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Re: Painting, er buying helmet...



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From: "Sanford, John" <JSanford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Just a suggestion for you H.  If you're going to go to a shop and try on
> their helmets, then if it fits, buy it there.  It is not a very classy
thing
> to use your local dealer as just a fitting room for your mail order
> purchases.  It costs them money to put those helmets out for you to try
on,
> and they do it in the expectation that you intend to buy.  If too many
> people begin taking the approach that you are considering, then pretty
soon
> the shops will simply adopt the same policy towards helmets as they do
with
> most motorcycles.  "Ya wanna try it, then buy it first."
>
> If you're replacing an existing helmet with the same model, then sure, do
> mailorder, but otherwise....
>
I agree with you, and would also add that I have found that there is
sometimes variation in fit between helmets of the same make, model and size,
so there's even more reason to buy the one from a dealer that fits properly



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