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Re: Mail order tires?

Date : Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:02:50 -0800
To : virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From : Al Hatten <alhatten@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: Mail order tires?
I doubt if there is a better known mail order house than MAW.  A lot 
of dealers buy from them too.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:49:43 -0600, Christos Georgacopoulos wrote:
>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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>> Napa,CA - Wine Country
>> 02/26/2002
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Al Hatten
707-254-8326 - H
Napa,CA - Wine Country
02/26/2002
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