Best of luck!
just ordered 2 ms660 china chain saw from china 15 days a go will get them epacket from china
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A bunch of orders or so it would appear. Price went to $80, says 32 orders up from 10 yesterday morning and is out of stock now. I didn’t pull the trigger, I’m interested to see what y’all get.
It's a next to zero risk, buying one. Dh gate covers if they dont ship. And I logged in with my google account that also has buyer protection built in. I'm truly not worried about it. I contacted the seller last night with a few questions. It was the normal yep, made in china, "high quality" (lol), blag blah blah. I even asked specifically that it was for a full chainsaw with bar. They confirmed yes. Messaging was done through dh gate, for accountability purposes. We shall see.... it's on the slow boat.
Just following this post.
Just following this post.
Nice piston wash on the little one, bet that runs good.
I got sucked in also. Also had to buy some solvent filters.....and a couple cheap knives. Kinda spent more than I expected.
chainsawman123
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did you orderchain saw from dhgate.com
Yes
maplegrovetom
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This thread caught my intrest, as the Chinese have taken over most of the worlds manufacturing with their low priced products.
I'm not saying China can't make high quality products, just look at their fighter jets, ships, spacecraft, nuclear, and biological weapons.
As Americans, we are responsible for the greatest voluntary wealth transfer in history, from the American poor and middle class to the communist who are using that wealth against us. We just can't resist cheap, disposable, chink garbage.
I'm even guilty of it, but anymore, everything I purchase, I look to see where it was made. If it's China I try to find something else, or pay more for not made in China. It's difficult and often I live without it. Sometimes I don't have any option, and contribute to the Chinese communist party.
If you have to have a saw, and buying the real one that the chinks copied and manufactured from recycled Chevys and ground up dogs will decrease your standard of living, I can not fault you for buying it. I hope it serves you well.
This spring we watched the Chinese implode the U.S. economy, and that of the entire planet, in three weeks without firing a shot.
Makes me wonder what they have in store for 2021.
And that piston will fit in that cylinder if you have the correct ring compressor.
I'm not saying China can't make high quality products, just look at their fighter jets, ships, spacecraft, nuclear, and biological weapons.
As Americans, we are responsible for the greatest voluntary wealth transfer in history, from the American poor and middle class to the communist who are using that wealth against us. We just can't resist cheap, disposable, chink garbage.
I'm even guilty of it, but anymore, everything I purchase, I look to see where it was made. If it's China I try to find something else, or pay more for not made in China. It's difficult and often I live without it. Sometimes I don't have any option, and contribute to the Chinese communist party.
If you have to have a saw, and buying the real one that the chinks copied and manufactured from recycled Chevys and ground up dogs will decrease your standard of living, I can not fault you for buying it. I hope it serves you well.
This spring we watched the Chinese implode the U.S. economy, and that of the entire planet, in three weeks without firing a shot.
Makes me wonder what they have in store for 2021.
And that piston will fit in that cylinder if you have the correct ring compressor.
WI_Hedgehog
You bought a WHAT???!!
@maplegrovetom : Your post leads to a good point about having to buy Stihl from a dealer--they're going to be genuine high-quality parts.
The DHgate vendor might have had a decimal placement issue, the starting price is $350 (U.S.) with a MS-660 sticker that's incredibly cheap looking--if they didn't put any effort into making the only "branding" on the whole saw look decent, I can imagine the internals.
Notice the [single row of] spikes are the same sick-yellow color as the saw housing, which makes the saw lighter and "you like more better" for cutting Styrofoam. The oil cap seems to be molded in a machine designed for making milk jug caps. Hopefully the plastic doesn't melt when exposed to petroleum products...
This MS 070 saw comes in two color patterns, so you can own whatever brand you want to pretend it is. (The sticker is also blank, so you can write that in yourself with a felt-tip marker.)
The warning label is also blank, which means you don't have to read warnings in a foreign language.
Some people say, "I'll buy one and replace whatever breaks with [name-brand OEM] parts." Later on they see the price of said parts and aren't going to spend more than $100 in parts on a $350 saw, so they buy clone parts that are "just as good." Fair enough, they have a $450 saw [with 30 hours of repair labor invested] and are "just waiting on parts" before finishing their current job. Yup, they have all the weight of a MS880 with the power of a MS250, just what everyone has been clamoring for, because they do things their way, and it's always "good enough."
The DHgate vendor might have had a decimal placement issue, the starting price is $350 (U.S.) with a MS-660 sticker that's incredibly cheap looking--if they didn't put any effort into making the only "branding" on the whole saw look decent, I can imagine the internals.
Notice the [single row of] spikes are the same sick-yellow color as the saw housing, which makes the saw lighter and "you like more better" for cutting Styrofoam. The oil cap seems to be molded in a machine designed for making milk jug caps. Hopefully the plastic doesn't melt when exposed to petroleum products...
This MS 070 saw comes in two color patterns, so you can own whatever brand you want to pretend it is. (The sticker is also blank, so you can write that in yourself with a felt-tip marker.)
The warning label is also blank, which means you don't have to read warnings in a foreign language.
Some people say, "I'll buy one and replace whatever breaks with [name-brand OEM] parts." Later on they see the price of said parts and aren't going to spend more than $100 in parts on a $350 saw, so they buy clone parts that are "just as good." Fair enough, they have a $450 saw [with 30 hours of repair labor invested] and are "just waiting on parts" before finishing their current job. Yup, they have all the weight of a MS880 with the power of a MS250, just what everyone has been clamoring for, because they do things their way, and it's always "good enough."
It's probably already too late to do much about it. It's really hard and expensive to rebuild manufacturing capabilities when the factories have closed, the machine tools have been scrapped and the skilled workforce has been dissipated.
Have y’all got these $50 660s yet?
Mines on the slow boat, left china monday. Tracking hasn't been updated by usps yet.
Your funny, I bought one of these $54.00 dollar "660" as a why not. I have zero need for it, and extremely low expectations. It will also get no money dumped into it. I've blow more then $50.00 on dumber things. Although I have low expectations for it, it would be quite funny if it ended up working well. I'm not holding my breath and would never consider taking it out solo, but to play with in the mill it will be interesting, if and when it blows up I'll strap my 394xp back on the mill and keep going. I've also been rather open that this purchase is an experiment for me. I'll only agree with your sentiment with people who buy something like this and expecting it to be as good as a real stihl.
WI_Hedgehog
You bought a WHAT???!!
I'm surprised they shipped it...it makes for a great story--kind of like dating a redhead...you can pretty well bet it's going to end in disaster, but the adventure along the way is going to be one wild ride!
Short timer
Wish you'd stop being so good to me captain
The price was correct, they still got the 070 for like $90
Reading these threads is the extent of my interest in these Chinese copies. I'm thankful others have interest to buy them and post them.
Cant be that bad when you have nonexistent expectations
17track.net will probaby let you track it. You can Google the China Post tracking site too.
Yup used to be married to one,never again.
