by bgsengine » Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:42 pm
And you're surprised? I knew it was coming ages ago, just a matter of "when" - just one of the many reasons I quit the business. I suspect eventually the old-fashioned ways (Factory - to Distributor - to Dealer) will go the way of the DoDo Bird... Soon it'll be only the Mega-Dealers and they'll be buying factory-direct without a middleman, warranties more likely to be denied or "just give em a whole new one" (And let them pay to ship it to warranty center, and pay to ship the new one back, and most folks will look at retail rates on shipping and say "fuhgeddaboudit" and buy something else, ship the broken unit to the boneyard) Upshot of it being, smaller indie shops will be sourcing parts from Amazon/eBay (and getting OEM parts used but good from Ebay or independent scrappers) Along with those with a certain political mindset following in the footsteps of California and banning more and more gas powered equipment (and regulating cattle farms to death - Cow Farts are causing global warming, after all.. right? right? what about elk and moose and bison though? how ya gonna regulate them? Since the same loonies wanting to ban Cow Farts are also Vegan or Anti-Hunting nuts, no way to control wild populations, right? Just a matter of time before you have to buy a state DEP Permit if you want to fart in public... )
How poor are they who have not patience. What wound did ever heal, but by degrees? - Iago (Othello Act II, Scene 3)