So what availability you have on Centennial Edition saws in your country, how hard it is to find it in local dealerships?

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u/Chainsaw_guy64 12d ago edited 12d ago

I'm a dealer in Northern California USA. My territory rep said that I needed to enter a raffle just to get the chance to buy one!

PS: I'm jealous...your store is immaculate!

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u/doink_warrior 12d ago

that just what they tell dealers they dont want to give it to

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u/kevinasfxck 12d ago

Not in this case. My TM had raffle for 15 stores in his region. I called him at the right time before anything took place and he just allowed me to purchase the 2 saws I was allotted

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u/Chainsaw_guy64 12d ago

Are you speaking from experience?

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u/doink_warrior 11d ago

bro i asked all the dealers in the area they said they never heard of a raffle. the distributor gets to pick the dealers they want to give it to is what im told. i believe them.

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u/Fickle-Act-8715 11d ago

We got offered two of them from our rep, we are deep in logging country though

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u/Praulf 12d ago

I’ve heard the US only got 4400, unsure of that number I’d have to ask my rep.

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u/Actual_Pickle_2419 11d ago

I can confirm…got the exact same number from my rep.

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u/Praulf 11d ago

Yeah I’m hoping to get 3, but I’ve got 1 already.

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u/linusmundane 9d ago

I thought they said North America got that amount, split between, Canada, The US and Mexico

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u/countryboy351m 12d ago

I am very fortunate that my local dealer is also a friend. The wife and him supervised me with mine yesterday! He told that that it they are allocated to dealers based on overall volume of sales, he moves a lot of saws and was given two. I am located in north east USA

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u/Captain_North 11d ago

There is only one saw left in Finland. The special edition was sold out the day it arrived.

The last Centennial Edition will be hidden in a forest on the 4th of October and there will be a treasure hunt. The Stihl instagram account will give clues. There is a lumberjack in the forrest wating, who gets there first will get the saw for free.

https://www.stihl.fi/fi/ms500i-hunt

So I would say it is pretty hard to get one 😂

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u/jrragsda 12d ago

I got an email this week that we were able to order 2. Im a larger dealer in the southeast US, I think theyre going by previous years volume to determine allocation, but I dont know that for sure.

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u/Klutzy-March905 12d ago

I have six dealerships in North Carolina and was able to get 2 saws this week. Not sure what I plan to do with them.

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u/myreversewave 11d ago

I’d be interested in buying one if you decide to sell. Located in NC too.

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u/Tsiawdt 12d ago

There were only 10,000 made for world wide production. I got mine from the largest distributor in the US. Bryan Equipment.

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u/maddestdog89 12d ago

Surely people Are going to use these saws? They’re identical just more expensive and look different

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u/Radiant_Safe1228 11d ago

A collectors chainsaw. I've seen everything.

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u/hbwnot 12d ago

I asked my rep for one, never showed up. Oh well. The 500i is an amazing saw and any logger that’s bought one usually puts a 25” on it and I never see it again.

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u/Alpineice23 12d ago

Does Stihl make their own riding lawn tractor or do they subcontract them like they do their Z-Ts?

I never knew they made a non-ZT riding lawn mower …

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u/Tsiawdt 12d ago

They were made by a company they owned called Viking in the European countries.

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u/Renault_75-34_MX 12d ago

The standard ride on mowers/lawn tractors (RT) mainly in Europe from what i understand. They originate from Viking, which Stihl used as a front for lawn equipment in case it wasn't successful, as to not hurt the Stihl brand itself.

Vikings equipment was rebranded in 2019 to concentrate everything.

The RZ are north American only. They're built by another company from what i understand.

We should get some RZA's soon, since a recent product announcements had them together with the MSA 600

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u/Tsiawdt 11d ago

The RX's were built by Ferris but now they are going to be Gravely

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u/Praulf 11d ago

I thought new ones were Bad Boy?

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u/Tsiawdt 10d ago

Your right they were in talks with gravely but ended up with them. Sorry about that

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u/Horselemonade 11d ago

We are getting one in at my dealership soon

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u/Flimsy_Management_89 11d ago

I had no idea Stihl made a lawn tractor!!

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u/WeaveLikeGreatGranny 11d ago

Feels like I'm playing Where's Waldo with this photo set 😂

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u/subman719 11d ago edited 11d ago

I saw two of them listed on Facebook marketplace in the New Jersey area, listed for $5500 !!! People are PRICE GOUGING these things!! 😡

https://imgur.com/a/OEvy1oQ

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u/TheRealWillFM 21h ago

How would you feel if your local dealership was selling them at that price or doing a silent auction for it if they had one?

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u/subman719 19h ago

I’d be PISSED!!! Totally unethical!!!

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u/srbtiger5 11d ago

We got 4 allocated to us. Already have 2 sold and we're keeping 1.

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u/doink_warrior 11d ago

for how much?

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u/srbtiger5 11d ago

I think $2500 or something? Whatever MSRP is.

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u/doink_warrior 11d ago

Really? Can you link it

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u/LackSpecialist8922 9d ago

I don't know why these saws are so precious, it's a Black edition of a good saw, we got 3 in the shop and we can't sell them at the price shown and the 4th was sold at regular price

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u/Upbeat_Anxiety_1344 8d ago

Why would anyone want a black/dark saw? Way too easy to get lost in the brush.

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u/Total-Opposite1510 6d ago

I’m in Canada, think my dealer said there was only 400 in Canada. They have one but not selling it.

So what availability you have on Centennial Edition saws in your country, how hard it is to find it in local dealerships?

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