I had some work done on my car a few weeks ago. While it was up on the lift, I was checking out my rear tires and noticed only 2-3/32 of tread left as well as a 7 inch long bald/flat spot on the inside of the right rear.
My wife's Sequoia needed tires too, so I figured I would log onto the Tirerack and make one big purchase. That's when I noticed they were completely out of stock for my size for rears. I called them and they had 1 tire in their Georgia warehouse. I called Discount and they only had 4 in the country, but wouldn't give them to me. I went to Big O and they had zero. I thought about buying Dunlop 9000 closeouts on the Tirerack for $120 apiece until the Goodyears were available, but I didn't want to mismatch with the fronts and there was no date for possible re-stocking.
Driving down the road after dropping off my wife's SUV to have her tires installed, I saw a small, hole-in-the-wall place called Tire World and decided to stop in to see if they had them. I figured a small place would have a shot at having them since everyone goes to all the known places. Well, I was right. They did have them, but they were $357 apiece!!
They are listed on the Tirerack for $224 apiece. Plus, they charged me an additional $30 to get them there the next day, so the total came to $770 for 2 rear tires. So, my options were to try to make the current ones last (dangerous), buy Dunlops and then Goodyears ($750-$800), or buy Goodyears at an outrageous price. So, I bought the expensive Goodyears.