Latest info on Husky net sales?

[ropensaddle]

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My dawg has no tail:notrolls2:

 

[GASoline71]

My dawg has no tail:notrolls2:

Tell us about Husqvarna's "Pro saw" lineup???

Gary

 

[hornett22]

nothing below a 372xp .........

if memory serves me.

 

[GASoline71]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Gary

 

[manual]

Talked to a internet retailer today that sold Husky and Jonsered. He claims that several of the large internet sales firms are going to sue Husky USA over this new policy. The basis of the suits will be in regards to antitrust issues.
Now the guy could be full of ****, but if this is true and a legal precident is set I would think this would shake up the whole industry.

One step foward, Two steps back.
I don't quit understand this Husky USA thing.
If Bailys can but from sweden then why can't someone else ?

 

[bwalker]

o you guys really think that Husqvarna USA hasn't though this out? Is it possible that Husqvarna Sweden is behind the whole thing and the renegade distributor is in for a wake up call? Husqvarna Sweden does not allow internet sales anywhere else in the world, do you think they will let one distributor in 3 states makes their own rules? I'm waiting to see the final outcome.

Thats my thoughts as well, but if this is true why haven they said anything to the west coast distributor?

f we could buy at prices at least close to if not equal to what baileys and other online retailers are, we could be more competetive with them in pricing. If they don't do something to fix the current situation they are going to lose a lot more dealers. Nobody wants to carry a line they can't make anything on.

Cam, in differant thread you where complaining about the pricing of a another dealer in your own state. Are they not buying saws at the same price you are?

 

[spike60]

I think Honda USA has infinitely deeper pockets than Husky USA.

But Husky's are plenty deep enough for this confrontation. They are still owned by Electrolux, which is something like a $15 to $18 billion dollar company.

 

[spike60]

Thats my thoughts as well, but if this is true why haven they said anything to the west coast distributor?

My guess would be that since the dealers out west aren't actually customers of Husky USA, then there is no conduit of communication, nor any reason for Husky to be in contact with them at this point. Remember that the policies in question do not take effect until March 1st.

As has been brought up, it would seem that it would be a silly waste of time and effort if these policies didn't apply to the guys out west. Based on that simple logic, I have to believe that it must apply to everyone in the US. How could the policy possibly be enforced otherwise?

 

[bwalker]

ut Husky's are plenty deep enough for this confrontation. They are still owned by Electrolux, which is something like a $15 to $18 billion dollar company.

Thats making the assumption the parent company wants to get into a war over this issue.
To be honest this whole thing is strange to me. If E-Lux wanted no net sales why did they not just say so instead of having Husky USA do their dirty work?

 

[bwalker]

My guess would be that since the dealers out west aren't actually customers of Husky USA, then there is no conduit of communication, nor any reason for Husky to be in contact with them at this point. Remember that the policies in question do not take effect until March 1st

Greg Grande was just at a tech school for Husky and no one knew a thing about it. Very odd way of doing business IMO.
FWIW Baileys distributor has been told nothing by Husky either from what I understand.

 

[spike60]

Greg Grande was just at a tech school for Husky and no one knew a thing about it. Very odd way of doing business IMO.
FWIW Baileys distributor has been told nothing by Husky either from what I understand.

I agree that this is kind of strange.

 

[Cam501]

Cam, in differant thread you where complaining about the pricing of a another dealer in your own state. Are they not buying saws at the same price you are?

I would venture to say the problem is two fold. With the dealers out west paying less and it seems certain dealers here paying lesss thany must be buying better than any of the quantity bracket's our all year program. Even if i buy in the highest quantity discount bracket(100+) I can't make enough on a saw to warrant carrying the line at those prices.

 

[Lakeside53]

Thats my thoughts as well, but if this is true why haven they said anything to the west coast distributor?

We don't know if they haven't "talked" to them... Not everything is public.

It's quite possible that the agreement they have is poorly written or doesn't allow Husky to make changes without negotiation. More guessing on my part.

Either way, Husky "Sweden" will get control of the situation eventually... In the meantime, this apparent disarray must be great for the competition.

 

[bwalker]

I would venture to say the problem is two fold. With the dealers out west paying less and it seems certain dealers here paying lesss thany must be buying better than any of the quantity bracket's our all year program. Even if i buy in the highest quantity discount bracket(100+) I can't make enough on a saw to warrant carrying the line at those prices.

Dont be pissed a dealer in your own state is buying saws cheaper...just figure out how they are doing it.

We don't know if they haven't "talked" to them... Not everything is public.

It's quite possible that the agreement they have is poorly written or doesn't allow Husky to make changes without negotiation. More guessing on my part.

Either way, Husky "Sweden" will get control of the situation eventually... In the meantime, this apparent disarray must be great for the competition.

According to Greg nothing has been said to them or to their distributor.

BTW its my understanding that the new rules dont stop online sales per se, but rather set a minimum price.
Doesnt Stihl do this as well?

 

[Cam501]

Dont be pissed a dealer in your own state is buying saws cheaper...just figure out how they are doing it.


According to Greg nothing has been said to them or to their distributor.

BTW its my understanding that the new rules dont stop online sales per se, but rather set a minimum price.
Doesnt Stihl do this as well?

why shouldn't it bother me that they are buying at better prices than we do even if we buy in the highest bracket? if it was just a buck or two per saw, but when places sell stuff that is at times below our cost of course it's going rub me the wrong way. With stihl there the msrp is the only price you can advertise, and there is no internet sales. The first time they warn you and the 2nd time they pull the line. We got a real nasty call aboutfinding one of our saws on ebay but finally got that settled cause it was one stolen from the store.

All this arguing...keeps our minds fresh LOL

 

[bwalker]

Thats not the dealers fault they can buy them cheaper, its Husky USA fault for selling to them cheaper than you.

 

[Cam501]

Thats not the dealers fault they can buy them cheaper, its Husky USA fault for selling to them cheaper than you.

exactly...sorry if my wording is so heavily dealer blamed. It's more a problem with the system than the dealer.

 

[Grande Dog]

It's funny how many stories get started. We used to purchase units from Husqvarna Lawn and Garden out NC when we had a shop in TN. Believe me there isn't some kind of "Magic West Coast Pricing" When we have sales we're working with single digit margins. So if you want to tell your customers the truth. Tell them we're just willing to make less per unit than you are. Not to far in the past we were the largest Stihl dealer on the west coast. Of course the mail order became an issue when other dealers pitched a fit about our pricing They told us we needed to sell for MSRP. We tried this and every dealer out there under cut our prices and we couldn't make a sale on their saws. It was way easier to police us than all the dealers. So we learned real quick, the market isn't a level playing field. This eventually split the sheets between us and them. After that fiasco, we decided to go with naming our rock bottom price and if any body wants to hang with that, more power to them.

 

[GASoline71]

Glad to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. Good post Grande Doggy!

Gary

 

[Lakeside53]

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BTW its my understanding that the new rules dont stop online sales per se, but rather set a minimum price.
Doesnt Stihl do this as well?

Nope, not Stihl. You can't sell Stihl unless "over the counter" and they do not set a minimum price, only an MSRP, where "S" is "Suggested".