Thread: No more "Special Orders" for Triton or GMC at the BigB!..

I checked out the local M10 today to see what the status of the ryobi power tools was .
1. Still have the Makita display
2. A new Dewalt display
3. A new Bosch display
4 .New assortment of Icon power tools
5 No evidence of that Ryobi ever existed in their store
6. No GMC or Triton tools

Next stop will be Home Hardware they usually have a big range of GMC stuff.
In fact Home Hardware have been stocking GMC stuff for quite a while.

Kev

OK i havent read the whole thread so if im repeating im sorry.

Bunnings and Ryobi went exclusive as of 1/9/08

GMC didnt like the arrangement and pulled out of the deal they had, hence the bad blood between them.

We use to be the only Ryobi service agent in our town and now we dont repair them at all, can still get parts but they are twice as much as before.

Im still getting info through work so i might have more to add later

You probably should read all the threads then before yet another incorrect was posted penmanwa. GMC had no say in the range decision by Ryobi

Sounds like your sources are well out of the loop then Penman

As i said i hadnt read the whole pose and yes my info was wrong.
I apologise for the waste of space.

my local manager at m10 said that due to the exclusive ryobi deal with bunnings he wasnt able to order anything from 6/9/08

Just regarding Mitre 10:

I can tell you that Mitre 10 itself harbours much resentment about the Ryobi-Bunnings deal. Techtronic Industries will no longer sell Ryobi to Mitre 10, indeed their group account was closed some time ago. There was a small window for individual stores to order directly from Ryobi itself, but only on prepayment terms. I can imagine that the latter offer was looked upon with some bemusement by the individual store owners!

GMC is still presenting Triton as an expanding brand, and as far as anyone is saying it will hopefully continue. GMC would like Bunnings to continue with Triton, and are hoping for a change of mind.

Anyone hoping that Mitre 10 will host a Triton fire sale is barking up the wrong tree methinks.

Originally Posted by Charleville

I bought one of them earlier this year based on the recommendations made by Grahame Collins on the Welding forum and I have to say that it is a beauty!

It is worth every cent and probably much more. Married to the accuracy and clean-ness of of cuts obtained by the Triton Steel cutter bought at a bargain basement price from Toys4theboys a few months ago and I have had a ball with it this year, building everything from a box trailer to garden gate frames and a whole lot in between.

If anyone wants a good little welder, recommended by the resident expert of the Welding forum, ideally suited to what the home handyman boofhead like me wants then that little Italian job, rebranded as a GMC, is it!

There was only one to be found at two local Bunnings stores when I bought it some months ago and I am delighted to have found it.

ditto, mine has performed well beyond the call of duty purchased because of its portability ,it outperforms my more expensive unit.

maybe you should read my reply in the store stocking triton benchtop tools post that stu started. my local mitre 10 are opening up a lot of foorspace to triton tools

david

hardware and general at brookvale had a stack of trition gear today inclduing steel cutters,

they used to have a roybi shop just selling roybi but that closed at the start of the year maybe they were cut off too with the new deal.

Originally Posted by jimmyh

Just regarding Mitre 10:

I can tell you that Mitre 10 itself harbours much resentment about the Ryobi-Bunnings deal. Techtronic Industries will no longer sell Ryobi to Mitre 10, indeed their group account was closed some time ago. There was a small window for individual stores to order directly from Ryobi itself, but only on prepayment terms. I can imagine that the latter offer was looked upon with some bemusement by the individual store owners!

GMC is still presenting Triton as an expanding brand, and as far as anyone is saying it will hopefully continue. GMC would like Bunnings to continue with Triton, and are hoping for a change of mind.

Anyone hoping that Mitre 10 will host a Triton fire sale is barking up the wrong tree methinks.

You are quite correct on all points

If mitre 10 is the only show in town I will stay home and watch TV.
I had a look today,Way too dear for me.

Originally Posted by PenmanWA

We use to be the only Ryobi service agent in our town and now we dont repair them at all, can still get parts but they are twice as much as before.

Presumably folk in Bunbury and Busselton can take Ryobi stuff to their local Bunnings. Not so easy tho for people a little further south, say Margaret River or Augusta. _That_ is where I think the deal stinks.

Just to add to the rumour saga. I was talking to a rep from Glenfords today and he told me GMC was going under . I asked on what basis he made his remark, and he told me from discussions with Makita, Dewalt and other reps. I thought it sounded like rubbish, but perhaps the Bunnings dealings have hurt more than we thought.

On a factural note, Carbatec are now advertising the Triton gear, and my Mitre10 are happy to take Triton orders.