[kaisen]

I sell tons of tires on CL.... never bought any though.

Cars with mis-matched tires, or cheap-brand tires, or feathered tires but deep tread..... I always just put a set of four new tires on. I can always sell the tires, fully disclosed, for a disproportionate amount of money. Some people have $200 for a set of used 75% tires, but not $300 for brand new ones.

Because I have wholesale accounts and substantial discounts, by the time things are done it costs me $150-250 to have four brand-new name-brand mounted and balanced tires to replace the cheapo off-brand mismatched 50-75% tires that were on there. I feel I recoup my money selling the car, but that's hard to know for sure.

I would never buy a used set of tires unless they were true new car take-offs. Wheels are a completely different story.