Looked at a 500i yesterday, price now up to $1619. 2 years ago it was $1319, then $1519 to $1559 not long ago. About to price themselves out of my ballpark.
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It’s not just Stihl, It’s everything. Bought a new car almost 2 years ago and the sticker on the same exact car is up over 2K.
Drive up North to Ontario and get a much better price. At current exchange rate it’s just over $1400usd here.
Price of food in B.C. has pretty well doubled in the last 3 years and gas was up to 0ver 2$ a ltr pretty well for over a year- 4,50$ a loaf of bread, _ feel sorry for the younger generation _ 3 series saws and a 91 Toyota 4 by 4 does me just fine and can wrench them myself.
Biden inflation has us all in fits. That includes the Stihl 500i and many other new saw models. Prices of lots of new chain saws have gone through the roof, just like food prices. It is absurd. 
Yeah, lets all vote for that!Biden inflation has us all in fits. That includes the Stihl 500i and many other new saw models. Prices of lots of new chain saws have gone through the roof, just like food prices. It is absurd.
Lots of people blindly do. It’s SAD.
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I would buy it regardless!
WI_Hedgehog
You bought a WHAT???!!
It's not that the saw price went up, it's the value of the U.S. dollar went down. (And in the big picture, most currencies around the world went down in value, and taxes went up.)
Lets say for sake of this example all the gold the world has is judged to be worth $5. Bob has that $5 of gold and puts it in the bank. The bank loans out the $5 as paper currency and charges $1 interest, so $6 is owed--where's the other $1 come from? That's the ponzi scheme most banking systems run on, and why not all people can't pay back their loans.
The bank decided they're not making enough money on that scheme, however the U.S. government has pet projects, so the U.S. government wants to borrow $5 from the bank, which the bank doesn't have because that $5 dollars beyond what is already loaned out doesn't exist. The government allows the bank to print $5 more of currency so they can loan it to the government, but the government has to pay $1 interest on the $5. HOWEVER, there's now $12 in circulation but only $5 of gold, and everyone owes the bank. Now realize the Federal Reserve is the "Federal Reserve Bank of America" which is a privately owned bank, not owned by Americans, and that's pretty much how most banks operate.
My dealer priced me one last week at $1480.
Well it looks like the 500i is $1600 plus $ 112 tax for a total of $1712. Yes all things have went up but here are (12) new 395's that I have bought for the price of just over (7) Stihl 500i saws.
So, when you getting yours?
My 500i was $1600 two years ago. Wasn't a matter of getting the best deal back then, it was finding one at all.
Damn Ukrainians.............
I keep wondering the same thing, bought mine years ago and its been the best damn saw I ever bought!
negative 10, or 110 degrees, starts on the 3rd pull every single time without fail
Don’t worry, We will all know when he does. He will post a 20 minute video about it.
Then immediately try to sell it when he hits a bump in the road.
gerrywoodsy482
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Tell me about it! It's not just chainsaws; it's the whole shopping list. Inflation is hitting us like a freight train.
Huskies around here are as common Bigfoot
more of a want than a need. I have a 25" bar on one of my 036pro's, cut a 44" ash with it the other day. Just takes a little longer and I give it a bar oil break once in a while
