re: Bad Lawnmower Repair Experience

A. I know of maybe 2 repair shops out of 20 who keep their repairs under cover, & they fix like 20 mowers a year, not 1000+ like most larger shops.

B. 2 weeks? You do realize most shops are at 3-4 weeks minimum right now eh? I know a few who are at almost 2 months on anything beyond a tune-up. This is what happens when everyone waits until their grass is 2 ft tall to break their poorly stored mower out.

Nature of the beast dude...

I never said worse shape is acceptable, your mower is MADE to withstand much more than 2 weeks of being outside. My practice would be to fully wash everything that goes through my shop either way.
Was it arranged at some point earlier to drop it off on that date? Did the OP not bother to answer his phone? I'm just saying, I was in retail management for a while, customers are extremely unrealistic.

You should have just had your husband repair the mower.

Mowers are designed to sit outside.
I understand some people do not like this yet the mower can easily take being outside for months.

Two weeks is not that bad.
I retired last month and I owed 4 repair centers.
We avg 400 to 600 mowers a month each shop as we had extended warranty contracts.
We kept everything inside to reduce theft.
Most shops in Louisiana do not have room to keep their riding mowers inside.

If they actually fixed the mower that is what I would be more worried about.

I seen some shops in South Louisiana that keep mowers outside for months that get overloaded with extended warranty work. Two weeks is not that bad going into the season.

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Hahaha you paid a couple hundo to clean a carburetor

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I can work on a lot of things but My fat fingers can’t work on a carburetor. If it needs rebuilt I have to pay someone.

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Mowing your own lawn is trashy

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Let me guess.....You're probably living pay check to pay check...right?

My push mower was running a little rough and quit on me one day. A couple Hispanic fellas were on break clearing land across the street from me. They come over and offer to take a look. I say sure, so they start messing around with it. Well, one of them cranks it up and is holding the handle and I guess the other one wanted to see if something was wrapped around the rotor shaft so he stickers his hand down under the deck and.... thump.....

Cut about halfway through his middle and ring fingers. Called 911 and he went to the hospital. Tried to get his companies name and contact info from his buddy, but he wasn’t talking. He later left a note apologizing and telling me not to worry about it and he was fine. I’m pretty sure they didn’t want the boss man finding out they were making some cash on the side during break.

He must have been fine cause he was back the next day 20 ft up in a tree with a chainsaw.

When you calll to complain, mention that you are a Yelper. That will get their attention.

Seems like this guys taking a lot of shite here hell he already dropped off his mower to get fixed and they left it outside to get rained on. It’s never ideal to leave a mower outside to get rained on that makes no sense at all