Stop in for a cup of coffee

The big JD's Lowes is selling is from our local JD dealer. The dealer store sticker is on the mower.
I'd buy it at Lowes for the 10% military discount.
That's good. historically a lot of 'dealer' brands sold at the big box stores are 'made to order' for them. And often not quite what the dealer sells. Gotta watch the model numbers, not just go on appearance. Like years ago I bought a high end Karcher pressure washer for work. Looked 100% identical to what I believe Lowes was selling for maybe half the price. Found out the dealer model was completely different guts. I think it was ceramic pump pistons where the store model was plastic. Store brand had no warranty if used commercially...