Bob Stefko
Posted on 01/18/2006 9:32:09 AM PST by freepatriot32
Bob Stefko
What no story about how he found a horse's head in his bed! Heck, why not pin a medal on his chest and call it a day. Totally dumbass story.
Everything ok until I came to that part. In my opinion Briggs & Stratton, which used to be quality, has evolved into junk over the years.
Sounds like a good move. By lowering the quality to meet Walmart's price, they'd damage the Snapper name. Sure, they could get mowers built in China for a lot less, but...reputation is big in the outdoor power equipment market.
I've bought cheap Walmart mowers a couple of times. One season is all they have in them. My current mower is a Toro, bought in 1984. Starts on the first pull every time, even now.
I've never owned a Snapper mower, so I can't really comment on them.
--in some respects, we still live in a free country--
Of course the moron doesn't understand the well-worn tactic of making a cheaper model under another brand name. Snapper can continue to be top-of-the-line (but what kid is going to buy one if his father bought a Wal-Mart model?) and the other model can be the cheapest they can make.
Who in their right mind would pay this much for so little?
If someone wants to pay that much, that someone can easily afford to have someone cut their grass!
We're sill using the Toro we bought in the Twin Cities in 1994. I've used up more than a dozen blades but can still get replacements. My Ozarks yard is kind of hard on mowers.
Hey, a Yugo will get you to work just as well as a BMW, so, why buy a BMW?
He could have phoned or sent an email. Wouldn't have had to sit in those uncomfortable chairs.
Walmart=bad I guess.
To sell to Walmart they would have to sacrifice the majority of their current, successful business.
Selling low end products will eventually harm their product name on the high end. It sounds like partnering with Walmart could provide short term gains, but would be bad for the long term viability of the company unless they completely changed the nature of their business to match what Walmart needed.
This is seems to be a good example of why Snapper was wise to walk away rather than go that route.
Hey, I gave up mowing my own lawn when I got my Porsche!
There's plenty of guys around who will do my yard work for a fair price.
Makes for short term gains, but trashes your brand name long term.
Saying No to Walmart put my hometown on the map (and the national news). Our little history: the first town to successfully stop Wal-Mart in post Sam Walton era.
Good for Wier. Too bad we don't have more CEO's like him.
Years ago when I was buying my sons bicycles, we would go crazy looking for a model under $100 on sale. It was a big ticket item, only for a birthday or Christmas.
After Walmart came into the market, we bought one for $39. Sure, it wasn't a great bicycle, but heck my sons outgrew them and treated their stuff like garbage anyway.
Sure Walmart fights dirty, and imports cheap stuff, yada, yada, yada. But I love it. I haven't gone to Walmart for 2 months now, and have a shopping list of 8 or 9 things that I can't get for the price anywhere else that I am going to buy today.
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