I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
tactics (antics?).
Hi Tom,
I follow Amazon's pricing on many woodworking
items too. Curently, it's the Bessey's and whatever
discount they offer.
I've had some great deals from Amazon - and some that were
just ok. If I had a problem, they were always up front and
honest. I don't think you can beat up on them for wanting
to make a profit (pay employees, benifits, etc etc).
In this (great) capitalist system, the buyer is in total control.
If the business model doesn't work, a company won't be around
too long.
I don't think that there is a group of woodworking bean counters
holed-up plotting to raise prices/give rebates. I really do think
that these are business decisions that they are trying out. If they
don't work, they go to plan B.
(capitalist pig)
Lou
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<[email protected]>, TomL <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
> about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
> a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
> to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
> I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> tactics (antics?).
TomL wrote:
> I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
> about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
> a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
> to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
> I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> tactics (antics?).
Last week, I was checking around for the best price on an encyclopedia
style book. I had the publisher's ad in front of me, their mail order
for $24.95, plus $4.95 shipping. I always try Amazon, and did this
time. Their price? $50. But they offered free shipping. :)
I've been watching the Jet 710115K 14" Deluxe Woodworking Bandsaw on
Amazon. It was priced at $599.99
Well ... sure enough, it's $649.99 now ... WITH a (drum roll) $50 rebate!
So the "new" price is - $599.99
I think you're right. They are sneaky little devils, aren't they?
Jack
TomL wrote:
> I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
> about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
> a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
> to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
> I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> tactics (antics?).
I agree. This world has enough problems without people gloating about
ripping off other people. I would have returned the check.
And before you say, "Oh yeah, sure" ... I've returned checks larger than
that in the past.
It's the right thing to do.
Jack
Australopithecus scobis wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:38:30 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:
>
>
>> so I didn't feel too guilty when I cashed the check.
>
>
> Best to send the money back. Call the first number and have them pop your
> Visa.
>
> 1) It's wrong to take money that isn't yours. (Big Easy, anyone?)
>
> 2) "Character is what you do when no one is watching."
>
> 3) You posted in a public forum. If they go after you, you're toast.
>
You might want to verify that it was Amazon who unilaterally changed the
price. I happen to like photography as a hobby and Nikon (before the
current
recession) would always raise their prices in March and have a March to
June rebate that put the net price to the consumer back to the pre-increase
price. Come June, the rebates would be gone and voila, an invisible price
increase happened.
"TomL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
> about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
> a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
> to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
> I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> tactics (antics?).
TomL <[email protected]> wrote in news:ha1gh15t0ouvvecoreionuock7j6u102u8
@4ax.com:
> I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices
for
> about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep
1
> a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to
Amazon
> to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them.
Yeah,
> I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> tactics (antics?).
I'd like to know how their system actually works. In contrast to your
experience, I spent about a month consider various jointers and was
coming close to a decision to buy the Delta X5, in part to take
advantage of the Delta rebate at the time. I had the jointer on my
Amazon wish list and looked at it several times over about two weeks.
Then, one evening when I looked at it I realized the price had
dropped another $75. Amazon's price was already the lowest I could
find, plus free shipping; this additional price cut made up my mind
and I bought it. At the time I was certain they had some system set
up to provoke me into buying the thing-- and it worked.
-kiwanda
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:38:30 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:
> so I didn't feel too guilty when I cashed the check.
Best to send the money back. Call the first number and have them pop your
Visa.
1) It's wrong to take money that isn't yours. (Big Easy, anyone?)
2) "Character is what you do when no one is watching."
3) You posted in a public forum. If they go after you, you're toast.
--
"Keep your ass behind you"
vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com
In article <[email protected]>,
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote:
> TomL wrote:
> > I've been keeping an eye on the Performax 16-32 drum sander prices for
> > about 2 months or so. Amazon has had the lowest price, $879. On Sep 1
> > a promotion by WMH, the Performax parent company, offered a $100.
> > rebate on this tool. After the rebate was announced I went to Amazon
> > to recheck the pricing and see they have raised the price to $999.
> > before rebate. I'm not liking that 'price increase' and will think
> > long and hard in the future before making a purchase from them. Yeah,
> > I know I can purchase elsewhere, but needed to vent about Amazon's
> > tactics (antics?).
>
> Last week, I was checking around for the best price on an encyclopedia
> style book. I had the publisher's ad in front of me, their mail order
> for $24.95, plus $4.95 shipping. I always try Amazon, and did this
> time. Their price? $50. But they offered free shipping. :)
I had a weird Amazon experience a while ago. I bought a computer from
them, and was supposed to get a $150 rebate. I filled out the form, sent
it in with the copy of the receipt, etc, and a few weeks later I get an
email saying there was no rebate applicable to the item I bought.
It turns out, I had made a minor mistake and downloaded the wrong form.
Same item, same rebate, but a different date range. A call to Amazon got
an admission that I was indeed due a rebate, and they would put through an
over-ride to the rebate folks (a separate company, as far as I can tell).
A few weeks later, I get a paper letter, again saying I was not eligible
for the rebate. I call the number in the letter, and the person I talk to
says "no rebate for you" and has no record of my first conversation. So, I
try the first number that I called earlier) and was yet again told that
yes, I was eligible. After telling them my tale of woe, the guy offers to
blow off the normal rebate processing folks and just process a $150 credit
to my Visa card. Works for me, I say.
Comes my Visa bill, and sure enough the credit is on there. I'm happy. A
few weeks later, a $150 rebate check shows up in the mail! Normally, I'm a
pretty ethical guy, and would never dream of scamming a vendor for a double
refund, but this time I figured it was all their fault (well, mostly,
anyway), so I didn't feel too guilty when I cashed the check.