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Old Mar 8, 2002 | 07:42 PM
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Ordered my poly bushings on monday thinking I would have them by today so I can work on the car this weekend. Well I just loged on to UPs and get this it takes them 7 days to ship a part from Ohio to Fresno, Ca. Six days......so I will not get the part intel MONDAY! In a town of 1/2 a million people we do not have a single speed shop which stocks a variety of parts, best we have is kragen ect...no speed or preformance parts in stock there! Amazing........does my town just suck or what?- :cry
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Old Mar 8, 2002 | 09:04 PM
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your town just sucks... :)
he he, i live in Montana, and where i live there is plenty of shops.
I still order things a lot, just do it 3-day...not that more expensive.
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Old Mar 8, 2002 | 10:23 PM
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yea, most "Speed" shops are just wheels and "grape fruit cannon" exhaust. What ever happened to Super Shops :cry
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Old Mar 9, 2002 | 01:37 AM
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yea, most "Speed" shops are just wheels and "grape fruit cannon" exhaust. What ever happened to Super Shops :cry
Stupid Shops made a living ripping off it's customers. I'm so glad they are gone. (I had a REALLY bad relationship with the ones in Tucson, they pulled out of there). I don't know if the whole franchise is gone though. I can't consider Stupid Shops a "Local" speed shop. Support your local mom and pop shop. You can get to know the staff and if you establish yourself you'll be getting discounts left and right. The more of these mom and pop shops that get run out of business, the easier it is for places like Jegs and Summit to jack up prices whenever they feel like it.
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