I've heard of "road force" balancing and it's supposed to be a better method, but I've never had it done myself. I don't believe anyone around here does it.
BTW when I took my tempo in to have tires put on it (with the stock steelies) they told me all four rims were bent, but the car drove fine with no vibration. Then one day I got a flat, they plugged it, and now I get a vibration somewhere in the neighborhood of 65-75 mph from whatever end of the car that tire is on. They rebalanced them twice and then put that tire on the back so my steering wheel wouldn't shake
I would think they could actually balance the damn thing even with a plug in it.