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Leon[_7_]

On 3/15/2018 10:10 PM, wrote:

By sale price on Festool I mean every vendor is free to sell the tool at a different price. Today every online seller, and every store in person sells every Festool for the exact same price. No one varies that price by $1 or $10 or $25. All exactly the same. I know Festool has reduced prices sort of when you combine a vacuum and big tool. Or a track saw and a track. Price is less than if you bought each item separately. But that is not what I am talking about when I say sale price. And all of these combination prices are the exact same with every single retailer. No one varies the bundled price by even $1. All are required, instructed by Festool to sell every single Festool tool at the prescribed MSRP that Festool states. In contrast, do a Google search for a Makita or DeWalt SCMS. You will have 20 Amazon vendors selling the saws for 20 different prices. And clicking on various Google links will turn up 25 other vendors all with different prices for the same SCMS. With Festool, every Kapex is sold for the exact same price no matter who or where you buy it. No freedom for the vendor to distinguish based on price.

I am well aware of that. Rockler used to sell Festool, I heard that
they discounted the price and Festool pulled the plug. Rockler no
longer sells Festool.

And really and truly I prefer fixed pricing. I appreciate being able to
support my local supplier with out having to worry if I could get it for
less somewhere else.

Just imagine if GM or Ford or Fiat told every car dealer selling their brand that they will only sell the cars/trucks for the price on the sticker. No dickering, no bargaining with customers. If you do then your car dealer lot will be closed before the sun sets and every car will be taken back and you will be sued in court. I'm guessing this is illegal in the USA for cars. But somehow its allowed for tools.

Well actually GM Saturn had fixed pricing. You paid sticker for any new
Saturn. Saturn is gone now and that is a shame, I understood that they
were probably the better build GM vehicles. Saturn disappeared when GM
almost disappeared 10 years ago. If Saturn was building and selling
trucks they would probably still be around today. Small cars are not as
profitable as their larger cousins.

I would imagine that to become a SawStop or Festool dealer you probably
sign a contract that says that you will sell at suggested retail pricing
or lose your license to sell their products.