bamabikeguy
Active Member
Deercrossing wrote:
Your post is entirely valid.
The good thing is HERE, at MB.com, you have a place to work it out. You've very correctly seperated mechanical problems from "bad service".
Walk a mile in his mocassins, however. The gas crises and economic circumstances have probably caused a surge in demand, I know GEBE is backordered on 25 cc's for that reason.
There has to be a distintion between "hobby" and "necessity", and necessity would point to the higher priced "out of the box" reliability.
But at least here, with enough patience, solutions can be found.
Nobody wants anybody else to have a bad experience, but sometimes one problem becomes two, which begets a few more.
I am NOT mechanically blessed, so back in the early MB.com days I watched from the sideline as many other forum members held some newbies hand from opening the box to buying a wrench to hair pulling excrutiating explanation of what 2 cycle oil was. (I think the kid poured in Havoline). They didn't give up until he got it cranked.
(If I remember right, it was 20 degrees when he headed out the door, an I think he walked 5 freezing miles home).
Anyway, I hope you don't give up, because most of the members here probably feel the same way as I do about wanting more HAPPY STORIES.
Pre MB.com a person was mostly on his/her own, at least now there is a place to have more options.
Your post is entirely valid.
The good thing is HERE, at MB.com, you have a place to work it out. You've very correctly seperated mechanical problems from "bad service".
Walk a mile in his mocassins, however. The gas crises and economic circumstances have probably caused a surge in demand, I know GEBE is backordered on 25 cc's for that reason.
There has to be a distintion between "hobby" and "necessity", and necessity would point to the higher priced "out of the box" reliability.
But at least here, with enough patience, solutions can be found.
Nobody wants anybody else to have a bad experience, but sometimes one problem becomes two, which begets a few more.
I am NOT mechanically blessed, so back in the early MB.com days I watched from the sideline as many other forum members held some newbies hand from opening the box to buying a wrench to hair pulling excrutiating explanation of what 2 cycle oil was. (I think the kid poured in Havoline). They didn't give up until he got it cranked.
(If I remember right, it was 20 degrees when he headed out the door, an I think he walked 5 freezing miles home).
Anyway, I hope you don't give up, because most of the members here probably feel the same way as I do about wanting more HAPPY STORIES.
Pre MB.com a person was mostly on his/her own, at least now there is a place to have more options.
