tempe tyres any good?

[BottomScratcher]

brad, You might be able to enlighten me. I remember when Matthew's at Campsie were a big deal. They're still going of course, but is it right that the business was sold and the new owner's continued to trade as Matthew's, and the original owner of Matthew's was the starter of Australia's Best (now Versace Australia's Best) up on Canterbury Road, Roselands? I seem to recall that there was some sort of feud over the use of "Matthew's".

[brad]

brad, You might be able to enlighten me. I remember when Matthew's at Campsie were a big deal. They're still going of course, but is it right that the business was sold and the new owner's continued to trade as Matthew's, and the original owner of Matthew's was the starter of Australia's Best (now Versace Australia's Best) up on Canterbury Road, Roselands? I seem to recall that there was some sort of feud over the use of "Matthew's".

Matthews was sold (and emulated - my boss at Wheels Rockdale was manager at Matthews for a few years). Australia's best was opened by the guy that was sales rep for Eagle Tyre Equipment (or similar) IIRC but who knows what silent partners he had.

It wouldn't surprise me if the ex-owner of Matthew's TS went & started again once his non-compete period was up (my wife's cousin does this with great regularity in the cheese cake making trade).

If the ex-owner of Matthew's was actually named Matthew then there is nothing anyone can do about. The trade practices act says you can name a business after the owner even if there are multiple businesses of that name. If the new entity decided to paint their building green (like Campsie) or emulate other "trademarks" of the business then that's a different story.

[BottomScratcher]

brad, I know how frustrating it is when someone asks you something, you tell them, and the first words out of their mouth is, "That can't be right". So with that disclaimer out of the way, and no reason whatsoever to doubt your recollection of events, I was talking to a couple of older mates last night at the local, and here's their story re Mathew's/Versace.

They both reckon Mathew's had both the Campsie location, and the Roselands shop that is now Versace before selling the one at Campsie. They said when the Campsie Mathew's Tyre Service shop was sold the Roselands business continued to trade as Mathew's Tyres, and that is partly what the row was over. The Roseland's shop claimed that Campsie should change it's name, but the Campsie shop said Roselands was trading in breach of the non-competion clauses of the sale agreement in that not only was there an issue over the name, but the Roselands shop was also too close to Campsie to be trading as tyre retailer withing the specified period stated in the sale contract. They had no idea how Roselands got around the zoning clause, but they said they took some of the heat off by changing the name to Australia's Best.

As I struggled to remember if Versace/Australia's Best was ever Mathew's the Newcastle Knights cheerleaders started doing their stuff on the TV, and all conversation related to tyre shops ceased forthwith.

[brad]

Mate, sounds like your sources know more about it than me. I'm happy to concede to their knowledge. It *was* ~25 years back wasn't it?

Most likely the rep from Eagle was big-noting himself & was going to be the manager & didn't actually have any skin in the game.

We are talking about the same place aren't we? Cnr Canterbury & Canaris rds?

[BottomScratcher]

Mate, sounds like your sources know more about it than me. I'm happy to concede to their knowledge. It *was* ~25 years back wasn't it?

Most likely the rep from Eagle was big-noting himself & was going to be the manager & didn't actually have any skin in the game.

We are talking about the same place aren't we? Cnr Canterbury & Canaris rds?

25 years? Easily. And yes, we're talking about the same place.

Funny you mention "knowledge". Our spot in the bar is known as The Table of Knowledge. If you want to know anything about anything just ask us we'll be happy to give you at least four different answers to the same question.

[sunny]

Do St George tyres, Taleb, Tempe and Australia's best stock Michelin or Goodyear tyres cheaply?

[brad]

Do St George tyres, Taleb, Tempe and Australia's best stock Michelin or Goodyear tyres cheaply?

Tempe does those 2 brands at good prices. I don't bother with the other 3 if I'm happy with Tempe's price as i know there won't be a huge difference in price.

Easiest way to do it is to ring Bob Janes or Goodyear tyre & auto / kmart first. Then ring the others. Get the tyre size & load/speed rating of your tyre or vehicle tyre placard first.