Posted by JRT on October 30, 2007 at 22:29:24 from (72.71.84.187):
This summer at beginning of hay season (May) I had a breakdown on my 311 New Holland Square baler. To make a long story short, It was August before I got it fixed. My BIG mistake was I took it to the New Holland dealer. They messed with it for weeks and simply could not fix it. When I called them, they came out and could see nothing wrong other than a broken knotter frame. When they took it in they tried to gouge me for a complete overhaul, ordering one piece at a time with a 3 to 4 day wait between orders. Meanwhile I was not baling hay. I paid them $1,300.00 for parts and labor with 570.00 of that being labor and it never did bale until I finally hired someone else to fix it.The first bale I tried to bale after I got it home, it broke a needle. When I called the dealership telling the manager about the needle, he said, "now you listen, that old baler of yours in worn out, and we are not going to spend any more time on it". It turned out that I finally got it fixed by an old guy who had retired from the same outfit for $200.00. He said the work they did on it should not have taken more than 4 hours and not 13 like they had billed me for. He fixed it and it was baling perfectly when I finished hay season.It was not worn out after all. I am thinking of taking them to small claims court at least to get my labor $ back, especially after that jerk declared my baler worn out. Would I have a chance or is small claims court or is it just a joke? It costs $90.00 to file so if I lost, I would just be out more $.
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