30-12-2018, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-12-2018, 07:58 PM by Steve Jones.)
I don't, quite, understand your comment that Longstone 'fell silent' when you asked for a price including shipping to Holland. They ship tyres all over the world - every day - and shipping to Holland doesn't phase them at all.
I have to declare something of an interest because Longstone are fairly local to me and the people that run it and their extended families are good friends. However, I wouldn't recommend their tyres if I didn't consider them to be the best available and my experience of the various options on various cars confirms that. The current listed price ex VAT for 450 x 19 Longstone Triples on their web site is about £95 a corner. Doesn't seem excessive for a tyre that performs excellently and looks right on our cars. I've followed my own advice for some years and all my Sevens both road and competition are Longstone shod and I'm more than happy with them. Phone again after the New Year and talk to them.
As to your last comment about mark ups in Holland, you're correct. I supplied three Hardy Spicer propshafts to friends in Holland a few years ago. When I commented to the prop shaft man that made them for me that they were for Holland where they were considerably more expensive he smiled slightly and said 'where do you think the supplier in Holland get their propshafts made?'
Steve
I have to declare something of an interest because Longstone are fairly local to me and the people that run it and their extended families are good friends. However, I wouldn't recommend their tyres if I didn't consider them to be the best available and my experience of the various options on various cars confirms that. The current listed price ex VAT for 450 x 19 Longstone Triples on their web site is about £95 a corner. Doesn't seem excessive for a tyre that performs excellently and looks right on our cars. I've followed my own advice for some years and all my Sevens both road and competition are Longstone shod and I'm more than happy with them. Phone again after the New Year and talk to them.
As to your last comment about mark ups in Holland, you're correct. I supplied three Hardy Spicer propshafts to friends in Holland a few years ago. When I commented to the prop shaft man that made them for me that they were for Holland where they were considerably more expensive he smiled slightly and said 'where do you think the supplier in Holland get their propshafts made?'
Steve