[quote author=]Hi joel,
What worries me about the program is that you only find the price afterwards. OTOH I talked to a large trucking firm near me who do a lot of Michelin's in-process hauling between plants, and they have what's called a National Account and claim to get the best pricing that way. After all, if anybody waas in a good spot to beat the best prices out of Michelin it would be them. [/quote]
This is NOT true of the Monaco program. As part of your Monaco membership stuff you get access to the price list. I was charged a price directly from this pricelist. I knew what the tires would cost including FET.
The mounting charges were not on the list but were lower than what the same place would have charged to mount the tires. In fact, I saved ~$100 because the tire place had charged extra for mounting because one rear wheel was hard to remove and a stud broke, etc. Michelin would not allow the extra charges.