I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

On Feb 7, 9:44 pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

Amazon. CPO Bosch. Any seller of repute that will take AMEX. Some
consumables like recip saw and Bosch jig saw blades on Ebay. Actually
got a couple of good deals on a rainy day on some half sheet sanders
on Ebay, a Bosch that was going out of production, and a Milwaukee
that has been out for a couple of years. Both were almost new.

Amex is they key to where you purchase as they will fight a lot of
your battles for you if you have problems. I have bought computers
and computer parts online for repair and building of same for years
and have had two major league problems. When the offending vendor
nasty to me and wouldn't cooperate with Amex, they TOOK the money out
of his account and credited my card. All within 10 days of reporting
them.

Also, if you have a business Amex, or any type of corporate card they
will automatically extend the manufacturer's warranty by 2X, on them.

YMMV...

Robert

www.coastaltool.com


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I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?


I have found that if you go to the manufacturers web site and click on
"where to buy" you tend to get reputable, authorized, and decent pricing. I
recently bought a Garman GPS and used Garmin's, "where to buy button" to
find an on line/brick and mortar store that was $100 cheaper than the big
retail boxes prices advertising sale prices.

On Feb 7, 10:44 pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

Amazon.com is my go-to place for almost all of my tools bigger than a
hammer.

I've gotten my air compressor, miter saw, and most of my pneumatic
tools from there. If you're patient, you can get really good deals.
Like right now they have free shipping on a ton of their table saws.
That's a couple hundred bucks right there that you save.

-Nathan

Thu, Feb 7, 2008, 7:44pm (EST-3) doth queryeth:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you look
for in an online tool distributor?

I have, long, long ago, in another galexy, and another life, bought
a few major tools from on-line.. But no longer. I prefer to buy tools
I can give a hands on inspections before I buy. There is, of course a
however, there always is. However, I am willing at times to purchase
small tools, that are not available in my area, or a least at a
reasonable price, on-line - such as a couple of eggbeater drills.
However, my purchase of such are very few, and seem to never be from
the same seller twice.



JOAT - who does not welcome thread question e-mails..

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I don't have a problem with a woman president - except for Hillary.

wrote in message
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I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

I've been happy buying tools a couple of times from Lee Valley and Amazon,
but I try to buy locally either at a family-owned hardware store or a
Woodcraft outlet both nearby, it's nice having people who can give you good
advice right down the street. I've ordered once from Grizzly when they had
something on sale I wanted, I'd buy from them again if it was something I
was familiar with (i.e. I'm not taking any chances sight-unseen on something
made in China).

Years ago I worked for a company that did mailorder, the owner claimed one
of the rules of buying mailorder was never buy from the cheapest source nor
the most expensive; the cheapest place is likely to spring an unwelcome
surprise on you and the most expensive rarely delivers extra service to
match their arrogant price -- for whatever that's worth.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:44:56 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

Mostly Lee Valley, Woodcraft, Penn State and Craft supplies..

I want competitive prices, good service, fast shipping and good support people
if I have a question or problem..

I don't buy from sites or companies that are new to me unless they've been
recommended by someone that knows what they're doing..

I hate web sites with tiny pictures, almost as much as the ones that assume you
already know everything about a tool so have just a name and price..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Feb 8, 10:39 am, mac davis wrote:

Mostly Lee Valley, Woodcraft, Penn State and Craft supplies..

I want competitive prices, good service, fast shipping and good support people
if I have a question or problem..

I didn't think about them, but I have also had many great experiences
with Craft Supplies as I order Christmas fit ups and goodies from them
every year. As for Penn State, great experiences with them, also.

Hard to beat Penn State on some of their prices.

Both ship when they say they will, and products came intact.

Robert

Subject

Check out www.toolseeker.com

It works for me.


Lew

Lee Gordon wrote:
www.coastaltool.com

For me it depends on the tool. I don't buy online from Coastal since
it's quicker just to drive down and saves the shipping but for stuff
they carry that's my first choice.

