JDgreen
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Helped my in-laws pick up their new mower yesterday, like mine, it has the 190cc, 6.75 torque rated Briggs and Stratton engine. I recommended they buy a mower with that engine as it's super easy starting, very miserly on fuel, and promises to be reliable. My dad in law watched me unpack their new mower and set it up. When I showed him the tiny little capsule of Sta-Bil that snaps into the gas cap underside, he asked me how much a replacement capsule costs.
So I used my Blackberry web brower for a Google search, one of the first hits that came up said they were about $5.00 each....told my dad in law, he started laughing and it would make more sense to buy a pint bottle of Sta-Bil and measure out what you needed, instead of paying $5 for the ease of snapping a new capsule in.
My thoughts exactly...whoever came up with that concept of marketing is either really smart, or really stupid, depending on how many customers choose to treat their fuel that way.....:confused2:
So I used my Blackberry web brower for a Google search, one of the first hits that came up said they were about $5.00 each....told my dad in law, he started laughing and it would make more sense to buy a pint bottle of Sta-Bil and measure out what you needed, instead of paying $5 for the ease of snapping a new capsule in.
My thoughts exactly...whoever came up with that concept of marketing is either really smart, or really stupid, depending on how many customers choose to treat their fuel that way.....:confused2: