Kernopelli
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2006
- Messages
- 2,209
- Location
- Carterville, Illinois
- Tractor
- Mitsubishi MTE2000D, Dig It 258 Mini Ex, Deere Z930A ZTR
Onmi Gear is a company that makes mower gearboxes and speed reductions that are used by a number of equipment manufacturers. I was ordering an OEM right angle gearbox for a Bush Hog ZTR. Of course, these little gearboxes boxes cost as much as their much larger 130HP rated ones.:confused3: Not Bush Hog or German Bliss' fault ( they actually have the cheapest price online).....that's just the way Omni Gear prices the product. That is an issue for an entirely different rant!
Shipping price wasn't shown until I filled out the online shipping/billing info....that makes sense, but there is no way UPS charges $75 to ship a >15# box 200 miles. The real kicker was, shortly after I made my first post here, I got my email invoice. It showed the gearbox I ordered had been superseded by a new one that cost approx. $100 more. This wasn't mentioned on their site or on the phone when ordered. So I called them back to ask about the price difference and they apologized-- I should have been told the old part had been superseded but they were "already losing $50 on shipping"..... Is that REALLY an apology? I didn't argue, I just cancelled my order. I wanted to use an OEM part but not if it's going to cost me $575. I'll replace it with one of Surplus Centers generic ones for $149..... which BTW weighs 23# and ships UPS 570 miles for $15.49
