On Apr 5, 9:40*pm, Gil wrote:
On 05/04/2013 9:11 PM, Red wrote:









On Apr 5, 5:42 am, Dean Hoffman "
wrote:
On 4/4/13 10:35 PM, wrote:

I *found a Deere L100 *for sale for $600 *at a local dealer. *he said
it's about an '05 but they had just got out in so he didn't have a
lot of details yet, *and the only thing wrong is some silinoid(sp)
which they are replacing. *the thing looks almost brand new as it was
owned by an older gentleman who took very good care of it. *does
anyone have any suggestions on this? *is this a good tractor to buy
used? *and if so does this sound like a good price?

* * * You might want to check *Ebay and look at the closed auctions.
Your local want ads might be a good option.
I'll crosspost this to alt.home.repair. * *The misc.rural group is
really quiet.

The John Deere mowers have the name but not the manufacture. *JD only
makes farm equipment. *The homeowner equipment is made by a low bid
contractor. *Plus the mowers have a really bad reputation for quality..

See:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/deere.html

* Not True! John Deere riding mowers are made by John Deere in the USA.
They do not have a bad reputation for quality! Also, before someone says
otherwise, the ones sold at big-box stores are exactly the same as the
ones sold by the JD dealers.

Gil

Let's take JD in another direction. A JD mower has a 20hp B&S engine
and a eXmark mower has the same engine. Both use the same air & oil
filters. The air filter in the JD package costs $4 more than the same
filter in a B&S package. The oil filter in the JD package costs $2.50
more than the filter in the B&S package. These price differences are
about the same in multiple stores. So this is another example of JD
products screwing over the buyers.