Snow blower

Mike and I decided that this is the year we were going to invest in a snow blower. Mike got some gift cards for Christmas, and the rest of the money was coming from my year end bonus. We were so excited after Christmas to go out and buy our snow blower. We trekked out to Home Depot only to find out that they were completely sold out of snow blowers. A week later Mike heard from a co-worker that Home Depot was restocked. This time we called ahead to find out they had the model in stock that we wanted to buy. Even better they had a refurbished model for 33% off. We were so excited we went right out and bought it. Then it didn't snow for a week. We figured it might not even snow the rest of the winter since we just bought a snow blower. Mike got his first chance to use the snow blower on Tuesday morning. He made four passes on the driveway and the snow blower quit working. Unfortunately he couldn't get it back started, but fortunately our neighbor came over and finished snow blowing our driveway for us. So, last night Mike took it back to Home Depot to find out what was wrong with it. There is a problem with the motor, but Home Depot isn't authorized to work on it so they pointed us in the direction of an Ariens dealer. Tonight Mike took the snow blower there, and we will see what happens from here. I am willing to give the snow blower one more chance. Otherwise it is going back to Home Depot for good.