joiner1970 said:
I only buy Festool from my local dealer only 5 minutes away and with the way Festools pricing works I couldnt get it any cheaper on the net anyway.
Well, I got everything cheaper. I bought 3 of them new for about 50-60% of the new price. Two I bought 2nd hand but still very good, for an even lower price. Maybe there's not so much opportunities for that in other countries, but here in Holland and in Germany it's really easy to find cheaper deals on the net. You just got to know where to look.
It's just that there are so much Festool dealers around here and I guess that makes all the difference. This way there are more tools around and you have more opportunities to find them. For example, I bought my brand new Deltex from apawn broker that bought a lot of 4 from a Festool dealer who went out of business. The pawn broker got it for cheap and he also sold it to me for cheap, only 50% new price, but still new. No 1+2 year factory warranty of course, but I don't care. If it breaks down, I just order the parts and repair it myself. It is the net that will lead you to such deals.
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Did the pawn broker show you his receipt, or give you one? Have the serial numbers been sanded off of your tools? Pawn shops are notorious for selling stolen goods and buying from criminals. 3 months ago, my local shop had two rotex sanders and a 1010 router ripped off during working hours, now their entire stock is locked down with cables. The thief drove directly to the next dealer, 5 minutes away, and stole 2 more festools systainer and all.
I'm sorry, but it is hard for me to believe that a festo dealer would go out of business and sell his stock to a pawn shop.
Anything is possible, nevertheless- hard to believe.
