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"Toller"

14/11/2005 6:16 PM

Gosh I hope this is a gloat/Lumber yards in Buffalo NY?

I just bought a Performax 16/32 w/stand for $629 from RAF in Buffalo (after
the rebate). Okay, I have to drive 60 miles and pay sales tax; but it is
still $200 below Amazon. I sure hope it turns out to be a gloat!

As long as I am in Buffalo, are there any really sexy lumber yards worth a
visit? I've never seen a Rockler; is that worth a visit, or will it just
look like a WoodCraft?


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TT

TomL

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

21/11/2005 6:06 PM

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:16:17 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I just bought a Performax 16/32 w/stand for $629 from RAF in Buffalo (after
>the rebate). Okay, I have to drive 60 miles and pay sales tax; but it is
>still $200 below Amazon. I sure hope it turns out to be a gloat!
>
So how did the pickup go? Everything intact?

TT

"Toller"

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

15/11/2005 2:02 AM


"TomL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:16:17 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I just bought a Performax 16/32 w/stand for $629 from RAF in Buffalo
>>(after
>>the rebate). Okay, I have to drive 60 miles and pay sales tax; but it is
>>still $200 below Amazon. I sure hope it turns out to be a gloat!
>>
>>As long as I am in Buffalo, are there any really sexy lumber yards worth a
>>visit? I've never seen a Rockler; is that worth a visit, or will it just
>>look like a WoodCraft?
>>
> An Ebay win?

Yup. Can't figure out why it is so cheap. That is what worries me.

nn

"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net>

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

16/11/2005 10:21 AM

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>Yup, that them. The only other tool I want is a Milwaukee 3.5hp, but they
>>are 40% over Amazon on it. I can't figure out why they are so cheap on
>>the drum sander.
>
>
> Maybe it has been sitting in the warehouse taking up cash flow for a long
> time and he wants to move it as fast as possible. There may be a larger
> markup on it, thus the greater discount, compared to a router. Only way to
> know for sure it to ask him if he is making enough profit and offer to pay
> more if he is not.
>
>

The shop is listed as an authorized service shop for a number of
different tool manufacturers. I suspect it's a unit that was brought in
for repair and never picked up. They probably listed the tool on Ebay
for what they had into it.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
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nn

"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net>

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

15/11/2005 6:57 PM

Toller wrote:

> Don't know. They are in Lackwanna and their warehouse is by the airport. I
> have passed through Buffalo several hundred times, but only been there once
> to see the Galleria when it was new.
>
>

Okay, that would be RAF Supply at 2350 Hamburg Tpke, Lackawanna. I
drive past there location frequently, as they're about 3 miles from my
house, but I've never dealt with them.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
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TT

"Toller"

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

16/11/2005 12:12 AM


"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Toller wrote:
>
>> Don't know. They are in Lackwanna and their warehouse is by the airport.
>> I have passed through Buffalo several hundred times, but only been there
>> once to see the Galleria when it was new.
>
> Okay, that would be RAF Supply at 2350 Hamburg Tpke, Lackawanna. I drive
> past there location frequently, as they're about 3 miles from my house,
> but I've never dealt with them.
>
Yup, that them. The only other tool I want is a Milwaukee 3.5hp, but they
are 40% over Amazon on it. I can't figure out why they are so cheap on the
drum sander.

nn

"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net>

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

14/11/2005 1:52 PM

Toller wrote:
> I just bought a Performax 16/32 w/stand for $629 from RAF in Buffalo (after
> the rebate). Okay, I have to drive 60 miles and pay sales tax; but it is
> still $200 below Amazon. I sure hope it turns out to be a gloat!
>
> As long as I am in Buffalo, are there any really sexy lumber yards worth a
> visit? I've never seen a Rockler; is that worth a visit, or will it just
> look like a WoodCraft?
>
>

If you want to see a real hardwood lumber place try:

Advantage Trim & Lumber
601 Ohio St.
Buffalo NY 14203

http://www.advantagelumber.com/

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
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nn

"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net>

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

15/11/2005 6:04 PM

Toller wrote:

>
> Yup. Can't figure out why it is so cheap. That is what worries me.
>
>

Does the company happen to be located in the Seneca Warehouse (600 block
of Seneca St, bordered by Larkin, Exchange and Hamburg Streets). I ask
because my neighbor bought three DVD players from a company located
there that sells surplus equipment. They sell only via Ebay.

He paid $40 for all three players (plus a $20 handling fee although he
picked them up) and they all were fine.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
(Remove -SPAM- to send email)

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TomL

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

15/11/2005 1:36 AM

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:16:17 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I just bought a Performax 16/32 w/stand for $629 from RAF in Buffalo (after
>the rebate). Okay, I have to drive 60 miles and pay sales tax; but it is
>still $200 below Amazon. I sure hope it turns out to be a gloat!
>
>As long as I am in Buffalo, are there any really sexy lumber yards worth a
>visit? I've never seen a Rockler; is that worth a visit, or will it just
>look like a WoodCraft?
>
An Ebay win?

TT

"Toller"

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

15/11/2005 11:26 PM


"no(SPAM)vasys" <"no(SPAM)vasys"@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Toller wrote:
>
>>
>> Yup. Can't figure out why it is so cheap. That is what worries me.
>
> Does the company happen to be located in the Seneca Warehouse (600 block
> of Seneca St, bordered by Larkin, Exchange and Hamburg Streets). I ask
> because my neighbor bought three DVD players from a company located there
> that sells surplus equipment. They sell only via Ebay.
>
> He paid $40 for all three players (plus a $20 handling fee although he
> picked them up) and they all were fine.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
> [email protected]
> (Remove -SPAM- to send email)

Don't know. They are in Lackwanna and their warehouse is by the airport. I
have passed through Buffalo several hundred times, but only been there once
to see the Galleria when it was new.

EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to "Toller" on 14/11/2005 6:16 PM

16/11/2005 3:15 AM


"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
> Yup, that them. The only other tool I want is a Milwaukee 3.5hp, but they
> are 40% over Amazon on it. I can't figure out why they are so cheap on
> the drum sander.

Maybe it has been sitting in the warehouse taking up cash flow for a long
time and he wants to move it as fast as possible. There may be a larger
markup on it, thus the greater discount, compared to a router. Only way to
know for sure it to ask him if he is making enough profit and offer to pay
more if he is not.


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