Thread: Is it me... Or are there just less deals

Quote: Originally Posted by tommyt654 1 Simple word, GREED,Now that the economy is starting to show life corporate america is back to its old self. They dumped the overpriced inventory and are now renegotiating with suppliers at reduced prices to fill there coffers with newer higher prices on more overpriced chinese and taiwianese tooling.......... WHAT?? Look out......... the sky is falling, the sky is falling!

Here is a list of tools for the Black Friday sale. List is short right now because many of the stores haven't released their ad yet. Some pretty decent deals on routers. http://www.black-friday.net/tools-ha...ck-friday.html

I would think that the tools that are construction related would be really slow movers, if moveing at all. Stuff like jobsite saws, frameing nailers, tool aprons, etc. But who knows, maybe the jobsite saws are geting eatin up by home owners doing the DIY thing. Personally I think the jobsite saws are WAYYYY over priced. They had to be a good money maker for the manufacturers.

I was looking at my past 3 years of Amazon purchases and wow many of the items were great deals. The bosh Jigsaw for $69 shipped. Jet Cabinet saw with extension table and router lift for $1100... Over the past 6-10 months the good deals seemed to be few and far between. Unless it's just me and I have too many tools to see some of these deals as bargains.

You may be right... The cuts in factory production of "luxury" items, and the fallback in building trades have not made for warehouses full of tools these days. Most businesses are running as lean as they can, and waiting for the economy to bounce back, and I think big discounts to clear floor space, or make room for new models (that aren't coming) are few and far between. I think we'll probably have to wait for...

I agree with your observation that some of the *fantastic* deals that Amazon used to have, are just things of the past. I got in on a Bosch 1617EVSPK router a few years back, but now, it seems harder to build up my toolchest without the bargains. Let's all do the raindance and hope Amazon brings back the rains and the rainforest.. err bargains!

well, there's also the possibility that you have fewer needs and wants toolwise than you did a couple of years ago... some of those bargains are fleeting and you have to be on your toes... maybe some of us are not as "hungry" as we were three or four years ago and don't watch so carefully as we used to.

I agree that there isn't near as many screaming deals as there has been. Usually seemed to be about 10 great deals from amazon every year, the last couple years, not near as much. Brew

You buy when there are deals, then you need less, and a BIG reason several members here caught deals, moved from fishing the Amazon, to fishing elsewhere. Not just one thing but a combination of items.

1 Simple word, GREED,Now that the economy is starting to show life corporate america is back to its old self. They dumped the overpriced inventory and are now renegotiating with suppliers at reduced prices to fill there coffers with newer higher prices on more overpriced chinese and taiwianese tooling.Those days of Delta,Bandsaw,Jointers,Dust collecters for $50-$150 days are gone. We will still be able to get the usual cheap routers and drills...