Joined on 11/30/09
Good but maybe not legal
Pros: This item arrived in excellent condition in an unblemished sturdy cardboard container. It was very difficult to distinguish from new. It started promptly and has continued to start and run well. Quite powerful.
Cons: It is a 2 cycle engine and I beleive they are or will soon be outlawed in California so not very green. Still the going price on the Internet is $250 which makes $100 with free shipping an attractive deal.
Overall Review: The usual easy buying experience I have come to value
One refurb to far
Pros: Usual seamless shopping experience, it got here so fast we had to cut short a trip in order to receive it. It looked great, packaging pristine, all expected items within. Once running the saw performs as one would expect
Cons: The saw started once, it started twice and then I couldn't start it again...called Newegg who referred me to VMinnovations who referred me to Husquvarna. I took the saw to a certified repair station, their finding was "bad gas in the carb, good gas in the tank". Husqvarna looked over the problem and said they wouldn't honor their warranty since it involved bad gas [apparently not mine]. The bill was 70 dollars. I got back to VMinnovations who offered to split the bill with me and I thought that was fair. Thing is the saw definitely still does not start easily, maybe this will get better [and maybe worse]. My last purchase from these players was a refurb gas string trimmer and it is wonderful, starts more easily than any other gas equipment I've had...maybe things even out in the end.
Overall Review: The Husqvarna people in my opinion should have covered the cost of the service [which involved resetting the carb and replacing a new spark plug with a different new spark plug]. I have written a letter to the US vice president for sales and service asking that he override the decision of his "escalation team". I have had chain saws for 40 years, 2 cheap ones and then a Stihl 026 for the last 30 years. The Stihl is still running fine and this one would not replace it...but I really bought this one to use if the Stihl gets irretrievably hung up...which has happened. Good price, product could pass for new but so far no pleasure at all to start.
Card failure
Pros: I bought several of these cards last year, they performed well in my Panasonic dmc fz 150 camera including 1080 video. One card was rejected by the camera recently. I sent it back to Wintec and they sent me a new one, easy RMA process.
Cons: Had the card failed with hard to replace data I would have been unhappy. I was happy that the lifetime guarantee was honored and that the process was user friendly.
Overall Review: If this card also fails I would probably not replace it with same. My other Wintec cards were stolen returning from Antarctica, hope the thief tries an RMA if they fail.