Hi Norm,
It's a shame the second hand mowers aren't worth much these days ,I still remember you taking 2 days refurbishing power torque
mowers to sell for $80. and I remember about 10 years before that mower shops would refurbish second hand mowers and sell
them for more than twice that. About 5 mower shops have closed down around here over the years and I spoke to one shop
owner and he basically said when Bunnings came out and sold cheap new mowers his mower shop business suffered
financially.
Not many people are left these days that repair equipment as I hear people all the time go to shops with barely used
equipment that just needs a little work to get running but the shops tell them they need to buy a new replacement power tool
and then there are the shops that first dismantle the customers mower knowing it's no good then after it's all in parts charge
the owner as much money for taking it apart as they could have bought a good second hand replacement ,then telling them
they need a new mower.
Cheers
Max.
