Thread: Triton @ The big green shed

Is $630 worth it for the workcentre? By the time you put a saw in it...
Bunnings have a cheapy Makita 255mm Table Saw only $518...

I see the we'll beat it by 10% as more about a guarantee of a cheaper price, and not a predatory thing. If you go into any Bunnings you will see tickets with reduced price so that they are the same or cheaper than the competitor, so they can avoid beating them by 10%.

I shop at Bunnings because I know if i want to buy a 130mm bolt, I can, instead of settling for a 100 or a 150 at my "local"

I shop at the big green shed, only because it's there and they've killed off virtually every local alternative. I've had some very good experiences with their staff, and found some knowledgable and helpful. That said, they've been good value for common items and frustrating as hell for other stuff - for example it annoys me that at my nearest B they sell adjustable feet with 3/8" whit thread but do not sell the corresponding T nuts, and don't even think about asking special orders for them! It's simply easier to go online to Carbatec or others and get what you need in a lot of cases, and often cheaper even with postage.

I have to say though, many specialist tool outlets are no better - they cater for mechanical trades but woodworkers are an alien species to them.Online suppliers have been a godsend - at least I've been able to source what I need at a reasonable price, and without having to explain what it is and where to get it from the very people who should know. I think we all need to be grateful that we have the likes of Bunnings who provide a wide range of commonly used stuff for us, and that they leave room for specialist suppliers who cover the stuff for people like us who do our craft for the simple joy of doing it. It'd be nice to have one place we could go to get everything at a good price, but we all live in the real world...

Have to add, my local Bunnings have never had anything from Trtion that I can recollect.... more's the pity.

Originally Posted by Mongrel85

Geez I hope that's not the case, or we will all be out of work!

Service isn't dead and that's what I factor into my shopping. If WE CHOOSE to let them beat our local stores by 10% then we have no right to complain later. But we will anyway... Back to my TV story, the good guys offered to beat my best price and I refused to let them. I will not undervalue someone's offer who was genuinely cheaper, it's not fair and I like to sleep at night.

Am I the only one or has everyone given up?

We built our business on service & specialising.The beat this beat attitude has been one of the major contributors to quality downgrading of some of the best brands in the market place & moves to china for manufacturing
The importer always makes the biggest chunk of profit leaving the retailer with all the problems & low margins.

All the bigger places will use the well known brands to get you into store as a LOSS LEADER, but trust me they will make it up somewhere else instore.....otherwise they wouldnt be in business....NO ONES is in business to lose money