GrassGuerilla
Olympic Piss-reving wanna be.
Nobody's perfect. It's a tough biz. But man I'm sick of it always coming back to bite me instead of them. My dealer is about 8 miles the wrong direction from me. Meaning to go there I'm always heading away from my work area and or home. His other store is nearer my work, bu the staff there suck. With this recent batch of BS I'm getting sick of trying to support a local guy. Ready to jump ship.
1) I asked for a new 7 pin rim for my 046. In truth it was for a Makita, but they're the same large spline drive and he is a Stihl dealer not Dolmar/makita. Anyway, he produced a no name, no package rim. I even mentioned I was surprised he was handing me an aftermarket part, he said "they're less than half the cost, we sell em all the time". Did Stihl ever sell a small rim drive 046? Or did my guy just drop the ball?
2) I get that everybody is in business to make money. But charging a minimum of $40 to adjust the carb on a HT100 extended hedge trimmer I bought from him is rough. Him telling me "my mech is on vacation until Thursday" pretty much tells me I'm also going to have to wait days, pay $40 and make at least two trips for a job that takes 5 minutes max should be done each time conditions change, IE temp and or elevation. So much for any green effect from the retarded EPA restrictions. IE: they won't sell or let me borrow the tool. Yes, now I've probably spent as long ******** about this as it would take to make or modify a tool to work. Point is I shouldn't have to. It should come with the tool to keep it tuned, no? Wtf, it's a $600 hedge trimmer.
I'll use more fuel running the tool back and forth to the dealer then it would use all season. Some environmental impact reduction. Waste more gas, time and money.
1) I asked for a new 7 pin rim for my 046. In truth it was for a Makita, but they're the same large spline drive and he is a Stihl dealer not Dolmar/makita. Anyway, he produced a no name, no package rim. I even mentioned I was surprised he was handing me an aftermarket part, he said "they're less than half the cost, we sell em all the time". Did Stihl ever sell a small rim drive 046? Or did my guy just drop the ball?
2) I get that everybody is in business to make money. But charging a minimum of $40 to adjust the carb on a HT100 extended hedge trimmer I bought from him is rough. Him telling me "my mech is on vacation until Thursday" pretty much tells me I'm also going to have to wait days, pay $40 and make at least two trips for a job that takes 5 minutes max should be done each time conditions change, IE temp and or elevation. So much for any green effect from the retarded EPA restrictions. IE: they won't sell or let me borrow the tool. Yes, now I've probably spent as long ******** about this as it would take to make or modify a tool to work. Point is I shouldn't have to. It should come with the tool to keep it tuned, no? Wtf, it's a $600 hedge trimmer.
I'll use more fuel running the tool back and forth to the dealer then it would use all season. Some environmental impact reduction. Waste more gas, time and money.
