Stihl dealers

[montanaman]

Is it just me... or has anyone else noticed the price increases on Stihl?

It is not just Stihl, it is everything you buy! I just did my local farm show and had a lot of people looking at zero turn mowers. Every one of them said they were looking to buy in the spring. When I told them that I had the 2009 prices and if they were serious, now is the time to buy, no one seemed to get it! I guess because of the line of work I'm in, it is assumed that I am a liar and a thief but the costs of fuel and raw materials IS driving the cost to build things up. There are a lot of Stihl PRO saws made in Germany and I bet their dollar is growing on the US dollar. I sell products from Canada and that exchange rate has caused a lot of prices to go up.

It isn't just gas going up. it's everything and you can't imagine the number of products that are made with oil.

Also, many of the Stihl products have actually gone down in price but that usually only happens after I buy them....................

 

[montanaman]

Local JD AND Kubota dealers have been selling and servicing stihl products for many years.

mark

This is true in many cases. What has changed now is that all you have to do to be a Stihl dealer is be a JD dealer and Stihl isn't giving the current dealers any buffer zone. They were always good about respecting a dealers territory so that they could almost make a living but as I understand it, they will now set up ANY JD dealer that wants set up.

 

[bigshovel]

When I started this thread I left out some information about my point. My four local John Deere dealers a from Mars and don't speak an ounce of english, they all have the personallity of a brick and I don't care for them much, no at all. They certainly have not displayed a hint of customer service, ever. The Stihl dealer I mentioned when I started this thread is everything you could want in a human being and as a qualified mechanic and small business owner. He sells Grasshopper, Yazoo, Stihl and some other lawn care equipment but no C.U.T's or otherwise. As for Stihl this move on their behalf in my geographic will be disasterous at best. For those of you defending your John Deere dealers as good dealers with parts and know how I applaude them. That certainly is not the case here.

Brad

 

[mudcat]

That helps to see where you are coming from. Bummer.

 

[shot_gun]

I don't think it's mandatory that JD dealers have to take on Stihl. I know we are looking at Redmax, Tanaka as well as Sthil. It's a shame because I really like the JD trimmers compared to those mention but I guess business is business.

 

[montanaman]

I don't think it's mandatory that JD dealers have to take on Stihl. I know we are looking at Redmax, Tanaka as well as Sthil. It's a shame because I really like the JD trimmers compared to those mention but I guess business is business.

Do you know who was making the JD trimmers?