Thread: $199 gmc thicknesser bargain

They are not seconds - just a full mark down. Don't wait around though - once they are gone, they are gone!

Great price - if you want one I'd grab it quick!

I have the Ryobi thicknessor. Same as GMC but with some extra bits.

Works like a dream.

For a couple of hundred $ you've got a bargain.

Nice pickup!

Well done on a decent bargain mate.

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

They are not seconds - just a full mark down. Don't wait around though - once they are gone, they are gone!

Great price - if you want one I'd grab it quick!

went out to bummies today tohave a look, niot a gmc thicknesser in sight, think there were 2 left a week or so back. not sure whether they reduced themto $199 or not, so dont know whether to kick myself yet:confused:

Kick yourself - the discount was country-wide, and I wasn't expecting them to last more than a few hours at that price!

thanks for the comments, one very happy chappy this end !

thats a bummer Doug

hey stu, do you have inside knowledge at bunnies ?
you seem to be well versed on the thicknesser deal ?


cheers
tony

i went to bunnies yesterday, and it definitly wasn't $199!

Originally Posted by inferno6688

i went to bunnies yesterday, and it definitly wasn't $199!

Query them on it- certainly ask them to price match to other Bunnings in the country.

No - I don't have inside knowledge of Bunnings, but I do keep my ear to the ground

Thanks for the headsup I thought to myself, "Self you must check this out on the way home." Opps I forgot.

After some ringing around at about 8pm I found one, a display model. When I went to collect it some minor things were missing, a spanner, one rubber foot and a hexkey. When I asked if they could be ordered in they hesitated and then offered it to me for $150.00. I couldn't get to the checkout quick enough.

Guess who's a happy boy.

BTW, should there have been Brushes for the motor included? There wasn't.

I was happy to note that the blades are resharpenable. From the manual it was a bit difficult to see how the blades were set.

The general 10" Planer Thicknesser on the Harbour Freight Site is a lot more clear as there is a diagram of how the blade setting jig sits on the cutting head. The saws may not be identical but I found it useful.

Cheers

Originally Posted by doug the slug

went out to bummies today tohave a look, niot a gmc thicknesser in sight, think there were 2 left a week or so back. not sure whether they reduced themto $199 or not, so dont know whether to kick myself yet:confused:

well i dont have to kick myself!!!! I went to Bunnings this morning and was talking to my favourite toolshop lady and she clarified the situation to me, which i will now explain for the benefit of all:

The official list price for the GMC thicknesser IS $199. it has changed on the computer but a lot of stores dont notice it till a month or so later. It is also no longer a stocked item, and once your local store runs out of them they can be ordered in through the special orders desk. their code for this type of stock is "on P"

Another item that is now "on P" is the big gmc sliding compound mitre saw, price now $188'ish, but apparrently it goes back to full price after this sunday. but if your local bunnings is out of stock and you order by sunday i guess you would get it for this price.

My $199 thicknesser should be waiting my collection early next week, and the $170 i'm saving there will go down well at the www show this weekend

Hope this info is useful to a lot of forum members

thanks for the update Doug, makes sense now

i'm glad i was able to steer a few guys in the right direction

the brushes are spares, someone was thinking when they designed the spares pack.

might have a look at the scms, i'll do a search and see if they're any good
gotta be better than my dinky 10" Ozito CMS

Originally Posted by tonysa

thanks for the update Doug, makes sense now,
i'm glad i was able to steer a few guys in the right direction

Tony, you did well. without your initial post i would not have followed it up, so thanks to you a lot of forum members will get a great bargain, well done mate, im looking at bargains to spend the rest of my tool budget on at teh www show. thanks mate

After reading this post (thanks Doug for giving me the heads up on this thread), I told the wife, "Be back soon, off to Bunnings I go".

The Carseldeine store in Brisbane only had their demo GMC Thicknesser left. As far as I can tell the only part missing was the little plastic key like object that toggles the on/off switch. I was able to talk them down to $150.

Hopefully I can purchase the plastic bit directly from GMC or even Ryobi as it looks like the same universal part for either companies Thicknesser.

On a side note, I was told by the Bunnings staff that they are getting an allocation to each of their stores in a couple of weeks of the GMC Thicknessers. From the way the staff member was talking I'd assume they will be the same $199 price. Fingers crosssed that other people that may have missed out, might still be able to get the Thicknesser for the good price.