HarveyWildes
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waterloomarc said:I have a pretty good amount of green in the shop and have been around the brand (if not the FOG) for long enough to not batt an eye at the yearly price increase...until this year. Those are some stout increases! Really nuts on some items in my opinion! I'm glad I'm mostly kitted out. These increases at a time when the exchange rate is so favorable is completely unjustifiable. I'm not naive enough to expect decreases (although Lee Valley does a good job tying their American prices to the dollar) but a $60 increase on a tracksaw? They've lost their minds.
Yeah - that track saw increase caught my eye too, especially since the individual prices on the pieces parts have not changed. Apparently the new kits include the new airstream batteries and chargers - see above in the post. So the $60 increase looks bad, but it's not apples to apples. The individual parts in the old kits can still be had for the same prices as the old kits, except for the high end kit where you're paying $100 for a 55" rail that costs $133 (now) separately.