On 8/1/12 7:06 AM, Leon wrote:
On 7/31/2012 8:24 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:26:40 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 7/31/2012 4:04 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:01:09 PM UTC-7, Swingman wrote:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=30675 If you use pocket
hole joinery and have a Rockler near you, you might want to see if
they're running this in-store today. Stopped by and picked one up
this morning for 9.99 (already have one without the quick release
and I've taken to using one, along with a vice grip style hand
clamp, over all other methods). FWIW ... -- www.eWoodShop.com Last
update: 4/15/2010 KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
http://gplus.to/eWoodShop

Do you suppose they are making any money at $9.99. I suppose yes. So
normally $12.00 more seems a bit like a bit of gouging. I understand
they are a specialty retailer so need to have bigger margins to
cover the lower volumes and high cost of holding rare inventory for
long periods but this confirms to me that their a bit out of line on
pricing quite often.

I have a lot of fun near my home where a Harbor Freight is 20 feet
away fom Rockler.


I have to say, if they are making money at $10, regular price at $12 is
not price gouging. They do have insurance, inventory, brick and mortar,
and employees to pay.

Regular price is $22, save $12, guys. And the $22 is gouging, IMnsHO.
Who do they think they are, Veritas? (sorry, Rob, but...)

What in the world does Veritas and or Rob have to do with anything???

You might be shocked if you knew how much mark up there is on clothing.

Bottled water??

Those valve stems on you car wheels have at least 1,000 % mark up.

Seriously the amount of profit made on a product has absolutely no
effect on whether you should buy it or not. Can you afford it or not?


It always cracks me up when someone says, "It probably only costs them
$X to make that and they're ripping us off by selling it for $XX!"

Since when does how much something costs have anything to do with what
is charged for it? If that clamp cost them more than $2 to make in
China, I'd be surprised. That is irrelevant.

They guy who complains the loudest is usually the one complaining about
a client not wanting to pay what he wants to charge for
woodworking/carpentry. :-)


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