Where to buy a new lawn mower?

[John B.]

If you know enough about mowers to be confident at looking at used ones, Craigslist is a decent way to go. I had a plastic-decked Honda (that I bought used 5 years ago) that finally had enough stress cracks in the deck that it was on its last legs. I liked the Honda engines, just not the plastic deck so much, and there are plenty of stories of their engines lasting virtually forever. So I found a used Honda with an aluminum deck, shaft drive (instead of belt on my previous mower) and blade brake clutch (instead of kill switch) for $200 locally on Craigslist. Then I turned around and sold the still-functional engine off my old Honda mower for $50 plus shipping on Craigslist. Still need to sell the catcher and mulch plug from the old mower...they don't fit the "new" one, which came with its own bag.