Last Friday I was going to cut up some slabs and on the first pull of the 350 the pull cord snapped. In any case, I loaded up with full length slabs and headed home, but stopped first at a friend's house. I was talking with my friend when the Salesman of the local shop went by . . . so I flagged him down and handed him my saw to fix. Didn't even have to drive to the shop . . . he came to me . . . so to speak.
In any case, he said they could fix it and have it ready the next day . . . another point for local shops and service.
The next day I showed up to pick up the repaired saw and oogle the other saws on display . . . the repair guy told me to just give him $8 or so for the cord and for tightening up a few things . . . but when I said I only had $4 on me (well besides my debit card) he said it was close enough and that if I really wanted to I could just pay the rest at some point . . . or not.
Yesterday I showed up to pay the remaining $4 and I talked a bit with the salesman about what saw to go with as an upgrade from the 350. While I was looking hard at the 365 and 346 XP, he recommended the 555 . . . claimed the 346XP is a great saw, but better for softwood and that the 365 is a good saw, but a bit heavier than the 555.
In any case, here's the best part and why I really like my dealer . . . while he let me mull things over a bit longer (I take a long time to make a big purchase decision) he mentioned that Husquvarna had loaned him a 562XP to loan out to customers to demo . . . I didn't have much time last night, but tonight I'm planning on finding some trees to see what all the hullaballo is about. My only concern is I might fall in love with this saw and not want to just go up one step to the 555.
In any case, he said they could fix it and have it ready the next day . . . another point for local shops and service.
The next day I showed up to pick up the repaired saw and oogle the other saws on display . . . the repair guy told me to just give him $8 or so for the cord and for tightening up a few things . . . but when I said I only had $4 on me (well besides my debit card) he said it was close enough and that if I really wanted to I could just pay the rest at some point . . . or not.
Yesterday I showed up to pay the remaining $4 and I talked a bit with the salesman about what saw to go with as an upgrade from the 350. While I was looking hard at the 365 and 346 XP, he recommended the 555 . . . claimed the 346XP is a great saw, but better for softwood and that the 365 is a good saw, but a bit heavier than the 555.
In any case, here's the best part and why I really like my dealer . . . while he let me mull things over a bit longer (I take a long time to make a big purchase decision) he mentioned that Husquvarna had loaned him a 562XP to loan out to customers to demo . . . I didn't have much time last night, but tonight I'm planning on finding some trees to see what all the hullaballo is about. My only concern is I might fall in love with this saw and not want to just go up one step to the 555.
