First I want to say Home Depot is a great place and I will always shop there.
About his mower :
Assembly is easy but not straight forward.
Speed lever linkage is stiff and poorly designed.
Got it all set up and tried to start it, and nothing.
Battery must have been dead or possibly but less likely
it had an electrical problem. Oh, by the way, if I kept this
mower I would have needed to reroute one of the cables
because it ran so close and actually rubbed against the gas
cap. Go figure.
I called worldlawn and was told if the mower has
been sitting around for a long time before being sold
the battery will be dead, I kid you not, that is what they told me.
They then told me to call a service center, I kid you not.
I told them I will call Home Depot and have them pick it
up for a return.
Home Depot did arrange pick up and return and issue me a full credit.
One more thing :
The worldlawn website states this model comes with a Honda GX390 engine.
My mower came with a Honda GX340 engine.
I later found out after calling worldlawn that the versions sold by Home Depot come
with the Honda GX340 and the versions sold by dealers come with the Honda GX390.
Home Depot doesn't state the engine model number, it only gives the CC's.
This is a little decption on both Home Depot's part as well as worldlawn.