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Re: Mail order tires?

Date : Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:49:43 -0600
To : virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From : Christos Georgacopoulos <gergcpls@xxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: Mail order tires?
I just put on a set of mailorder tires a few months ago... a set of bridgestone
S11s... they worked out great for me.  I got them from MAW... i guess i would
suggest a more well known mailorder/online company.

Al Hatten wrote:

> I doubt it, but the dealer or shop will charge about $25 to mount the
> tire.
>
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:22:22 -0800, David and Rose Witt wrote:
> >I need to replace the front tire on my wife's XV750.  Both of my
> >local
> >dealers want $25.00 more for the tire I want.
> >
> >Word on the street used to be that mail-order houses sold tires that
> >had
> >been sitting in warehouses for some time and were not as fresh, so
> >would not
> >last as long.
> >
> >Is there any truth to this anymore?  Has anyone had recent
> >experience one
> >way or the other?
> >
> >Dave Witt
> >Hastings, NE
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> Al Hatten
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> Napa,CA - Wine Country
> 02/26/2002
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