Friday, Dec 15, 2017 at 18:41
The warranty from BFG is very unlikely to cover
grey imports; no argument nor lack of understanding there. In fact that is what BFG confirmed to me in other words. I suspect they are fairly confident that their authorised distributors, Bob Jane and co won't sell
grey imports. For this to be even relevant to Bob J, you must think that Bob Jane would sell a
Grey import not distributed to them by BFG. Interesting, but hard to believe.
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As for Toyo, I get the impression but happy to be enlightened otherwise, that Toyo do not make different versions of what is essentially the same branded tyre, unlike BFG and Bridgestone or have LT versions of the same tyre that is not LT and where you need to read the finer print to determine what the load rating is. For a Toyo tyre to be a
grey import, it might have to be a counterfeit.
Anyway we will see, have ordered a set of 265/65/17 LT Open Country AT2, they are all load rated at 120 that I have seen advertised on line by anybody. At $258 each for 5 including fitting and whjeel alignment [includes a $100 cash back so you could get 4 for $253 each] I think it worth a shot. They are advertised as TOYO OPEN COUNTRY A/T II 265/65R17 120R (10 PLY). If they are not exactly that, and date of manufacture reasonable and within the recommendations by ... was it Toyo? then I won't be taking delivery and Paypal will probably back me up as have screen shots of the order, what was advertised and email to seller that I expect to get what was advertised.
Paranoid much? Yep but have seen an ad changed after order to deny a misleading advert claim and the source code for the web page showed it changed an hour after I requested a refund. Not from this seller though. Have used them and the tyre fitter wheel aligner before and service and product was great all round.
Cheers. Good service/info/form provided here. Thanks
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