Ok,can't hold this in anymore. John Deere having an excellent reputation and very dependable tractors. My neighbor has had his for almost 15 with no major repairs needed. I researched all brands of zero turn mowers for two weeks. We decided o John Deere (total cost was $3,000) After 6 months my husband hit a stump. We had extended warranty so we arranged for my son to take it and drop it off for repair. Asked for a call with approximate cost of repairs. We never received that call so I called on a Saturday and was told by Chris in the service dept. it will be ready for pick up on Monday. I have a Jeep and need to arrange for someone with truck/trailer to assist me and drive the 52 miles one way to pick it up. Was unable to complete my yard( an acre and a 1/2) before the mower shut off and wouldn't start again. So here we go, arranged for someone to drive the 52 miles one way to drop it off again. Again requested a call prior to repairing. Mower there for a week, no call. Again I called and spoke with Chris again. He explained what the issue was and how long it would take to repair. This issue is covered by warranty. We we're gonna be off on Friday before Memorial Day. Call to verify mower was repaired and ready for pick up and there's no cost. Was told yes ma'am it is ready. Again paid someone to drive 52 miles one way to pick up mower. When they (my daughter and her boyfriend) get there Chris looks over the mower and says there is a bolt missing, they check their stock and said I don't have one and it will take 2 to 3 days before I can get it here. She calls me and asked what I wanted her to do. I told her it's not ready, leave it and I will call and talk to the service dept for the details. Now if you haven't been keeping up with the total miles driven for this repair. It's up to over 200 miles to drop off then pick up. Now I'm told I'm going to have to drive another 100 plus miles to pick up when finally ready. I call requested to speak with a manager, guess who that was,yes Chris. Was told I can return that day and pick up mower today since missing bolt wouldn't hurt anything. My stupid female question was how was I to know that John Deere places bolts on mowers that are not needed. He laughed and said it did have a function. So my response was, that's why I had her leave it until all repairs are completed and why didn't someone give a final look before telling you customer it's ready. He insisted they repaired the issue it was brought in for. I don't know, maybe it's just me, if I was repairing something, not only would I fix the issue you noticed but I would ensure their were no more issues you the customer may not know are possible. I asked how I will be compensated for the loss of my time and by the time I finally get it picked up for 2 ND repair it would be over 300 miles. Chris offer delivery at a cost of $75. I demanded they deliver at no cost. I further explained if your time is with $75 for only one round trip then mine should be worth $225 for the 3 round trips I will have made to get my mower repaired so my yard can be finished. I also reminded him he repaired my mower then it didn't even run for an hour. Finally he agreed to deliver it at no cost. Finally happy but shouldn't have had to go through all that. Maybe you should drive the extra mile in order to get better customer service. I will next time. Thanks for allowing me to rant!!!! read more