Tractor Implements at Lowe's??

[TripleR]

Agreed.

I only stopped shopping at big box stores after I moved 15 miles away from them. Now that travel figures into the cost equation, I do a lot more shopping at the local small Mom & Pop stores in the small town near where I live.

Now that I've experienced the value of service, I'd probably drive the 15 miles to come back to these small stores if I had to rather than shop at the box stores. On the rare occasions when I do have to shop at the big stores I can barely tolerate the incompetent help, lack of service, and impersonal atmosphere.

The support and service at my local hardware store has saved me a lot of money on multiple occasions whether it's a no-questions refund, an educated suggestion, or good advice on a better way to do something. Loyalty and support is definately a two way street, and value includes more than the price of the item.

We have a farm account at our local "mom and pop" store, but it is purely hardware only; nothing close to farm equipment so I have to go elsewhere.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I have never seen they but will swing by there. It seems many are tapping the boom in non-business farming.

 

[pitt_md]

Buying a riding mower or other high dollar equipment from box stores is a mistake. I made this mistake and bought a Cubcadet riding mower from homecheapo. When it broke they of course didn't know diddly about fixing it and directed me to a "authorized service center" who told me 3 weeks to take a look at it.

I took it to my local farm tractor dealer that also sells them and they had it ready to go in 10 minutes..."no charge". They also replace the air cleaner telling me that the ones they were shipped with had a problem and shoule have been contacted about it.