Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.


--
Jeff

On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a ton
of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in the news
lately.

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Swingman wrote:
On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly
deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a ton
of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in the
news lately.

Gosh, both of these comments would fit under my "Advertising" thread! --
Bill

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:25:00 -0600, Swingman wrote:

On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

I find the digital fence position gauges, router table height gauges,
and planer depth gauges quite useful. The rest of the stuff is just
the same people trying to broaden their product line.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a ton
of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in the news
lately.

I love gadgets. Not so much with anything the government tries to
pawn off on me. Orwell was only a few years off in his predictions.

On 11/3/2013 12:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:25:00 -0600, Swingman wrote:

On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

I find the digital fence position gauges, router table height gauges,
and planer depth gauges quite useful. The rest of the stuff is just
the same people trying to broaden their product line.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a ton
of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in the news
lately.

I love gadgets. Not so much with anything the government tries to
pawn off on me. Orwell was only a few years off in his predictions.


you mean 1984?
yes, not too far off. The thing is we ask for it... Stupid isn't it?

--
Jeff

Bill wrote:
Swingman wrote:
On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly
deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a
ton of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in
the news lately.

Gosh, both of these comments would fit under my "Advertising" thread!
-- Bill

Part of the "game" is that they may not really be trying to sell you the
stated gadgets--but only trying to "keep you in the loop". They want you
to keep their brand name and woodworking on your mind and don't want you
to wander off into some other hobby. Anyone not been reminded of
router tables sufficiently-adequately? This is validated by the poor
quality and frequency of their email advertisements. If they wanted
something more they would try harder. It cost them next to nothing to
send you the same message several times per week. The better I've come
to understand what they are doing, the less I appreciate it. I've
paused to asked myself, "How many of their emails I've received from
them in the last couple of years have been genuinely helpful?" What is
it I did to deserve to be treated like that? (LOL)

Bill

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 12:31:42 -0500, woodchucker
wrote:

On 11/3/2013 12:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:25:00 -0600, Swingman wrote:

On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, woodchucker wrote:
Looks like the daily deal on rocklers website is more like a weekly deal.

They say new savings daily. But since the relaunched, it has been the
same daily.

Do they understand when they say new, that new means different.

Kind of like the digital fence.. more gimick than useful. For the fence
price I would go buy a CNC router.

Not just Rockler, Peachtree had a "digital marking gauge" they were
touting in email this week.

I find the digital fence position gauges, router table height gauges,
and planer depth gauges quite useful. The rest of the stuff is just
the same people trying to broaden their product line.

A gimmick looking for problem where there is none. Probably sell a ton
of them to folks who believe that term "affordable" so much in the news
lately.

I love gadgets. Not so much with anything the government tries to
pawn off on me. Orwell was only a few years off in his predictions.


you mean 1984?
yes, not too far off. The thing is we ask for it... Stupid isn't it?

Exactly. Right down to the doublespeak ("Affordable Care Act").

Truly amazing.