I'm new around here, and this was a long thread to read. Funny enough, I had read this while waiting for my registration to be approved.
When I first started to read it, I was siding with fpc310, even though it seems as though folks were dog-piling on top of him...it seemed he was giving the dealer the nod to try and resolve his issue.
However, towards the end of this long thread, he sure turned into a wet noodle...I mean, he goes out and buys another Stihl which he stated he wouldn't do, and leaves his other 290 in another shop to be looked at, yet doesn't have any info, says the dealer won't give him any, and he has to wait. And on top of that, he lays on some story about working his fingers to the bone to get bloody fingers, and disappears.
Hard to keep siding for a wet noodle like that, IMO...but the thread is good for entertainment...
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Cheers,
TT