I've bought some deWalt cordless tools from http://www.toolbarn.com/,
mainly because they stock bare tools, which Coastal doesn't. I've got
enough batteries and chargers at this point that I don't see any point
in paying for more, and the bare tool without battery or charger is a
good deal cheaper than the kit. So far none has gone bust on me so I
don't know how they'd be on a return.

http://www.grizzly.com has a good line--I've never bought a tool from
them but have bought other supplies and found that they've gotten me
what I ordered, although they aren't always fast.

IF you know what you're getting, Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com has some real bargains. They also have
some real junk. Do your homework before you buy. That's another one
though where I have a store nearby so I seldom use their mail order.

Lee Valley http://www.leevalley.com/ is a good source for hand
tools--their planes are excellent, in the same league as Lie Nielsen
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/ and usually a bit cheaper (for any given
tool check both--sometimes Lee Valley is a bit less, sometimes
Lie-Nielsen). I've never been disappointed with a Lee Valley product
and Robin Lee checks in here regularly.


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wrote:

I was wondering where you buy your tools online?

Why "MyIndustrialTools" of course. Some guy with an email of
is posting to a bunch of different news groups
about it.

and what it is you look for in an online tool distributor?

One that doesn't spam.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

On Feb 7, 10:44*pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

Stephen... straight up: You have to find a way to decide which tool is
going to fill your need. Then you investigate the different suppliers
(manufacturers) of such tools. Are you willing to spend the extra
money just because a certain tool automatically senses which country
it is in, sensing the voltage and all that rot.

The BIG question is whether or not the tool is going to do its job and
for how long. Only THEN do issues like price and ease of delivery come
into play.

Example:

You have decided to cut stair threads. Not all tools will do that.
Now, what will shipping cost of that tool that will cut and shape
stair threads.

Okay. My point is this: There is no such supplier that will fill all
orders quickly, competitively and adequately.

I buy, for my trade, from http://specialtytools.com/
http://woodcraft.com/ sells me CMT routerbits and now Festool.
LeeValley.com I worship. I can't say more than that.

Are you, Stephen starting to see a pattern here?

WTF are you after?

r

Robatoy wrote:


Are you, Stephen starting to see a pattern here?

WTF are you after?

Probably our $$$$. See:

http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...fjJfYkQTWXi1Vg

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Buffalo, NY - USA

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I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

I have had good success buying reconditioned tools from www.toolking.com .
There are others too - do a search.

On Feb 8, 7:59*pm, Nova wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

Are you, Stephen starting to see a pattern here?

WTF are you after?

Probably our $$$$. *See:

http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...gAAADa3D84I2GG...

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA


*slaps own face*

On Feb 7, 10:44 pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?


lee valley, rockler, and woodcraft are all top-notch for stuff

highland hardare is ok too.

lowes for general stuff

tyler tool for stuff lowes doesn't carry

many online stores are ok

DON'T use northern tools.

shelly

For me it depends on the tool. I don't buy online from Coastal since
it's quicker just to drive down and saves the shipping but for stuff
they carry that's my first choice.

Me too, but most of the people here don't live less than a mile from Coastal
like I do.

Lee


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On Feb 8, 8:00 pm, Robatoy wrote:

*slaps own face*

Ahhh.... don't sweat the small stuff. Look at it this way, there was
probably a SOME good that came out of this thread. Look how many fine
establishments have been mentioned, ones that are known and trusted by
the group.

A lot of us got hooked here. So what. We don't need MORE cynicism on
this group!

I say we all have a drink on StephenBurke, the dickhead, on a job that
in the end, was poorly done.

Robert

On Feb 7, 9:44 pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

I bought my table saw and jointer from Harbor Freight. For just
everything else, it's Lee Valley and Amazon. I buy local for supplies
and try to take advantage of sales at Woodcraft. Except for that Steel
City drill press. I bought that from the local Woodcraft, not on sale,
with no regrets at all. I really like it.

