Well whack me upside the head with a two by four!  <g>

I kinda got the same message out of your original post.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Grunthaner" <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: My Recent Tire Buying Adventure

> Bill,
>
> I see that you totally missed the point of my polemic! America's Tire Co.
was
> the local dealer!!!. 12 blocks from the house in Pasadena, CA on Colorado
> Blvd. to be sure.
>
> I was trying to alert the list to the fact that there was no advantage to
> going internet, in fact a cost penalty. So, to repeat the last part of my
> message, The local dealer was 23 to 35% cheaper than the internet price.
The
> other local dealer was in San Fernando (20 minutes away).
>
> Just too subtle at times!
>
> Frank Grunthaner