Stihl dealer has no saws

ccsial · Nov 11, 2013

I stopped my my dealer today to get some oil. A Mom and Pop dealer with great service. He had three saws on the wall. This spring it was full.

I asked why so few. He said Stihl now requires you to pay up front before you sell them and he did'nt have enough cash to stock the wall.

Does this mean only big dealers will survive?

300UGUY · Nov 11, 2013

It means that dealer probably won't be there. Really, you can't sell from a empty cart. Local Stihl dealer here is the JD shop. Other places that sold Stihl went **** up.

murphy1244 · Nov 11, 2013

Why is there so many Echo Dealers and so few Stihl Dealers?

ccsial · Nov 11, 2013

300UGUY said:
It means that dealer probably won't be there. Really, you can't sell from a empty cart. Local Stihl dealer here is the JD shop. Other places that sold Stihl went **** up.

Yeah, that's what I thoiught. I even mentioned that to them.

There is a large tractor dealer about 20 miles from here that sells Stihl so I may have to go there eventually. I really like this little guy though. He takes trades too. Gave me 35 bucks for parts for my MS190T when an errant tree fell on it.

Bluegill2 · Nov 11, 2013

murphy1244 said:
Why is there so many Echo Dealers and so few Stihl Dealers?

Not around here. Stihl and Husqvarna only.

murphy1244 · Nov 11, 2013

Bluegill2 said:
Not around here. Stihl and Husqvarna only.

Try this if your interested ECHO Dealer Results | ECHO USA

Bluegill2 · Nov 12, 2013

murphy1244 said:
Try this if your interested ECHO Dealer Results | ECHO USA

That's interesting! The 1st one (closest at 1 hour away) is my Kubota dealer and they don't have a Echo product in their place.

The second one is over an hour away and is a furniture store, never been there?

The rest are 2 hours or more away...

xyz123 · Nov 12, 2013

My part of Ohio has 4 stihl dealers, 3 husky, 1 dolmar. The 2 echo dealers are inside 1 of the stihl and the dolmar dealer.

murphy1244 · Nov 12, 2013

I must have 12 Echo dealers and 1 Stihl Dealer.

mikehaugen · Nov 12, 2013

Within an hour of me there are AT LEAST a dozon stihl dealers. Not counting Home Depot, I know of 1 Echo dealer (there are probably more though)

They are all pretty well stocked with saws, parts not so much.