I bought my four-inch fractional dial caliper from Hardwicks, but
since the website http://www.ehardwicks.com/ has been "down for
upgrade" for the last year or two(!), I used the phone.

If I've never bought from a site before, I google them to see what
comes up. I didn't buy from some where I found too many horror
stories.

I treat it as a gamble - if I'm lucky, I get a deal. So far I'm ahead.

On Feb 9, 8:23 am, " wrote:
On Feb 7, 9:44 pm, "

wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?

I bought my table saw and jointer from Harbor Freight. For just

Oh, cripe. I meant to type "Grizzly". I was thinking of what I'd
bought from HF, but there's a store in town so I don't buy online from
them. One bench drill press on sale, some clamps - most of which broke
- and a brad nailer which still works.

So, Griz table saw. Griz jointer. Not HF. Woops. My bad.

took a can of maroon spray paint on February 9, 2008 10:16
am and wrote the following:


I bought my table saw and jointer from Harbor Freight. For just

Oh, cripe. I meant to type "Grizzly". I was thinking of what I'd
bought from HF, but there's a store in town so I don't buy online from
them. One bench drill press on sale, some clamps - most of which broke
- and a brad nailer which still works.

So, Griz table saw. Griz jointer. Not HF. Woops. My bad.

Alwayz poofread befroe hiting teh sent buton.
;-)
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

On Feb 9, 9:29 am, FrozenNorth wrote:

So, Griz table saw. Griz jointer. Not HF. Woops. My bad.

Alwayz poofread befroe hiting teh sent buton.
;-)
The onosecond, slightly shorter than the nanosecond, is the time
between clicking the send button and the realization that it wasn't
ready to send yet.

On Feb 9, 11:44*am, " wrote:
On Feb 9, 9:29 am, FrozenNorth wrote:

So, Griz table saw. Griz jointer. Not HF. Woops. My bad.

Alwayz poofread befroe hiting teh sent buton.
;-)

The onosecond, slightly shorter than the nanosecond, is the time
between clicking the send button and the realization that it wasn't
ready to send yet.

I appreciate all of the information. I order online from Rockler all
the time. Much more often than my wife would like! I live near the
corporate headquarters for Woodcraft so I fantasy shop there a lot. I
buy from them, but they do tend to be expensive. I also visit the
Harbor Freight store that is very near by. Online research can save a
lot of time and phone calls. I appreciate all the suggested sites.
Some of them look promising.
Regards,
Dave G.

On Feb 9, 2:35*am, "
wrote:
On Feb 8, 8:00 pm, Robatoy wrote:

*slaps own face*

Ahhh.... don't sweat the small stuff. *Look at it this way, there was
probably a SOME good that came out of this thread. *Look how many fine
establishments have been mentioned, ones that are known and trusted by
the group.

A lot of us got hooked here. *So what. *We don't need MORE cynicism on
this group!

I say we all have a drink on StephenBurke, the dickhead, on a job that
in the end, was poorly done.

Robert

Don't sweat the petty stuff
and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 9, 2:35 am, "
wrote:
On Feb 8, 8:00 pm, Robatoy wrote:

*slaps own face*
Ahhh.... don't sweat the small stuff. Look at it this way, there was
probably a SOME good that came out of this thread. Look how many fine
establishments have been mentioned, ones that are known and trusted by
the group.

A lot of us got hooked here. So what. We don't need MORE cynicism on
this group!

I say we all have a drink on StephenBurke, the dickhead, on a job that
in the end, was poorly done.

Robert

Don't sweat the petty stuff
and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

Ya know....I've heard that a few times
before, and I've never been able to
figure it out. The first part makes
sense. But I started petting the sweaty
stuff when I was 17 - and I've never
looked back.

--
Tanus

This is not really a sig.

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