spike60
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The thread by dal290la about his $40 242XP gave me the idea for this thread. So what is the best deal you ever got on a saw? The kind of deal where most guys here would agree that "you stole it!"
My best was a guy who traded in two saws on a new 2165. Neither saw ran, and I offered him $50 trade in for each one. One was a cosmetically perfect 630 Super with a wiped cylinder, so that was an excellent project, but the other saw was the "steal". It was a Jonsered 90 in solid B+ to A- condition. 90's are rare to begin with, but this saw was used for personal firewood cutting by a friend of the guy trading it in, not professionally, and you don't find many larger saws like that. He said that another dealer checked it, and it had a bad coil, which is of course NLA. I had another 90 that ran, but was in rough shape, so I figured I could use that coil, or I'd find a coil through one of you guys. But one thing I've learned is to never trust the customer's diagnosis, so I looked it over when I got it home. Just cleaned up the points, and she fired right up. Runs smooth and very strong.
I wondered if I should call the guy back, but a few weeks had passed, he didn't ask me to try and fix it, and the incorrect diagnosis was his error, not mine. The deal was done, and the saw was mine.
My best was a guy who traded in two saws on a new 2165. Neither saw ran, and I offered him $50 trade in for each one. One was a cosmetically perfect 630 Super with a wiped cylinder, so that was an excellent project, but the other saw was the "steal". It was a Jonsered 90 in solid B+ to A- condition. 90's are rare to begin with, but this saw was used for personal firewood cutting by a friend of the guy trading it in, not professionally, and you don't find many larger saws like that. He said that another dealer checked it, and it had a bad coil, which is of course NLA. I had another 90 that ran, but was in rough shape, so I figured I could use that coil, or I'd find a coil through one of you guys. But one thing I've learned is to never trust the customer's diagnosis, so I looked it over when I got it home. Just cleaned up the points, and she fired right up. Runs smooth and very strong.
I wondered if I should call the guy back, but a few weeks had passed, he didn't ask me to try and fix it, and the incorrect diagnosis was his error, not mine. The deal was done, and the saw was mine.