Cummins Truckload Sale: Pointless?

[gerti]

In todays mail was a flyer for a Cummins Truckload Sale in the neighborhood early next week. Looking through the flyer it seems to me that the reconditioned tools are similarly to new tools during a sale in one of the box stores. Other than that a bunch of odds and ends, but nothing priced to sell I thought.

Didn't those sales used to be the great place to find deals? We never had one that close before. Am I missing something?

[Pappy]

i have picked up some good deals thru Cummins, but not recently. Just haven't had anything I needed. Next time they come around, I will get another 14.4V drill kit. Finally smoked one of mine.

[JSUPreston]

We've got one going on in town right now. I tried to look at the flyer, but it was too busy for me, so I went to the sale last night. Looked like a couple of possible good deals, but the refurbs were almost as expensive as new retail. For example, they had a BT3100 floor model for $180. Heck, I'd rather spend the little extra and buy new. I was thinking of one of the refurbed electric chainsaws they have for $30. I can get the exact same saw new at Sears for $40. Plus, if you're looking to buy Ridgid, you'd probably be better off buying new at HD so you can get the lifetime warranties.

Just my observations from last night.

[gsmittle]

The Cummins near my house really hasn't shown me much. The refurbed tools are nearly as expensive (and sometimes more expensive, especially 18v batteries) than new. I have bought a couple of cheapie extension cords that were OK. Most of the stuff is junk, lower on the scale than HF.

You might score a good deal, but don't hold your breath.

g.

[gerti]

Thanks, that pretty much confirmed my thoughts.

[MilDoc]

Have to disagree.
I went to one of their sales last year to buy a recon planer for $250.00 (a Ridgid), about $100 off new price. I bought it, then was called back by the "manager." Seems they had misplaced the dust collector hood. He offered it to me for $150. I hesitated and he dropped the price to $125. Well ... I bought the dust collector on line for about $20. Total ... $145 for a great planer!

Now, I will admit that most of what they sell is "just OK", but you can get some terrific bargains!

If you snooze, you lose!

[25]

They have some things that are good for the price, just make sure that you go as soon as they open the first day. The one I went to was looked really cleaned out when I went 4-5 hours after they opened.

[DaveS]

It is kind of fun to look around - kind of like going to Harbor Freight during a sidewalk sale... watching all the people loading up on cheap crappy tools.

Sometimes you get lucky though - this time they had sets of replacement sanding sleeves for my Ryobi spindle sander for $3.03 - that's quite a bit cheaper than Home Depot sells them.