Holy Smokes Stihl's prices.

Bought a new MS271 yesterday. $500 friggin bucks. Apparently Stihl's don't even come with a case now a days. The guy threw in a file.

"The guy threw in a file." And you're not happy??? jk.
Ouch!!!

Nephew put a down payment/deposit on a new skid steer in February. Quote at that time was $27,500 skid steer finally arrived Monday at the dealer and he is finalizing the finance. And oh by the way they had two price increases since the deposit. The new price is $31,965

Just thank the former president for adding those European tariffs along with Russia/Ukraine war, Covid 19, and the all the generated inflation. The European tariffs were primarily on Steel and Aluminum products. The current president just ended those tariffs in October and it will take time for things to get back to normal again. Some items of the new agreement will not even take place until January 2023. On top of that Stihl is having find new source for parts that were made in the Ukraine factories; therefore, their production costs will raise.

PTmowerMech said:

Bought a new MS271 yesterday. $500 friggin bucks. Apparently Stihl's don't even come with a case now a days. The guy threw in a file.

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Ain't what they used to be, notice where they are now made...

Stihl is like all large manufacturers in that they have multiple factories
It is part of the serial number code
Top shelf commercial units are made in Germany & the USA
Second tier models are made in Italy, Spain & Argentina
Throw away quality for cheapskates is made in China .
If people stopped buying garbage the factories would stop making garbage
But while idiots buy 100% on price more stuff will come out of the cheapest place to make it
The greater the volume that is made for idiots the less volume that goes through the quality plants so the dearer the top shelf models will become .
The consumers of the planet have been hood winked by the directors of big companies who have been buying stuff from 3rd world factories & selling it at 20 to 100 times the cost price so they can pay themselves multi million dollar bonuses .
Since the GFC company profits have increased 600% executive wages have risen 2000% workers wages have risen 28% ( slightly less than inflation ) .
This is what happens particularly in the USA when you have weak governments run by parties desperate for money to pay for massive advertising campaigns in order to brain wash the population to vote them into power, regardless of their colour .
Government of the poor by the rich for the rich to entrench the position of the rich who are allowed to be above the laws , as weak as they are .
And if you think this is tosh look at the prices for goods from China when bought in the tens of thousands and compare that to the "cheap" price from H, Lowes, Wallys AmmoZone etc etc etc
Add up the published amounts spent by both parties at all levels of government including town square and then ask where did all this money come from.
The answer is YOU and the total amount exceeds what is spent on social security .

StarTech said:

Just thank the former president for adding those European tariffs along with Russia/Ukraine war, Covid 19, and the all the generated inflation. The European tariffs were primarily on Steel and Aluminum products. The current president just ended those tariffs in October and it will take time for things to get back to normal again. Some items of the new agreement will not even take place until January 2023. On top of that Stihl is having find new source for parts that were made in the Ukraine factories; therefore, their production costs will raise.

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I wished I could've waited for the prices to come down. But I've almost never seen a price decrease.

PTmowerMech said:

Bought a new MS271 yesterday. $500 friggin bucks. Apparently Stihl's don't even come with a case now a days. The guy threw in a file.

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Them creamsicles be getting expensive

16 inch chain is $36.95

Watch me set the internet on fire.