$99 PRO 5 Sander Promotion + $50 Voucher - New Festool REQ Sanders (US)

[mrt076]

Shane, thanks for your reply.  I guess we will see.  I have been a Festool user for a little over 5 years and I have never seen this much interest/demand so this is going to get interesting.

 

[agarwalsa]

I have a RO90, ETS 150/3, RO150, RS2E and RAS115 but very hard to pass on this !

 

[Rustys]

Can you use the existing ETS125 pads with new PRO 5 Sander? I apologize if I missed this question before.

Russ

 

[leakyroof]

Shane, thanks for your reply.  I guess we will see.  I have been a Festool user for a little over 5 years and I have never seen this much interest/demand so this is going to get interesting.

  Then you missed the Carvex threads, the EC sander threads, the Domino threads..... [wink] [wink] [wink]

 

[Shane Holland]

Can you use the existing ETS125 pads with new PRO 5 Sander? I apologize if I missed this question before.

[member=61515]Rustys[/member], yes, you can use all of the ETS 125 EQ accessories with the PRO 5 with the exception of the old Turbo dust bag. I don't think it would work because of the new dust port's outside diameter.

 

[Shane Holland]

Important Update

Festool has asked all dealers to suspend taking orders for the PRO 5 sander until further notice.

 

[weekendwarrior]

Well that keeps me from spending more money unnecessarily.  Probably gives me a bit of more precious time back, too.

[cool]

 

[Paul G]

That didn't last long

 

[Cheese]

I guess Festool was right all along...it was indeed a limited time offer, as in a 3-day limited time offer. [eek]

I feel bad for the brick & mortar stores, you know the offer comes out mid-week and the average Joe thinks I'll just go to my local Woodcraft, Betterleys, fill in the name, this weekend and order my sander, but the party's over before he gets there. Who'd have thunk...3 days.

 

[leakyroof]

I guess Festool was right all along...it was indeed a limited time offer, as in a 3-day limited time offer. [eek]

I feel bad for the brick & mortar stores, you know the offer comes out mid-week and the average Joe thinks I'll just go to my local Woodcraft, Betterleys, fill in the name, this weekend and order my sander, but the party's over before he gets there. Who'd have thunk...3 days.

  Nah, they'll just introduce the Pro 6 next week like Apple does with its phones........ [poke] [poke] [poke] [bite tongue] [bite tongue]

 

[Cheese]

Nah, they'll just introduce the Pro 6 next week like Apple does with its phones........ [poke] [poke] [poke] [bite tongue] [bite tongue]

Touché... [not worthy] [not worthy]

You know just walking backwards through all of the posts 2 of them really struck me.

Post 85 from Brice: "At the rate these seem to be selling FOG members are going to buy them all up, and there won't any available for new customers." [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

Post 54 from yeti hunter: "How long is this offer available for?  Can I wait until Friday to pre-order?" [sad] [crying]

 

[leakyroof]

Nah, they'll just introduce the Pro 6 next week like Apple does with its phones........ [poke] [poke] [poke] [bite tongue] [bite tongue]

Touché... [not worthy] [not worthy]

You know just walking backwards through all of the posts 2 of them really struck me.

Post 85 from Brice: "At the rate these seem to be selling FOG members are going to buy them all up, and there won't any available for new customers." [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

Post 54 from yeti hunter: "How long is this offer available for?  Can I wait until Friday to pre-order?" [sad] [crying]

  Is that not the truth or what.... I spoke to my local dealer, who says they had multiple commercial shops buying 5-10 of the sanders at a time. I think it's the multiple buyers that Festool didn't plan on with this sale.  [eek] [eek] [scared] [scared]

 

[Cochese]

Not sure why you'd wait on something like this, when it doesn't charge until it ships.

When in doubt with deals, buy now, think about it later.

 

[Svar]

You know just walking backwards through all of the posts 2 of them really struck me.
Post 85 from Brice: "At the rate these seem to be selling FOG members are going to buy them all up, and there won't any available for new customers." [thumbs up] [thumbs up]
Post 54 from yeti hunter: "How long is this offer available for?  Can I wait until Friday to pre-order?" [sad] [crying]

  Is that not the truth or what.... I spoke to my local dealer, who says they had multiple commercial shops buying 5-10 of the sanders at a time. I think it's the multiple buyers that Festool didn't plan on with this sale.  [eek] [eek] [scared] [scared]

I'm pretty sure many were bought for resale. Watch Classifieds and e-bay in a month. I think the deal was too good and had this unintended consequence.  [sad]

 

[Svar]

Shane,
Is the voucher transferable to another person? Not sure I'll buy another tool, could just give it to someone else, add a follower the green cult.  [big grin]

 

[Shane Holland]

Is the voucher transferable to another person? Not sure I'll buy another tool, could just give it to someone else, add a follower the green cult.  [big grin]

[member=15585]Svar[/member], there was nothing to say that it wasn't transferable, so I would assume that's fine. [member=57769]TylerC[/member] can confirm.

 

[Tyler Ernsberger]

I feel Festool and dealers should figure out a way to limit sales to one per person.  The goal of this promotion was to get people to try festool.  Being that's there is a limited supply it doesn't allow for multiple sales to a single person.  The sanders will sell out before everyone gets one if people are buying 5-10 at a time. 

 

[bobfog]

I feel Festool and dealers should figure out a way to limit sales to one per person.  The goal of this promotion was to get people to try festool.  Being that's there is a limited supply it doesn't allow for multiple sales to a single person.  The sanders will sell out before everyone gets one if people are buying 5-10 at a time.

I agree, a bit of a stupid school-boy error on Festool's part if they were allowing people to order 5+ units. Should have limited it to one per household/business.

 

[Svar]

I feel Festool and dealers should figure out a way to limit sales to one per person.  The goal of this promotion was to get people to try festool.  Being that's there is a limited supply it doesn't allow for multiple sales to a single person.  The sanders will sell out before everyone gets one if people are buying 5-10 at a time.

I agree, a bit of a stupid school-boy error on Festool's part if they were allowing people to order 5+ units. Should have limited it to one per household/business.

Perhaps, this is why preorders are suspended while they are rethinking the strategy.

 

[Cheese]

Perhaps, this is why preorders are suspended while they are rethinking the strategy.

Let's hope that is indeed the case and that this promotion can proceed in the direction it was originally targeted for.  [big grin]