Re: TSC - building a store across the road !

Posted by AG in IN on May 17, 2011 at 07:03:14 from (67.236.113.209):

In Reply to: TSC - building a store across the road ! posted by Billy NY on May 16, 2011 at 15:08:00:

I do hope the new store helps you with parts when you need them. I wouldn't get too excited, though. Even a lynch pin might be a challange.

Here we have several TSC's , a Rural King, a Big R and a Quality Farm and Home store all within an hour's drive. One TSC has stacks of moldboard plow parts, the next may have none. One TSC has a decent selection of sprayer and liquid fertilizer parts, another has almost nothing. One TSC has boxes and boxes of baling wire that have been there since they moved in. The Rural King has the most selection of tractor/equipment parts, but none of these stores have selections that are all that impressive. The Big R has some chisel and field cultivator points, but in all of their infinite wisdom stock no plow bolts to mount them with, nor can they order them. It' would also be nice that these stores realize that when there's 7 NH rake teeth left in stock in May, it's time to reorder. Instead, it seems they wait until November, missing out on a season of potential sales and ticking off the customer.

We had several Quality Farm and Fleet's in the area. They went belly-up. Other than the competion between TSC and QFF I don't miss them.



We also had a store called Big Blue that was pretty good, but that closed about 20 years ago.

All of these stores hire just about anyone, and it seems the more clueless about agriculture they are the faster they're hired. It almost never pays to call ahead and see if they have something in stock, they either don't have a clue what you're talking about or don't bother to look. I once waited 15+ minutes while checking out at TSC for them to try and find a "SKU" for plow bolts. I hope those bolts are still sitting on the conveyer belt.

I also see the logic of these types of stores stocking what sells. They can probably make more selling a pair of jeans or a bag of dog chow than a tune-up kit for an 8N Ford any day, and of what parts they do stock, many don't seem to move very fast. They cater to the horse/pet crowd, the weekend farmer, stock some lawn & garden and hardware, a few tools, and have a big wardrobe dept. because it keeps the place in business. It's the same reason Sears doesn't sell David Bradley farm equipment anymore, either. The demand isn't there, and money is made easier and faster, and with less overhead elsewhere.

AG

This post was edited by AG in IN at 11:27:26 05/17/11.

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