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One has been out of stock for "forever", but 6 units showed up in a particular vendor's inventory on Sunday. Checked again on Monday, still 6. Checked again last night thinking they were probably the way to go... all gone. None found anywhere else, except a vendor who is pricing them waaaay above market, so I'll pass.
Another of the options I've been considering seemed to have dried up last week, too. It wasn't my first choice, but now it doesn't even look like a viable second choice due to no inventory.
EDIT One option is still available from a "popular" source, but it turns out their inventory has been really slow moving so the tires are 6 years old. The manufacturer itself says they're out of stock, so trying to go directly to them isn't going to help.
So, even the
really old inventory of that one drag radial all moved very quickly in just the last few days. I'm guessing other people are feeling that same sense of urgency to grab what they can ASAP.
A different vendor popped up w/ 4 of the brand & size I'd begun to think I should go with, even though I wasn't 100% sure that's what I wanted to use. Blink once, blink twice... down to 2.
Sh!t.
Bleep it... pulled the trigger on their last 2 simply to get "something" that should be acceptable, instead of waiting for more show up available when the timing's better.
This sounds like the new normal for the foreseeable future, unfortunately.