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Subject:Re: Question for Vancouver/Seattle people
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:18:13 -0800

That's good Robyn.  :)

In my experience with Security Mail tires don't cost any more than any other
parcel but double basses in BIG cardboard boxes are $15.00 for two.

And Todd, Miguel & John are men!

On Nov 28, 2007 12:09 PM, Robyn Lundstrom <robyn@trainwire.com> wrote:

> I use these guys (well, girls, actually...):
>
> http://www.securitymailservices.com/
>
> They're in Blaine, so it wouldn't be too far to the nearest WalMart.
>
> Excellent service, and $2 per parcel if you buy a membership with them
> ($10 lifetime). They charge more for oversize things (tires would
> qualify), but it's still very reasonable.
>
> Robyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Thomas Pfrommer
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:53 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Question for Vancouver/Seattle people
>
> Hi North/West coast crew,
> as I found the shipping for Hankook RA08 195 tires is extremely
> expensive to Canada (either busdepot or tireseasy), I would like to ship
> them to somewhere near the border in Bellingham or so and have them
> mounted/balanced down there. Do you have some recommendations of a shop
> that accepts these tires that I bought from an online shop and mounts
> them for me? I know Walmart would do it, but I don't think I can ship to
> them. I have no other shipping adress that I coudl use for picking them
> up, so the shop who deals with them would be the best idea.
> Thanks a lot
> Cheers
> Thomas
>

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