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  • JeffG78
    Established Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 385
    • Northville, Michigan - a Detroit suburb
    • BT3100
    #16
    Originally posted by Uncle Cracker
    Hate to be the bearer of bad news, folks, but here it is, straight from HD... They currently show one unit in stock, with none on order from the manufacturer. The CS guy at HD says he would have serious doubts that that the one shown in stock actually exists, and would expect that anyone who ordered it would be disappointed to find that his order was subsequently canceled. I can't speak for Ryobi, but from HD's end, it ain't happenin'...
    Boooooo Uncle Cracker! Way to kill a good thing. Even though I have a BT3 and don't need another one, I was excited to read that it might be back. It would have made more sense if this were 2000 and it was a Y2K bug.

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      • Uncle Cracker
        The Full Monte
        • May 2007
        • 7091
        • Sunshine State
        • BT3000
        #17
        Originally posted by JeffG78
        Boooooo Uncle Cracker! Way to kill a good thing. Even though I have a BT3 and don't need another one, I was excited to read that it might be back. It would have made more sense if this were 2000 and it was a Y2K bug.
        Sorry, y'all... What woulda sucked worse is for everybody to get all fired up, and then nothing happened... Figgered we could all take it better this way...

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          • JR
            The Full Monte
            • Feb 2004
            • 5633
            • Eugene, OR
            • BT3000
            #18
            Originally posted by Uncle Cracker
            They currently show one unit in stock,
            It's in the Paducah store. Nobody can/will find it, though.



            JR
            JR

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              • JSUPreston
                Veteran Member
                • Dec 2005
                • 1189
                • Montgomery, AL.
                • Delta 36-979 w/Biesemyere fence kit making it a 36-982. Previous saw was BT3100-1.
                #19
                JR, sounds like my experience yesterday. I'll rant in another thread, after I contact their Customer (dis)Service.
                "It's a dog eat dog world out there, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."- Norm (from Cheers)

                Eat beef-because the west wasn't won on salad.

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                  • LCHIEN
                    Internet Fact Checker
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 21082
                    • Katy, TX, USA.
                    • BT3000 vintage 1999
                    #20
                    I have a simple explanation.

                    they had a Data base crash at HD. In 2006 Robert Nardelli (former much maligned CEO of Home Depot and present CEO of Chrysler Corp) began cost cutting measures to increase stockholder value which included decreasing the frequency of backups.
                    Last week they had a data base corruption. This week they finally located the latest backup tape, from Dec. 2006. Hence the BT3100 and the lack of the newer Ridgid products.

                    Makes sense doesn't it? Who can argue this possible scenario as being unlikely? The facts, the timeline, they all fit.
                    Last edited by LCHIEN; 01-02-2009, 04:07 PM.
                    Loring in Katy, TX USA
                    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                      • Ed62
                        The Full Monte
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 6021
                        • NW Indiana
                        • BT3K
                        #21
                        This started out being a "Happy Thread". But then something happened, and it's gone the way of the stock market.

                        Ed
                        Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                        For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                          • cabinetman
                            Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                            • Jun 2006
                            • 15216
                            • So. Florida
                            • Delta
                            #22
                            Another one of those cases that a call is made to check inventory, and the reply is that "Our computer shows one in stock". After a trip to the store the actual inventory is in an unaccountable status. That scenario is getting more common.
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