than happy to put those tires on top of the bed for Ralph if I could.

When we can, we never mind bringing things to people, and often things are gifts. It is just amazing, however, how successful some internet beggars are at receiving LOTS of goodies and never paying for any of them. When they say they will pay for something when it arrives, they are expert at fumbling around until everyone is uncomfortable and they end up taking real advantage of the generous nature of many people. It is a nice scam.

But you, my dear, are definitely NOT one of those people --- now about Ralph :lol:

Actually, he takes so much stuff to people that he needs a bigger vehicle!

[Edited on 7-13-2013 by DianaT]

DavidE - 7-13-2013 at 01:43 PM

Somebody better call

ACV LOGISTICS
Veronica Mijares
Customer Service
ACV Logistics, LLC
+52 (664) 647.8505 | USA +1 (619) 955.7652 FAX (619) 414-1559
www.acvlogistics.com | veronica.mijares@acvlogistics.com

and tell Veronica that what she told me en Ingles Y Español was all wrong. You'd think a 10-minute point-by-point telephone call would have revealed what ACV could and could not do. You know incredibly difficult questions like "Can you somehow find a way to drop off PRE PAID OR NOT tires in Guerrero Negro, Vizcaino, San Ignacio, or Mulege?"

"No"

And "We do not have the permits to import tires through Aduana" must have really meant "Oh no problema señor, ¿Cuantos quieres?"

When someone in a business answers with a clear SI or clear YES, or clear NO I have this really disturbing tendency to believe them.

I had to try a suicide run yesterday to Vizcaino. The teeny emergency spare ran the ground clearance down so low that I got stuck on a single lane with a tall center berm with many cars and trucks behind me. The car picked up a futball size rock which wedged in the steering. The car yanked over to the left went down the embankment. The road crew was appalled. They sent a motor grader and crew. They hooked some ropes onto the car frame and pulled backward. The car tilted 50 to 60 degrees and the guy inside steering it screamed. They repositioned the motor grader way on the other side of the road and the car got dragged backward forty or fifty feet mostly sideways and then finally up onto the flat dirt.

My luck has changed. There were no leaks from the transmission or engine oil pan. They used a huge wrecking bar to jam the rock down out of the steering.

I spent the entire day in Vizcaino. The refrigeration repair guy said he had an extra tire from his trailer but it was a lot larger. The guys at the llantera used a sledge hammer to beat the inner fender well in enough so the tire only rubs on bad bumps and potholes. The Michelin that failed, had an impact cut around two inches long in the belt area. The llantera patched it and the guy warned me that it "May be good for a short way, at very low speed, maybe 30-40 kph)"

I returned and gave the emergency spare back to my neighbor.

I cured my "No Sirve" VISA card problem with BanCondom. A Vizcaino business owner gave me permission and told the cashiers to allow me to convert my US bank saldo to pesos anytime I wish. No limit. I'd like to make a point if I may...

La Dueña de la tienda told me she remembered how polite I was, old fashioned polite to her when I used to encounter her in her tienda. A smile, buenas dias, and a gentle hand shake - I did not know who she was then, only that she was a nice mature person who deserved respect. She told me the little girls who helped the cashiers loved it when I came in, because they helped me find and price stuff, and in turn I allowed them to get a bottle of juice and after they unloaded the cart into the trunk, I gave them a nice propina de moneda.

México may have changed in many ways, but I still use usted versus tu*, I smile and shake hands and maybe the younger folks are ultra casual but the mature Mexicans know and appreciate formal manners.

*until given permission, or when dealing with chamacos, little kids, or impolite vagos.

I am writing this after the internet connection went blank. Yes I could use those 2 used tires from down south, but a caveat is needed. I cannot count on getting cash here in Asuncion on the 1st of August when my new deposit arrives. I would have to say I am out of bullets until the 3rd in the afternoon. The internet connection goes and comes back for a few seconds at a time so I will probably not have an opportunity to send a U2U direct to Wiley. If the Sun Moon and Tides are correct for the tires arriving when cash is available I would certainly appreciate those tires.

Chucky:

Last minute?

I have been trying to get tires for the LAST YEAR AND A HALF. That's 18 months, more than 547 days, 747,680 minutes. Name a llantera, here, Guerrero Negro, Vizcaino, San Ignacio, Sta Rosalia or Mulege, and they know me by sight. The ONLY two tires EVER to have been available were BF GOODRICH which I snapped up at 1700 pesos each. That's 3,400 pesos for the pair. In a earlier post I had misstated the price as being too low. The peso was at 12.03 to 1 then.

Yeah, Classicobroncobucko, BS is cheap. I learned that many years ago. It's so sad when someone pontificates subjects that are worthless. I figured as I wrote that ANYONE who was qualified to remark on the subject of IVA, servicios ADUANAL, and the process of importation using an RFC (I am a citizen and my first S.A. de C.V. was in Sonora more than 30 years ago) would recognize when I wrote 16% it was not for la zona de frontera. I was importing things via Nogales, Cd Juarez, and Laredo.

When I gather information it is from la fuente. Call ADUANA or SAT, Servicios ADUANAL. I worked for TRANSPORTES DURAN a transborder company in Tecate. I sort of know my way around within the system. So when I get lectured that I SURELY must of not heard what someone from that particular company or agency clearly with elaboration told me on the telephone I tend to smile and shake my head. It is sad.

[Edited on 7-13-2013 by DavidE]