RUDE, unprofessional, and VERY dishonest! I will try to be articulate in my review, and will try to avoid "name calling" so that the Owners/Managers can't try to diminish the content of my review, as they have tried to do with others. We have bought at least two pieces of equipment here, but the trouble for us really came in when we tried to get our Husqvarna Garden Tractor taken care of under it's warranty. Heaven forbid we should try to use a WARRANTY!
Before I get into my story, I wanted to mention, since I saw the Owners' recent review response to "Michael FoxHollow" (on Google reviews), this company has actually been Owned by the SAME people running it now for over 20 years (The "Cona" family), so it was more than a little dishonest of them to try to claim it's now under "new management".
So, our Husqvarna riding mower needed warranty work for a defective frame that bent during use. (BEWARE OF HUSQVARNA RIDING MOWERS! WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT HUSQVARNA IS AWARE OF THIS FRAME PROBLEM, SINCE THEY RECENTLY MANUFACTURED A BOLT-ON STEEL "REINFORCEMENT PLATE" PIECE TO PUT ON THE MOWER IN THE EXACT PLACE OURS BROKE. HOWEVER, THEY STILL REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR "5 YEAR" FRAME WARRANTY.) We took it to County Line, and dropped it off. We got a call from "Wes" the following week, stating that they HAD CALLED Husqvarna Corporate, and were told by Husqvarna that they would not honor the warranty. Just so we are all clear, the definition of a "warranty", which the Owner of County Line is apparently unclear on, is "a written guarantee, issued to the purchaser of an article by its manufacturer, promising to repair or replace it if necessary within a specified period of time." It was necessary to put that there because the Owner of County Line actually stated, in writing, "understand, a warranty is not a guarantee." Wow.
When I called back later that day to try to speak to "Wes" again, I had to go through about 3 different people (never got to talk to "Wes" a second time), who all acted as if I was asking to speak to the Pope himself by asking for this "Wes". They were all short and rude with me for no reason (I was not even angry at that point, so I was definitely using my very best phone manners). The person who ended up finally speaking with me was "Mike", who said he was the "service writer". He was rude, like INCREDIBLY rude from the very second he got on the phone with me. All I had called for, at that point, was to get the number to Husqvarna, and the name of the "tech" that "Wes" had told me he had spoken to there.
"Mike" also proceeded to tell me that Husqvarna would "NEVER" (and I quote "NEVER") repair our tractor frame, because to use the frame warranty "there would have to be a 'defect' in the frame, and frame defects ONLY EXIST at the time of purchase (meaning would have to be discovered the first day of purchase)". This sounded totally preposterous to me (because, what's the point of having a 5 year frame warranty if the warranty is only good for ONE DAY), so I repeated his words back to him, and asked if I understood him correctly, and he confirmed that is exactly what he meant. Unbelievable!
They were willing to fix our mower for us if we PAID them, and they gave us a quote, which included a "$95 special freight charge" for shipping. That special "freight charge" apparently was also NOT real, since it only took one call to another Florida Husqvarna dealer to confirm that it would only cost $13 for shipping that frame, not "$95"! What a bunch of SHYSTERS (ooops, I just called them a name, dangit).
Also, turns out that they apparently never did call Husqvarna about our mower like both "Wes" and "Mike" told me they did. Husqvarna had NO INCIDENT REPORT of any sort (NO call record) from anyone at all, at County Line or anywhere else, when we called them a week or so later. Maybe that's why "Mike" was so upset that I would dare ask for Husqvarna's number and the name of the "tech"? Afraid their dishonesty would be discovered? Needless to say, we went and picked up our mower from them at the soonest opportunity.
We will NEVER do business with them again, and we certainly hope this review will help others to be better informed than we were. OUR OPINION.... TERRIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES HERE!! read more