Leaf Blowers

My husband and I are very dissapointed with Husqvarna. We bought our backpack blower in December of 2010 (which makes us a few months past our warranty), but this Spring when my husband went to start it, it would not start. We have really only used the product for 7-9 months (2 Summers) and now the product won't work at all and customer service told us "sorry, but there is nothing we can do".  We are wondering if anyone has ever had this issue before and if there is a way to fix it, that doesn't cost as much as a new backpack blower. We are ready to just through it away and never buy from Husqvarna again.

purchased a 570bts from my local dealer. I upgraded from a 350bt purchased from the same dealer. While using my 570 in the winter to clear light fluffy snow from my driveway the blower started suffereing from, by all indications, a fuel starvation issue. While running at anything over half throttle it almost quit until the throttle was returned to idle. It would idle fine. The longer it sat at idle the longer you could run it at higher rpm’s until the same issue would happen again. Rinse,wash,repeat. When using it this last fall it worked perfectly. Could go thru a full tank at full throttle without a hiccup. My 350 never had this issue even while using it when the temps were below zero. Dropped off at my dealer early Feb.  Did not hear from them for about three weeks so stopped by.  Said he will get to it Monday. That was three weeks ago and still no word. It’s now past mid March. He’s had it for over six weeks and all I have to show is a claim receipt. Dealers name, p/n, s/n available upon request. Purchased 10-20-2017.