Cord for the snow blower

Somewhere along the line the cord for the snow blower (that is used to start it) got lost/misplaced. I went to my local Lowe's in NJ and bought a new one. I asked an employee if they sold replacements and he told me that there is nothing special about those cords. It is just a regular, three pronged electrical cord. So I bought the shortest one that they had. I need to bring that out to the house the next time that I am out here so that I can make sure the snow blower works.