I know this has probably been run to death, but I just did a search and can't see it. Yesterday, I fooled around Denver going to several Stihl dealers hoping someone would make me a deal on a 441, new or lightly used. I don't need it, wouldn't be looking except for this site [uh, thanks, I think]. The folks all told me about the price increase Jan. 1, I'd heard about but didn't pay attention. One showed me a letter from Stihl listing the increases, which go by size of saw, more or less. $60 for the 441, $70 for the larger ones. Well, that's life, and all that stuff.
But the upshot was that no one was gonna let a 441 go for less than $799 plus tax, one place was $839 [all with 25" ES bar]. All told me that if I waited til Jan. 1, I'd be lookin' at $859 or more. For the 441.
Oh well, like I said, I wanted one but don't NEED one, I came home without one. I support my dealers so I wasn't looking for one to go broke selling to me at a loss, and I know from this forum that the margin on saws most places isn't huge, so there is limited room to bargain much. No one was willing to even throw in a loop of chain. Again, I support dealers and am not disgusted or angry or anything, and I'll keep going back to them. But I was a customer who just needed that one little nudge and didn't get it.
I guess this post is to point out to anyone on the edge of buying a new Stihl saw might wanna consider doing it in the next couple days.....
But the upshot was that no one was gonna let a 441 go for less than $799 plus tax, one place was $839 [all with 25" ES bar]. All told me that if I waited til Jan. 1, I'd be lookin' at $859 or more. For the 441.
Oh well, like I said, I wanted one but don't NEED one, I came home without one. I support my dealers so I wasn't looking for one to go broke selling to me at a loss, and I know from this forum that the margin on saws most places isn't huge, so there is limited room to bargain much. No one was willing to even throw in a loop of chain. Again, I support dealers and am not disgusted or angry or anything, and I'll keep going back to them. But I was a customer who just needed that one little nudge and didn't get it.
I guess this post is to point out to anyone on the edge of buying a new Stihl saw might wanna consider doing it in the next couple days.....
