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MSC buys J&L
Woohoo! I just stumbled across this:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. |
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MSC buys J&L
And here i was thinking kennametal was a canadian company
AL wrote: Woohoo! I just stumbled across this: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. |
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MSC buys J&L
J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. In the end, I bet we (consumers) are the losers here. Competion is a good thing. Now Enco, MSC, and J&L compete with themselves. J&L 25% off sales had become so common, that was only way I purchased. My son, who buys $20K in tooling at a time, routinely got really special deals. Karl |
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MSC buys J&L
"Karl Townsend" remove .NOT wrote in message ink.net... J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. In the end, I bet we (consumers) are the losers here. Competion is a good thing. Now Enco, MSC, and J&L compete with themselves. J&L 25% off sales had become so common, that was only way I purchased. My son, who buys $20K in tooling at a time, routinely got really special deals. I'll bet the 25% off specials will become a thing of the past, though J&L's retail prices were high enough that it only came out to 10-15 % off most other vendors prices in the end, maybe less after shipping was added. Too bad they weren't bought by McMaster-Carr, whose web site is far easier to use. Mike -- http://NewsGuy.com/overview.htm 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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MSC buys J&L
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In article , "Mike Henry" wrote: "Karl Townsend" remove .NOT wrote in message ink.net... J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. In the end, I bet we (consumers) are the losers here. Competion is a good thing. Now Enco, MSC, and J&L compete with themselves. J&L 25% off sales had become so common, that was only way I purchased. My son, who buys $20K in tooling at a time, routinely got really special deals. I'll bet the 25% off specials will become a thing of the past, though J&L's retail prices were high enough that it only came out to 10-15 % off most other vendors prices in the end, maybe less after shipping was added. Too bad they weren't bought by McMaster-Carr, whose web site is far easier to use. A couple times a year I get 20% off coupons from MSC. The odd thing is they are only good on phone orders, which is a bit of a pain in the neck. Doug White |
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MSC buys J&L
AL wrote: Woohoo! I just stumbled across this: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. They called me yesterday and asked if I wanted a catalog and set up an account. I never did business with them before. They said they will ship next day air and pick up the freight too. John |
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MSC buys J&L
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In article , john wrote: AL wrote: Woohoo! I just stumbled across this: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. They called me yesterday and asked if I wanted a catalog and set up an account. I never did business with them before. They said they will ship next day air and pick up the freight too. Does anyone know if they are going to continue to operate as J&L, or are the J&L pieces just going to get absorbed into MSC? I'm short on space on my catalog shelf, and the J&L catalog is taking up a lot of room. I suspect they will get consolidated at some point, but maybe not right away. Enco caters to a sufficiently different market from MSC, it made sense to keep them separate. Not sure J&L & MSC are different enough to warrant it. MSC bought up a local dearler chain in the Northeast a long time ago, and they changed the names over after 6 months or so. J&L is a much bigger fish to swallow. One side benefit was the local store had a BIG sale of all the stuff they carried that MSC didn't. I got quite a few bargains. Doug White |
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MSC buys J&L
Doug White wrote: Keywords: In article , john wrote: AL wrote: Woohoo! I just stumbled across this: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. They called me yesterday and asked if I wanted a catalog and set up an account. I never did business with them before. They said they will ship next day air and pick up the freight too. Does anyone know if they are going to continue to operate as J&L, or are the J&L pieces just going to get absorbed into MSC? I'm short on space on my catalog shelf, and the J&L catalog is taking up a lot of room. I suspect they will get consolidated at some point, but maybe not right away. Enco caters to a sufficiently different market from MSC, it made sense to keep them separate. Not sure J&L & MSC are different enough to warrant it. MSC bought up a local dearler chain in the Northeast a long time ago, and they changed the names over after 6 months or so. J&L is a much bigger fish to swallow. One side benefit was the local store had a BIG sale of all the stuff they carried that MSC didn't. I got quite a few bargains. Doug White I talked to our MSC saleman today and he said that he could sell out of J& L's truck once the finer points of the deal are settled. He said that one of the good points of J&L is their catalog. The insert section is a lot better done than most others. All the types of inserts are grouped together, threading inserts, turning inserts, indexable drills. They are not seperately grouped by manufacturer which is a pain if your are looking for a specific type of insert. John |
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MSC buys J&L
It is also nice since I have accounts with both - since some tooling is
rep'd by J&L but now by MSC. That is nice. Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member john wrote: Doug White wrote: Keywords: In article , john wrote: AL wrote: Woohoo! I just stumbled across this: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060316/1260026.html?.v=1 J&L's stores are nice but their mail order business needs a good kick in the ass. And who better to do it than MSC. I'll bet they'll turn them around like they did Enco. They called me yesterday and asked if I wanted a catalog and set up an account. I never did business with them before. They said they will ship next day air and pick up the freight too. Does anyone know if they are going to continue to operate as J&L, or are the J&L pieces just going to get absorbed into MSC? I'm short on space on my catalog shelf, and the J&L catalog is taking up a lot of room. I suspect they will get consolidated at some point, but maybe not right away. Enco caters to a sufficiently different market from MSC, it made sense to keep them separate. Not sure J&L & MSC are different enough to warrant it. MSC bought up a local dearler chain in the Northeast a long time ago, and they changed the names over after 6 months or so. J&L is a much bigger fish to swallow. One side benefit was the local store had a BIG sale of all the stuff they carried that MSC didn't. I got quite a few bargains. Doug White I talked to our MSC saleman today and he said that he could sell out of J& L's truck once the finer points of the deal are settled. He said that one of the good points of J&L is their catalog. The insert section is a lot better done than most others. All the types of inserts are grouped together, threading inserts, turning inserts, indexable drills. They are not seperately grouped by manufacturer which is a pain if your are looking for a specific type of insert. John ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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