From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 12/13/2021 9:02, fos wrote:   
   > On 2021-12-12, Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >   
   >> There was a documentary made about Snapper mowers that stood up to   
   >> Walmart, and said they wouldn't sell a cheaper version of their mower to   
   >> make a ton of money retailing them at Walmart stores.   
   >   
   >> Unfortunately, someone later bought the Snapper brand, and they   
   >> immediately caved into corporate pressure.  You now find cheap Snapper   
   >> mowers at Walmart, that are not quality -- they only retain the old name.   
   >   
   > Snapper was bought by Simplicity and Briggs and Stratton bought   
   > Simplicity not long after that. I'm pretty sure it was Briggs and Stratton   
   > that caved and put Snapper mowers on Walmart shelves.   
   >   
   > i refuse to even purchase power equipment at big box stores such as Home   
   > Depot and Lowes. That equipment suffers from the same thing as equipment   
   > at Walmart, it's made cheaper.   
   >   
   > riding mowers for example.   
      
   Agreed, my father has been through a few cheap big box riding mowers in   
   past years.  I have a 1975 Wheelhouse that keeps chugging along.   
      
   > back to tires, or anything auto related, at walmart. the tire shop i use   
   > and the collision shop down the street from them both say they see vehicles   
   > with loose wheels or damaged vehicles from improperly tightened lug nuts on   
   > vehicles serviced by walmart several times a year. i can't vouch for   
   > whether walmart has lower gradetires as i've never compared specs, but if i   
   > did ever buy tires from there, i sure as hell would not have them   
   > mounted and balanced there based on their crappy reputation alone. if   
   > you ever do, check the lug nuts for proper torque.   
      
   I tried to take an '83 F150 to Walmart to have a new valve stem put on.   
     Truck has a 3 on the tree.  Not one of the guys working there knew how   
   to drive it up on the rack.  They asked me to do it.  Whatever, I'd   
   prefer that over them breaking the linkage or whatever.   
      
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