[AJD] one good deal left at John Deere Parts counter

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

A true "good deal" indeed. As others have wondered, why doesn't Deere get these systems in sync? No excuse as they are both their systems.
Greg

Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
Stephen Equipment Company
Box 709
7460 E Hiway 86
Franktown, CO 80116
303-663-5246
303-688-4170 fax


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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:28:12 -0500, "Merle W. Johnson" <wjohnson at bigriver.net> wrote:

> "A" clutch bolts were priced to me at 49.50 plus tax and shipping on
> special order.  Just the threads were bad on my bolts so I took them to my
> machinist buddy, had them turned down and cut 1/2-20 threads and
> reinstalled.  Work fine.
> Merle
> 
> Steve Treimer wrote:
> 
> > Greg, don't listen!
> > The clutch on my 820 has needed some attention, I've always been
> > worried, so I committed myself to installing as many new parts as I
> > could.  After the Gathering of the Green, Mike Williams gave a very
> > depressing saga of how clutch parts have skyrocketed.  And he's right,
> > I wanted to put new dogs and toggles in that clutch 3 years ago and
> > priced them, then even last year the prices were over 200% higher!
> > Well, Mike said that clutch bolt prices have gone out-of-site, so I
> > looked them up and they only came up on jdpartsonline for $3.83 each,
> > so I ordered 3 immediately.  Well, went to pick them up and the guy at
> > the parts counter gave me a song and dance about how they were priced
> > at $63 each in his computer.  No sale.  Wouldn't listen to how I was
> > quoted a price on jdpartsonline, he just said, "Well, we don't have
> > access to that system"...... uh huh.
> > So a month later I had to order some more parts and those bolts were
> > still in my cart.  So what the hey, they still showed the same price,
> > so I ordered them again.  Only THIS time, I hit the 'shift+print
> > screen' buttons and printed the screen capture out in irfanview so that
> > I had some proof when I returned to pick up my stuff.  Sure enough, the
> > parts guys says something like "You're the one that ordered those
> > expensive bolts....."  and I say, "well they sure weren't supposed to
> > be" as he brings them out.  He says "they're clutch bolts right?"  I
> > said "Yes, but my print out shows them at $3.83" and he brings them up
> > on his terminal and sure enough the list showed $63 but the net column
> > said $3.83.  I don't know if this was before or after he manually
> > adjusted the entry though, but he just looked at me and said "well, I
> > guess you're right" and smiled as he handed over the bag.
> > I was fully impressed with his integrity upon leaving the store
> > (Strackbein's in Tipton, IA).
> > Just thought I'd share the luck if any of you are in the need.
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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