Ridgid Bandsaw + Drillpress on clearance

[toolguy1000]

i had stopped into a local HD on a lark and checked the 4511 sku with the customer service desk. "none in stock and its a clearance item, so there won't be anymore" was the reply after the associate checked the system. but as is my habit, i walked around the harware dept/tool area checking the overheads. there, in all it's glory, was a new 4511. purchased it on the spot after negotiating a more favorable price than the $299 clearance price.

had the same type of experience last week with 4, count 'em, 4 new dewalt 735 planers. the moral of the story:........never, never, never trust the HD inventory system. telephone calls for quantity checks on skus are a waste of time for clearance items. if you want something that's hard to find, go to several stores and look for yourself. it's the only effective way to find things that are hard to locate.

if i wanted a 4511, i'd go to as many HDs as i could and check for myself by surveying the overheads. it's amazing what you find up there.

[duncsuss]

... had the same type of experience last week with 4, count 'em, 4 new dewalt 735 planers...

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you have to pay for a DeWalt 735?

Thanks,

Duncan

[toolguy1000]

$200.88 plus tax for each of the four.

[duncsuss]

$200.88 plus tax for each of the four.

wow -- great negotiating skills

(if you need to get rid of one ... )

[THyman]

wow -- great negotiating skills

(if you need to get rid of one ... )

Me too! .

[tommyt654]

I don,t get it. Why buy 4 planers, are you going to use them all at once?, Do you really need 4 planers ? Sounds more to me just whats wrong with America today, Instead of leaving with 1 maybe 2 so that some other woodworker might get a savings and some sort of gloat, I,m assuming by now they are posted on Craigslist in your area for $350-$400 and your going to stuff a healthy profit in you ass-pocket and be proud of the american way thats been preached to us by the moral-majority about how great it is to live in a capitalistic society, Meanwhile the poor guy that doesn,t really have the money but would have loved to buy that planer for $200.08 so he could use it to actually do some woodworking cheaper cause now he can buy rough cut lumber and save some money for other things, but has to suffer cause you wanna make a buck. Way to go on that deal, You should be real proud and gloating right now, After all your an american. So how bout you tell us where you live so we can check the Craigslist in your area to see whats really going on here, Huh

[natausch]

It is technically his right to purchase as many as they are willing to sell to him? Is it right to purchase for resale? Probably not morally, but it is every bit his legal right.

I understand your anger though, I work a normal 8-5 job, if a deal hits I have a limited time at lunch to go try and grab it, otherwise I'm at the mercy of people who make a living on buying and reselling.

[jdon]

maybe a coincidence, but Seattle CL has listed in past couple of days 3 separate ads for DeWalt planers- all NIB, (Hmmm...) $435-$475. Only hope is that karma catches up with sellers.

[BrazosJake]

Unfortunately, I have to agree: it's certainly legal and his right, but fairly class-less, especially gloating about it in the BA forum to people who are trying to find a similar bargain "Oh, yes, they are on sale, but I bought them all, he-he". Also on second read, it appears he has bought at least 5 planers.

Sorry to say, I've done the same thing in the past (bought closeout items for resale), but not with a big-ticket item like a planer. When you factor in the time for finding, posting, fielding calls, and shipping if you're selling on Ebay, it's not as lucrative a pursuit as you may think. Also, as the planer market is likely flooded with deals right now, so those may not move as well has he thought.

[tommyt654]

While I wasn,t challenging his right to do anything, but morally I can,t go along with the principle of getting that greedy and braggin about it here, Maybe he should go over to SMC for that.Whenever I post things here it is for the greater good of the woodworking community, He needs to keep his self-rightious gloating to himself and move on.

[RagerXS]

Who are we to enforce our moral standards on him? I think it's pretty cheesy that he did it, as surely it was for resale. There is a fine line on things like this, and while I agree he crossed it I don't think it's appropriate to go too far bashing him over it.

There is nothing wrong with trying to make a buck - how does anyone know whether he's been out of work or not recently?

If it were me, and I wanted to do something like this, I'd probably try to sell them for $300 - $350. That way I'd make some profit but those buying from me would also be getting a pretty solid discount. A win-win.

I also think that anyone foolish enough to pay near retail on Craig's list gets what they deserve. Let's hope there aren't any fools willing to do so.

Fred

[toolguy1000]

i'm beginning to regret that posting. however, since i can't undo the posting, i'd like to offer the following:

1. 3 of the planers i purchased did go to woodworkers, as did the craftsman 21743 planer i originally had. so 4 woodworkers got tools they wouldn't otherwise have had. i kept one of the 735s for myself. as i said in my post, i purchased 4 of the 735s.

2. when the economic system of the country changes from capitalism to something else, i'll adjust accordingly. until then, i don't make the rules, i just play by them.

3. i hustled to find the planers i purchased and i negotiated the deals for each of them. if someone else had the same initiative, they could have done the same thing or handled the planers as they saw fit.

4. as for someone paying more for the planer than i did, how about applying the same outrage to those retailers who purchased the tools at one price and then sold them at $650. the prices i sold the 3 735s at saved 3 local buyers several hundred dollars relative to what lowes charges for the same units and what they were priced at by HD prior to the clearance pricing.

5. MOST IMPORTANTLY,the purpose of my posting was not a gloat but to point out that it takes more hustle than a telephone call to find a good deal when items are clearanced @ HD. i hoped to show that even when a computer system shows a zero number on hand, that may not be accurate. it takes some initiative and effort to find a good deal and make it happen.

as for the overall inference in preceding posts that capitalism is immoral or that i don't have a heart...that i've, in some way, taken advantage of someone, the fact is, i do have a heart, and it beats for me. individual initiative is what makes america great, not sour grapes.

[tommyt654]

Well I took the very same initative but several months back and for fellow woodworkers, friends of mine that had neither the time or money to invest in the initial purchasing. But they all paid me for my time as well as the original cost(Lots of beer and some nice pieces of lumber) That being said I did gloat for a while,but not here and now my friends who received the benefits of my deals much as some here are very appreciative of my endeavors, But as you can see my negotiating skills are far superior than others.

[toolguy1000]

this thread is obviously degenerating into a one sided pissing contest. checking back to my initial post in this thread, i didn't mention anything about the prices of the planers. that information was requested of me by another poster. and i reiterate that my only purpose in posting at all was to suggest that even when the HD "system" says something's not available, it sometimes is and if one exercises initiative, one can help make a good deal happen.

my apologies to the members of the forum who have witnessed what can only be regarded as an unfortunate display of petulance. let's all try to get along in the collegial manner that i believe this forum aspires to. with that, i've said all i'm going to say on this.

[ryan.s]

Well I took the very same initative but several months back and for fellow woodworkers, friends of mine that had neither the time or money to invest in the initial purchasing. But they all paid me for my time as well as the original cost(Lots of beer and some nice pieces of lumber) That being said I did gloat for a while,but not here and now my friends who received the benefits of my deals much as some here are very appreciative of my endeavors, But as you can see my negotiating skills are far superior than others.

I don't see the point of this post. Am I missing something here? Give it a rest. I neither support or pass judgment on what toolguy did, it's a free country and he can do what makes him happy. Seems like some are bashing him for gloating about it. I may have to read his post again but it didn't come off like that for me.