max2cam
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Since I do all my own service work a dealer is NOT the most important buying decision, altho I don't mind if there's one around.
The most important part of the saw buying decision is...
Not coming here and asking for advice!!!
It's like pokin' an anthill with a stick!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Parts is all I care about and there's no advantage with Stihl. The dealer's don't stock much inventory other then real common items and most everything needs to be special ordered from the Centralia warehouse. The dealer's stick you with freight unless it's part of a normal stocking order and they make you do everything in person.
At least with Dolmar I can buy parts via internet/phone and get them shipped right to my door without waisting gas and time.
The most important part of the saw buying decision is...
Not coming here and asking for advice!!!
It's like pokin' an anthill with a stick!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I voted no . Reason being is that the stihl dealers in my town are idiots...all 3 of them. The only way I know I will get the right part is to call them with the part number from my online IPL's. I have to believe this isnt the norm. I will do all my own repair from now on especially after my stihl dealer told me yesterday that it takes 2 and a half hours to replace crank seals in my 026 IF the saw is tore apart ready to take seals out and put new seals in. Thats Horsecrap.
Well, they should have a site stickey that reads:
For anyone looking for any type of buzz saw, the AS Forum answer is always buy a 5100 or a 361.
As for living in sales tax free Orygun, you seem to be supporting my statement.
Booze, beer and tobacco taxes are outragous here, as well as car and petrol taxes, but on saws there are only the sales tax (25%)
Well, not so sure if Mr windthrown is wrong..... I purchased a book in the US lately through amazon (value about 21$, if I recall) and had to pay 10 Euro 14 $) custom's handling charge (because the value was over a certain limit). :angry2:
On the other hand, I got some used spare parts for my Jonsered from a US collector who declared a low value, and had to pay nothing.
There are ways around importing stuff, but very limited ones.
Andy,
You and Tommie seem to think that all Stihl dealers are the same ... that is, great. In the real world, there are lots of Stihl dealers that aren't so swift.
Now, I'm not complaining about my dealer, per se. I'm saying the the great, invincible, almighty Stihl dealers of the PNW are one thing, but in my neck of the woods it's another.
I'll post an example. My dealer didn't have a replacement blade for my STIHL Polycut™ Head that I recently purchased from him, so I had to order it via the net. Just the most recent example out of a plethora of examples I could cite.
Maybe we need four polls:
1. Is your Stihl dealer up to the standard that you believe Andy's shop to be?
2. Is your Dolmar dealer like Cuttin' Scott's?
3. Is your Husky dealer like Spike's?
4. Do you have a Jonsered dealer near you?
The answer to these polls might predict how you feel about a so called servicing dealer.
Life is good (for a Stihl dealer),
Joat
PS: Paying inflated freight charges is better that having expensive Stihl equipment sit idle when there's a job that needs finished.
TMcP you need a passport and a plane ticket. You can buy what you need with the money you would save and be treated to a pitcher of Coors Light to boot. Why are your NZ prices so bloody high?
What? Don't look at me!!The most important part of buying a saw is studying arborisitsite for hours, day and night, weeks, months,YEARS!!!! Before you know it you wont even have time or money to go buy the:censored: thing cause you are glued to this :censored: COMPUTER!!!!!!!
Woops! That should read:
For anyone looking for any type of buzz saw, the AS Forum answer is always buy a 5100 or a 361 as your first saw in the three (minimun) saw plan.
I did it all wrong;
I bought one 460, then received five working saws for free.
Service...nope
Warranty...nope
price...um...kinda
dropped in my lap, idling...yup.
My expectations are high now.
ha.. Oregon income tax is what keeps me from living there! best deal of all is to live in WA, and shop in OR...
only the sales tax (25%)