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Thread: Leigh Jig Purchase
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25th September 2007, 10:54 PM #31
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someone should keep a website with these outfits listed who do this sort off stuff.....
so when someone wants to buy they can check to see who's on the blacklist
bet you'd soon see some changes
customers are getting a raw deal right now dunno why
eg i went to carbatec melbourne today to buy a liegh jig
it took me an hour to get the attention of a sales rep long enough to explain some of the finer points and i turned round to pull out my wallett and the litle b#gger was talking on the phone so i walked out.....i seen 3 salesmen lined up all talking flat out out on the phone and what was I ? cold toast? stale milk?
look i know it gets busy sometimes but i felt like all i was doing was interupting their important work.....and it aint the first time...i think they need a bit of attitude adjustment or some more floor staff
companies giving less than perfect service deserve to get a bit of a ragging in here from time to time
if i treated my customers like that i would out of business
rant rant rantLast edited by old_picker; 26th September 2007 at 09:52 AM. Reason: mmmm
ray c
dunno what's more fun, buyin' the tools or usin' em'
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26th September 2007, 10:31 AM #32
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Old picker.... On another thread here some of the guys are arranging to buy circular sanding pads from OS knowing that they are saving heaps.
I would love to support local people but it is really tempting to buy OS knowing that it will take a certain amount of time to get here. Somewhere down the track i will purchase the set of leigh dovetail cutters that go with the dust extractor as a package. This package was offered to me on 16.6.07 and I believe that the package is not available yet from either Australian supplier.
Carry Pine
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26th September 2007, 01:48 PM #33
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Carry
Be careful not to buy the old model vacuum attachment model RVA something which has traditionally been sold with the bit sets. It attaches directly to the router.
Comparison with the new VRS is chalk and cheese.
Northwoods in QLD now sell some Leigh sized bits (Infinity brand) as does Lee Valley in Canada. LV get theirs from the same factory in Taiwan that produces the genuine Leigh bits. LV also sell some well priced spiral upcuts. I use a spiral upcut instead of the straight bit to give cleaner cuts with less tear out.
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27th September 2007, 10:38 AM #34
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I finally received my FMT through MIK last week, having -paid for it at the Sydney Show. Sorry Carry Pine, I only just noticed this thread.
Apparently (I have copies of the emails from Leigh to MIK) the problems were all at the Leigh end.
It's a long time to wait - and the price dropped in the meantime - but I kept in touch with MIK - and was happy they were doing all they could do.
And full points to MIK - they've looked after and I'm still a happy customer."... it is better to succeed in originality than to fail in imitation" (Herman Melville's letters)
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