George Max wrote:
On 8 Nov 2006 12:29:51 -0800, "bf" wrote:
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.... After waiting 12 weeks to get some Freudrouter bits ...
....

You waited 12 weeks for router bits? ...

Seems like Freud stuff is nearly unobtainium from whoever the
supplier(s?) are. I had a set of replacement planer knives on order
for over a year, approaching 18 months and they never showed up...Every
two weeks a "Sorry, 2-week delay, do you still want them?" e-mail would
show up and every two weeks I would reply "Yes", and they would send a
new confirmation shipping date two weeks hence. I had decided to see
how long it would go on before (or if) anything would ever trigger a
human interface to happen, but I was out of town and missed the "reply
by" date on one notice and it killed the order. Otherwise, I suppose I
would still have an outstanding order nearly three years later now, if
not and I had kept up the responses. Last I looked they had the same
product still listed at a favorable price with the 2-3 day delivery
expected notice. I came to the conclusion that at least a lot of Freud
stuff is "loss leader" stuff and not actual merchandise legitimately
offered.

I won't order anything through Amazon anymore that isn't
direct-from-Amazon and available for immediate shipment(which, of
course, means I'm not ordering much from them any longer). About all I
even look for there anymore is some bulk items like sander discs and
50-lb pneumatic nailer nails.