Actually it doesn't.  Maybe to you but not us.  We don't run our farm or make machinery purchases based on who got what to the field first.  Over the  years we just happen to buy from the best nearest dealer that had the best service.  Did we know the CIH 2388s were as good of combine if not better then the JD 9000 serieswalkers in small grains.  Yes.  Wasn't enough to make us put up with a subpar dealer.  But we still made money with JD walkers, and now with JD rotaries.  We even made money with Massey and gleaner combines in the past.   I find these posts interesting from a historical perspective but its going to be the last thing I'm thinking about the next time we traded combines.