I've often heard of places throwing in the service for free, but never with any of the bigger (national) outfits. To be honest, the ones that have/do are usually making more than the cost of it on the extra cost of the tyres.It seems to me that this should be included in the price if replacing 4 car tyres. It is a mean thing to charge for tyres and then for wheel alignment.
had the same issue with mine but the alignment specialist did all the blow torching to release it. I highly recommend Dave McCann in Blancardstown for alignment. Only place I'd go to, especially if you have a BMW.Had my wheels re-aligned a few months ago; would have cost €35 but the tracking was seized up on one wheel and it cost another €25 (at a different garage) with a torch to repair it