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Thread: Discounts on Festool
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30th January 2009, 08:48 PM #31
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I have been a Festool user for over 10 years. My entire wood section of my workshop is Festool with the odd other brand. Almost all items have been purchased from the one store.
In the past I have timed my purchases to coincide with the "sales" and bundled a Festool purchase with "another brand" purchase.
I thought I had a good relationship with the store.
In this last fortnight I have noted no flexibility in pricing citing the coming price increases. I asked re floor stock and was given the same line.
Same story at a number of other Festool outlets in Sydney.
It was a simple decision to make. I just declined to purchase, kept my 5K in my pocket, and will keep my current tools in play.
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30th January 2009, 11:25 PM #32
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Ladies and Gentlemen
I came across this the other day and thought it belongs to this thread,
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.../itemId/781439
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30th January 2009, 11:45 PM #33
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Old news. Festool is now in compliance.
Originally Posted by rodney
Cheers,
Bob
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1st February 2009, 12:48 PM #34
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I didn't know about this, so Festool will no longer presure retailers not to discount? Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke
Now they should turn their attention to Miele.
BTW, I am aware that not discounting may have suited some of the retailers.
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1st February 2009, 11:49 PM #35
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Sort of. You can discount the tools, but if you do we will pull your franchise to be a dealer. Originally Posted by Ben from Vic.
All perfectly legal. Works the same here in the States.Cheers,
Bob
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2nd February 2009, 09:17 AM #36
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Alleged Festool pricing practices
Hi Ben,
Your items 1 and 2, if correct, would both constitute an offence under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act.
Some of the other responses to your thread from others are potentially libellous to Festool.
Take care what you write folks unless you want to accept the risk of being called upon to support your statements in a more formal, and far more costly, forum than this one
Old Pete
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2nd February 2009, 11:32 PM #37
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Seeing as how we have had this discussion about a squillion times over the past 3 or 4 years, as how I am personally acquainted with a number of Festo dealers, and as how Festo knows how to run their business, I think I'll take my chances. Originally Posted by old pete
Hi Ben,
Your items 1 and 2, if correct, would both constitute an offence under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act.
Some of the other responses to your thread from others are potentially libellous to Festool.
Take care what you write folks unless you want to accept the risk of being called upon to support your statements in a more formal, and far more costly, forum than this one
Old Pete
Cheers,
Bob
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3rd February 2009, 12:46 PM #38
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Perhaps now would be a good time to point out that I started this thread in mid '04.
Ben.
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4th February 2009, 12:05 AM #39
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Yeap. Originally Posted by Ben from Vic.
And I mentioned that in Post 20, but it just hobbled along anyway. 
Cheers,
Bob
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