Last night I waited patiently for 12/13 midnight to log onto Woodcraft for
the super-duper Delta sale. I was going to purchase the 13" planer, because
after all the discounts and rebates it was hard to justify getting the
DeWalt DW735. So a few minutes before midnight, my fire radio alerted for an
alarm activation. After the famous Woodcraft clamp sale on which I got
skunked I decided not to respond as a volunteer firefighter. Logging on and
getting to the Delta Sale page by 12:05am, I found the 13" joiners sold out
and up to full list price when reordered. I've now been burnt twice by
Woodcraft, but fortunately it was a tripped alarm without a fire, so at
least those folks didn't get burnt.
Today, comparing list price to list price I ordered a DW735 from Lowes off
their web interface. Had a confirmation in seconds and picked it up this
evening without incident. Customer service at Lowes was a little tentative
in dealing with a web order & pickup, but after about 10 minutes what
impressed me was the guy from the hardware department carrying the 100lb box
accross 3/4 of the store by hand. He did put it in a cart to get it to my
truck :) So now all I have to do is wait for Santa to make the final
delivery!!
So in summary ... Woodcraft rots (again) and the Blue Borg comes through
with a somewhat scarce item! Go figure!
Jerry
Why not just go to your Woodcraft store and have them order the planer for
you at the sale price? No, you don't get to take it home and make sawdust
that day, but you'll have it in a few days. Works for me.
Bob
"Jerry McCaffrey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Last night I waited patiently for 12/13 midnight to log onto Woodcraft for
> the super-duper Delta sale. I was going to purchase the 13" planer,
because
> after all the discounts and rebates it was hard to justify getting the
> DeWalt DW735. So a few minutes before midnight, my fire radio alerted for
an
> alarm activation. After the famous Woodcraft clamp sale on which I got
> skunked I decided not to respond as a volunteer firefighter. Logging on
and
> getting to the Delta Sale page by 12:05am, I found the 13" joiners sold
out
> and up to full list price when reordered. I've now been burnt twice by
> Woodcraft, but fortunately it was a tripped alarm without a fire, so at
> least those folks didn't get burnt.
>
> Today, comparing list price to list price I ordered a DW735 from Lowes off
> their web interface. Had a confirmation in seconds and picked it up this
> evening without incident. Customer service at Lowes was a little tentative
> in dealing with a web order & pickup, but after about 10 minutes what
> impressed me was the guy from the hardware department carrying the 100lb
box
> accross 3/4 of the store by hand. He did put it in a cart to get it to my
> truck :) So now all I have to do is wait for Santa to make the final
> delivery!!
>
> So in summary ... Woodcraft rots (again) and the Blue Borg comes through
> with a somewhat scarce item! Go figure!
>
> Jerry
bobthebuilder responds:
>Why not just go to your Woodcraft store and have them order the planer for
>you at the sale price? No, you don't get to take it home and make sawdust
>that day, but you'll have it in a few days. Works for me.
Works best if you're within reasonable driving distance of one of the stores,
too.
Charlie Self
"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
Alexander Hamilton
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
>
>Works best if you're within reasonable driving distance of one of the
>stores, too.
>
>Charlie Self
Yup. Only thing near here is Woodworkers Warehouse, which looks like a
plague of locusts picked over the shelves after only 3 days of the
liquidation. Woodworkers Warehouse will be missed! The guys in the
Flemington, NJ store, Daryl and Bruce, were knowledgable and helpful and
prices were good. Went back to an independent store in northern NJ from
where I moved 20 years ago and it looked like they went to sleep shortly
after I left. I was hoping Woodcraft might pick up the slack in this area,
but now I'm not sure.
Jerry