This has nothing to do with web page creation but it is oh so true anyway. You get what you pay for in our business too:
Well, since I never buy new power equipment (I just recycle other folks
old stuff), I am probably not the right person to give opinions on
buying new. But I was going to spend my scarce money on a new mower, it
would NOT be at one of the "big box" stores and certainly not at
Wal-Mart. Who is going to set it up for you and make sure that it is
running correctly? Some high school drop-out getting minimum wage? Who
is going to repair it if something goes wrong? (Most of the big box
stores have arrangements with local repair guys who you will never see
or talk to, and they are paid very little for their work).
You may pay a couple of bucks more when you buy a name brand (Toro,
Snapper, Honda, etc.) from a local franchised dealer, but he will stand
behind the equipment. Also, he won't sell you some piece of junk - he
doesn't want to have to deal with the problems of it falling apart in a
couple of months.
I run our town's semi-annual "Clean-up Day", and I cannot tell you how
many almost new "Big Box store" lawn mowers we get that end up in the
dumpster. Even the laborers helping out won't touch them, and they are
pretty resourceful. I guess the rule of thumb I was taught still holds
true: you get what you pay for.
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