buying new saw form dealers

[niftysteve]

doesnt a dealer have to do a personal hand over on the first stihl purchase or something like that

[Jonesie]

Justin , So why can't I (living in Dublin) buy T201 from you , I have NPTC CS 38/39 ?

 

Hi

 

It has nothing to do with the certs, Stihl won't let us sell outside the UK mainland. We are a UK mainland dealer and Stihl already have an Ireland distributor.

 

I'd love to sell you a saw, but I have to play the rules.

[Grass hopper]

If a dealer has saw on ebay , how would that work then ?

[Daniël Bos]

doesnt a dealer have to do a personal hand over on the first stihl purchase or something like that

 

Only for people with no saw tickets. So the dealer makes sure the purchaser knows the machine, it's features and safety stuff.

After that the dealer can treat the customer as "known to be informed" so can send them saws and other stuff through the post with no face to face.

[Grass hopper]

Hi Justin , the cost of T201 here is about €950.00 euro mad money.

[ecotreecare]

Don't you think it's a bit daft that someone can go buy a 088 no problems yet have to produce a cert to buy a 200t?

 

I think the cert is a good thing, overhere you get a lot of gardners using them on the ground, one handed "cos there easy to use"

[WorcsWuss]

Here we go again!

Yes, you can buy any rear handle saw without producing your ticket, but not a topper.

 

Ok, we have established before that it is not illegal to sell a topper without seeing the tickets, but it is against industry code of conduct for the dealers.

 

So a clued up and conscientous dealer who wants to protect his reputation and avoid repurcussions, will ask for tickets. It really should not pose a problem to a purchaser as a potential user of a topper will have taken his courses.

 

I might have been being a little deliberately controversial previously.....

 

Obviously Barrie has explained it perfectly

 

In my experience some dealers abide by this, some don't, and I'm not talking shady characters either, I have bought [with no aerial tickets or evidence of any CS tickets, although I do have a few] a top handled Stihl from an authorised Stihl dealer.

 

The important thing is that it's NOT ILLEGAL to buy / sell a top handled saw. If it was there would have been a bill through parliament and the police would do spot checks at saw dealers..... It's a dealer code of conduct insisted on by the 2 big names, and understandably so.

 

And ref the overseas thing, I know Eurpoean dealers are good at sticking to their territories, but I think I have seen some US based dealers with a 'more flexible' approach to territory boundaries...

[Steve Bullman]

Only for people with no saw tickets.

 

Thats not correct I don't believe

[Steve Bullman]

If a dealer has saw on ebay , how would that work then ?

 

The same way. If a dealers selling saws on ebay and shipping them he's breaking the rules and is likely not a reputable dealer.

[WorcsWuss]

Thats not correct I don't believe

 

I think it's 'half right', no doubt Barrie or Justin can set us straight.

Rob can't post out bars & chains until he's had an NPTC number for instance.

I think it's the same with saws.....