[laughing_man]

Nobody is saying you can't relate your experience with this equipment. What we're saying is consumer action is enough to solve this problem. It just takes some time.

There's a certain type of customer that wants the dealer to handle parts and repair. But those guys aren't the lawn mower segment.

[not_kurt_godel]

> What we're saying is consumer action is enough to solve this problem.

Citation needed

[scheeseman486]

Might be hard for them to do that given this lawsuit is hard proof that it isn't true.

[laughing_man]

Is it? You've never been to a grocery store?

[not_kurt_godel]

I have not been to a grocery store that sells "Deere-brand Large Ag Equipment"[0] - aka $200k-1M John Deere tractors/harvesters/combines - that are the subject of the settlement. Have you?

[0]: https://www.agri-pulse.com/ext/resources/pdfs/gov.uscourts.i...

[laughing_man]

My point is "competition works".

[scheeseman486]

You're posting in a thread discussing news of a legal outcome that showed that free market competition did not prevent anti-competitive practices and instead required legal/regulatory intervention to solve.

[laughing_man]

To say that these are "anti-competitive practices" is stretching the phrase beyond all meaning. If you don't like Deere's policies, you can always buy from Case IH or New Holland. There is plenty of competition in farm equipment.