[AT] Was: You can't fix stupid-naming names-Now Parts

[Greg Hass]

I have always liked to buy local and support local business. 
Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they don't seem to stock much 
anymore. At least half the time it's (we can order). A couple of months 
I needed something and they said it would be 5 days. My wife ordered it 
online and I had it the next day. I get things like the blades for my 
metal cutting bandsaw from ace,  but they are slow as you need to order 
a week ahead of time so I always try to keep one blade ahead, but that's 
money I have to invest which the store should do. I too worry about 
local people going out of business but much of it is their own fault.  
We have been IH people for 4 generations. A couple of years ago I had a 
project that I needed to finish on Saturday. I called the local dealer 
and asked how later they were open. They said 2 P.M. . I got there at 
12:20 and they were locked up ( I guess the owner thought it was slow so 
might as well close. I went a half mile down the road to the JD dealer 
who was open till 4 P.M. and bought $450 worth of hydraulic hose. They 
are a bigger corporation type store as they have a dozen dealerships. I 
asked the parts guy if they closed early if things got slow. He said 
that if they got caught closing early they were fired. Now if I need 
something that is not IH I find myself going to JD.
     Greg Hass