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Re: OT - you want to complain about parts guys?


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Posted by kennytractor on May 07, 2014 at 15:38:28 from (64.147.38.10):

In Reply to: OT - you want to complain about parts guys? posted by mkirsch on May 07, 2014 at 04:29:31:

The parts business has changed a lot.

my dad sold Snapper lawn mowers for years. Up till
about 1992 there was only ONE belt for a 28"
rider.

Didnt matter if your mower was a 1968 or 1986 the
belt was still a 25-10749. We only had to stock
THREE belts. Then in 92 Snapper went crazy.They
came out with more models and kept changing them.
Some model years used three or four different
belts.
You looked up the parts by the series number.
They were changing so often they Snapper added
letters to the series. Now, there was a series 16,
series 16B all the way up to series 16ABE then
they came out with series 17 and start over

If the customer did not bring the series number.
They was NO WAY I was going to order the correct
belt. Snapper would not take returns. If I ordered
the wrong belt. I was stuck with it. I would Send
them back home to get the numbers and they get
mad!

We quit selling Snappers in 2001. I still at
least 30 belts in the cabinet. People come looking
for a belt I never have the correct one and I send
them to a snapper dealer to get their belt.

They are way more sizes and parts then there way
back when companies used a little common since and
reused part numbers on several models.

I can remember when Ford only had two different
starters,One or two oil filters. How many starters
and filters would you have to stock today just to
fit Fords?


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