"Sandie C" wrote in
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Hi WW Guru's
I need some input please. I was looking into buying the
delta X5 6" jointer
thinking it had a $100 rebate, well it kinda does, but you
have to buy $250
worth of other delta goodies...

I was just making the same decision and bought the Delta. If
you look at the Delta web page you'll see there is another
rebate/deal where you get a free tool or $50 back. Assuming
you don't want to buy any other $250+ Delta product to get the
$100 rebate (I did-- was buying a 20-580 planer anyway) you
can still get the final net price on the X jointer down to
$470 with free shipping at Amazon. The jointer went on sale
for $549 Thursday, then consider the free shipping, $25 off
coupon, the 1.57% A9 discount, and the $50 rebate and you're
within $100 of the price of the Ridgid inc. tax. I'm not
wedded to any particular brand but am not a fan of Home Depot
nor one to trust that Ridgid will even be around making
jointers in ten years...I expect Delta will, in some guise at
least. Reviews on both models are pretty good, but the Delta
is heftier and has a better warranty...worth the $100 to me,
and of course I wanted the additional $100 rebate as well.

X5 jointer and 20-580 planer both shipped to the door for a
net of $730 seemed like a pretty good deal to me. The Ridgid
pair would actually cost a bit more with tax.

-Kiwanda