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锘? Have you ever experienced power tool price gloat? I learned the serious art of saving money on power tools from the friendly woodworkers at the WoodNet and FamilyWoodworking forums. I asked both forums recently about the best deals they'd ever gotten on power tools. These are serious woodworkers and they are downright professional when it comes to getting good deals. As they told their stories about near-criminal discounts certain patterns began to emerge nike kobe 8 bhm uk , certain strategies for getting great prices that every deal-hungry power tool shopper should know about. So if you're ready to get serious about saving money on power tools here are the top ten tactics I learned from the guys at WoodNet and FamilyWoodworking: 1) vigilance. Getting power tool prices you can gloat about means you have to be ever alert! I suggest first and foremost that you monitor these three forums, none of which we're affiliated with commercially - www(dot)woodnet(dot)net, www(dot)familywoodworking(dot)org and www(dot)sawmillcreek(dot)com. FamilyWoodworking has an actual "hot deals" section. The other two don't and you'll have to stumble upon them, though they're usually found in areas where the most woodworkers have congregated. You'll find some of the friendliest, funniest woodworkers you'll ever meet in these forums, and you might just stumble across deals you can gloat about. Be sure to POST DEALS you find to these forums! Any unwritten quirks or kinks that Amazon's deals have, such as the fact that the recent 20% off code (2OOFFPTA) for blades, bits and dadoes also applied to router lift nike kobe 8 bhm for sale , will show up in forums first before they get 'fixed' by Amazon. 2) timing is everything. move fast. Here's a limited time deal for example - Amazon recently offered free certificates to folks buying DeWALT, Black & Decker, Porter-Cable or Delta products: - Purchase between $150 and $299 and get $25 off a future purchase. - Purchase $300 or more and get $50 off a future purchase. Many deals that show up don't last long. This ties back into vigilance and watching forums like a hawk. Sounds like work doesn't it? That's what makes woodworkers gloat so much ;) 3) rebates. Another great way to get the power tool price gloat is to hunt for REBATES. Right now Delta's offering a number of rebates on certain items through Amazon. If there's a tool you're serious about you're more likely to get that sweet price gloat feeling if you read the forums, read my blog, check the tool's Amazon profile page and look at the tool manufacturer's site for REBATES. Look closely and be sure to follow up on your rebates! Companies aren't going to track you down and force their money back on you. Go get it! 4) reconditioned power tools. Woodworkers are sometimes mixed about reconditioned power tools. The truth is that sometimes when you get them home you realize that they weren't reconditioned all the way back to 'LIKE NEW.' Then again, more often than not they are like new. And when they're not you can return them because from Amazon they come with a warranty (be sure to read the next tip regarding customer service). I know many woodworkers who SWEAR by reconditioned tools. The price discounts are DEEP, usually in the neighborhood of 40-60%. And in most cases these tools are checked more closely than NEW TOOLS coming straight off the assembly line. If you can stand the chance that you'll have to return it then you'll pretty well guarantee price gloat on a regular basis with reconditioned power tools. 5) make friends with customer service. What? Your new planer has a dent in it out of the box? CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE. What? Your order is two days late? CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE. Amazon toll-free in the US and Canada: (800) 201-7575 Amazon from outside the US and Canada: (206) 346-2992 or (206)-266-2992 Another Amazon direct line: (206) 266-2335 Amazon's rebate center: 1-866-348-2492 Another noted method - from WoodNet - is sending an email to get a phone call back. Here's the Amazon login page for customer service if you want to start with an email instead of a phone call. I'm not suggesting that you look for ways to abuse this, but rather that you get what you have paid your hard earned money for. Many stories in the forums that involve saving lots of money include a phone call to Amazon's customer service with legitimate complaints regarding shipments and damages to products received. 6) the price match guarantee Amazon offers a 110% price match guarantee. This is not the first choice of serious power tool price gloaters kobe 8 christmas for sale , but it's great if you've got to get a tool or part and there's no rebates or other deals available. Many restrictions apply - it's mostly obvious stuff though, stuff such as - it doesn't apply to refurbished tools you find elsewhere and it doesn't apply to typos you find elsewhere. If you've tracked down a lower price you'd like Amazon to match first check out their Price Matching Guidelines and then call them at (866) 876-8073. 7) buy now if you'll use it later Blades and bits. Clamps. Routers. Drills. If someone points you to an incredible deal on something that you regularly use up or burn out - GET IT! Not only will you get the immediate gloat but you'll have a stock pile of items you use up regularly at a great price. That's smart wood shop economics. 8) free shipping For one, there's a deal on free shipping from Amazon right now through the 14th of February. It's only for some stationary and benchtop woodworking tools, but hey, they cost a BUNDLE to ship. 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