More Husky internet news

[stckciv]

My friend that is a dealer in Nevada said they received the internet policy from BT (Husky distributor in that area) today.

So I am guessing this will effect Baileys being able to sell on the net. From what he said is that any saw that needs to have the bar and chain put on (setup) can not be sold on the net. So basically the ones that are ok to sell are the 137, 142, few trimmer etc.

This is supposed to take effect April 15th. The rest of the country was for March 1st but saws are still on the net so we will see if Husky cracks down or if they are just blowing smoke.

 

[Lakeside53]

At least they chose a date other than April 1st

 

[cuttinscott]

At least they chose a date other than April 1st

HAHAHAHHAA good one Lake...

Scott

 

[NYH1]

Is Husky going to allow places to sell Husky parts over the Internet? Just curious.

 

[dtnodya]

Hold up so what now? If I have a Husky saw and want to sell it on Ebay, I can't? Or is it just for new saws?

 

[NYH1]

Hold up so what now? If I have a Husky saw and want to sell it on Ebay, I can't? Or is it just for new saws?

It's new saws from dealers and such.

 

[bump_r]

Yup, it's been coming for some time, now. I'm surprised you haven't caught wind of it yet. Husky was supposed to send a letter to all registered owners. Notice all the Husky dumping on ebay of late? If you're gonna sell over the net, better do it soon!


Kidding - just retailers of new saws...

 

[bump_r]

It's new saws from dealers and such.

I gotta learn to type faster...

 

[parrisw]

Why don't they want places selling on the net, I think it's good, they will get more business selling on the net, and may loose some customers if they stop selling on the net. Its the wave of the future. I buy lots of stuff off the internet.

 

[NYH1]

Why don't they want places selling on the net, I think it's good, they will get more business selling on the net, and may loose some customers if they stop selling on the net. Its the wave of the future. I buy lots of stuff off the internet.

I know in my area if you buy a saw on the net or in box stores local dealers won't go out of there way to help you. Most will work or your saw, but it's going to take a back seat to one of there customers saws and rightly so.

We also lost a few good Husky dealers around here when Husky started allowing Internet sales.

 

[spike60]

Obviously, this had to happen. There was no way such a policy could be enforced if it didn't include the guys on the west coast.

 

[parrisw]

I know in my area if you buy a saw on the net or in box stores local dealers won't go out of there way to help you. Most will work or your saw, but it's going to take a back seat to one of there customers saws and rightly so.

Good point, didn't think of it that way.

I ve never bought a new saw off the net. I did just recently buy a new husky at my local dealer. I do like to support the local guy as long as his prices are competitive.

 

[GASoline71]

Do a search or go back through a few pages of the chainsaw forum. This has been discussed at length many times.

Welcome to the world of real saws...:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:

Gary

 

[NYH1]

Good point, didn't think of it that way.

I ve never bought a new saw off the net. I did just recently buy a new husky at my local dealer. I do like to support the local guy as long as his prices are competitive.

Well that's the main problem. Most local dealers can't be competitive with big Internet dealers. At the end of the day it's the local customer that will suffer if all our local dealers go out of business because they can't be competitive. Some guys can work on there own stuff. Most of use could if we put of minds to it or had the time. I know I really don't have a whole lot of extra time to work on saws and stuff. I work an off shift and regularly work overtime. I have to balance my day off with my wife, three kids, hunting, watching football, cutting firewood, drinking beer and everything else. I really like having a good dealer around who can fix something for me if I need it. If I (we) don't buy from him, he won't be around when I (we) need him most.

I thought about buying off the Internet in the past. I didn't for the above mentioned reason. I won't knock anyone who has though. To each their own!

 

[parrisw]

I always work on my own saws. I am a auto mechanic by trade. And I am the type of person that is unwilling to pay someone to do something that I can do myself. I have taken a couple of my saws to the local dealer to get repaired, but it just took to long for my liking. So I just usually by parts from them when I need it. Now I have a chain grinder and do that now, and also doing it for other people.

 

[bwalker]

I dont think the western distributor that services baileys also takes care of Nevada.

 

[Jibber]

It may also have a lot to do with lawsuits. Bigger saws bite bigger too. They may want to make sure they can say that the purchaser was given all the proper instructions.. in case the guy gets in an accident and says he wasn't warned about this or that. I know the last few pro saws I've purchased in a dealer I had to sign a paper saying I was given all the instructions.. and the dealers are required to give those out.

Notice that the smaller (safer?) saws are still OK to sell online.

 

[windthrown]

Husky no-internet

Well, from all the Dolmar sales we see on the internet, I do not know if Husky can deal with it any better. Not that Husky dealers are rare around here... the local Stihl shop is also a Husky shop, and the hardware stores here all carry Husky and Echo. Not thay I am a big Husky fan, but I keep coming across them and I looked into buying them at one time. Not my thing...

 

[windthrown]

Lawsuits? I doubt it...

It may also have a lot to do with lawsuits. Bigger saws bite bigger too. They may want to make sure they can say that the purchaser was given all the proper instructions.. in case the guy gets in an accident and says he wasn't warned about this or that. I know the last few pro saws I've purchased in a dealer I had to sign a paper saying I was given all the instructions.. and the dealers are required to give those out.

Notice that the smaller (safer?) saws are still OK to sell online.

Here in Oregon most saws are sold with non-safety chains and no one is going to bite the guy that sold an idiot a saw that he went and cut his legs off with it. Sort of like guns here... cannot sue the gun maker for blowing your brains out with one. I was reading here on AS that some places require safety chains on all saws less than 60cc... amusing. I was in Eugene last week and they had RM full kickback chains on all the saws in the shop, right down to the MS170s.

I think that Husky is trying to protect the dealers on the larger saws so they are not undersold on the iternet. O/w there is little inscentive to sell the brand when Stihl and Dolmar and far more protective. I would imagine that the better margins are at the top of the food chain, and not on the baby saws.

 

[chowdozer]

I always work on my own saws. I am a auto mechanic by trade. And I am the type of person that is unwilling to pay someone to do something that I can do myself. I have taken a couple of my saws to the local dealer to get repaired, but it just took to long for my liking. So I just usually by parts from them when I need it. Now I have a chain grinder and do that now, and also doing it for other people.

At some point, you may decide that time is more important than money and pay someone to do things that you don't have time to do, or pay someone to do things you don't want to do. I've seen it happen to countless people and it is happening to me. It's not that I can't fix it, it's just that I'd rather be doing something else. This is why when I find a good dealer, I buy what they sell and I don't complain about the price.