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To: LindyBill who wrote (174377)	7/22/2006 10:41:43 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794216

My Toro's the best mower I've ever had. In ten years always starts first or second pull. Mulches even really long grass into nothing. Very smooth self propelling mechanism.

To: LindyBill who wrote (174377)	7/22/2006 11:04:47 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794216

Nice article Bill, it really lays out the undercurrents shaping the retail industry today. I have to say I don't agree with the CEO, but it's his business and he has a lot of guts to take that stance. I've long believed most lawn mowers are overpriced at distribution sites like Honda. Quality only takes you so far, you need to meet the middle where value resides. Quality, linked to delivery, linked to price gives you value. The days of owning a lawn mower for 10 or 30 years are mostly behind us. Heck, it's just not cost effective to have them tuned up and maintenance in most areas of the country, and most people don't like doing it themselves. If lawn mowers could be produced with easy maintenance as a goal, maybe a shift would occur. But, I don't see many companies making it easier to replace the pull string or cutter; on the contrary, they appear to be making it more difficult in order for them to be taken in for service. Lastly, most lawn mowers produced today (even the inexpensive ones) work pretty good for 5 or so years. It's just not that difficult to build an decent inexpensive lawn mower. I wish the company and its employees well, but I think the CEO just signed a 10 year death notice.

To: LindyBill who wrote (174377)	7/22/2006 6:01:59 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 794216

<<"Now, at the price I'm selling to you today, I'm not making any money on it. And if we do what you want next year, I'll lose money.>> An interesting case study. It appears the Wal Mart would not allow Weir to make a reasonable profit or for that matter any profit at all. From Snappers standpoint it is a no brainer. There is no future in selling large volumes of product at a zero margin. It would appear that Weir had a superior bargaining position.