I got my sander from CPO today, and considered myself lucky because I was out camping when the original promotion came and went. I thought it was funny/fitting that included in my CPO box was a voucher for some wine? No idea if they do that with every box, or if so many people were clamoring for vouchers that they just found some they had laying around and threw them in. Or maybe they think that wine vouchers are best used on festool fans.
Anyway, so while I am happy to report BOTH vouchers were present, I must also unfortunately report that my pro5 did not come packaged with an edge guard. A very minimal amount of research indicates this was some likely sort of tragic holiday mistake -- by which party, I cannot say. I guess either it was festool, or possibly someone at CPO took the edge guard out of my systainer and threw the wine voucher in as a kind of barter/penance.
Still, it should go without saying that I am, in the spirit of this promotion, totally furious that my hugely discounted sander did not come with the plastic bumper I was so rightly promised. I had grand plans to pass this edge guard to my first born son when he came of age, in a sacred shedding of the guard ritual, but now I will have to do without, and so even though I have the sander everyone so dearly wants, I am in a sense no better than the rest of you after all. Sure, maybe technically I'll be able to use the sander, but at what cost? Every time I bump into a wall, which I expect to be often because I sand positioned in a very small cube (long story), a part of the sander will be lost forever, and in a way, so will I.
For those of us who prefer to spend our holiday time away from our 'friends' and 'family', alone in the garage sanding, I think it is fair to say this promotion has been a total disaster. When my son asks what we're doing for christmas, I was going to tell him 'not now son, dad has to play with the sander santa brought him', but he and I both know I would never willingly sand guardless, and so the whole rouse is up. He may even start questioning why Santa only buys me festools, and why he has to pay Santa a tithe mowing lawns in the summer. If this keeps up, I may have to quit my job sanding in the garage and get a horrible job sanding in some warehouse.
So, in conclusion, even though I got my sander, I consider this whole promotion a charade of the highest order and I can honestly make the argument that it has ruined my life.
I consider CPO and Ebay mostly innocent, provided they refund me the 10.00 I shamelessly paid. Otherwise they will be hearing from me as well. Nice try, festool!
Anyway, so while I am happy to report BOTH vouchers were present, I must also unfortunately report that my pro5 did not come packaged with an edge guard. A very minimal amount of research indicates this was some likely sort of tragic holiday mistake -- by which party, I cannot say. I guess either it was festool, or possibly someone at CPO took the edge guard out of my systainer and threw the wine voucher in as a kind of barter/penance.
Still, it should go without saying that I am, in the spirit of this promotion, totally furious that my hugely discounted sander did not come with the plastic bumper I was so rightly promised. I had grand plans to pass this edge guard to my first born son when he came of age, in a sacred shedding of the guard ritual, but now I will have to do without, and so even though I have the sander everyone so dearly wants, I am in a sense no better than the rest of you after all. Sure, maybe technically I'll be able to use the sander, but at what cost? Every time I bump into a wall, which I expect to be often because I sand positioned in a very small cube (long story), a part of the sander will be lost forever, and in a way, so will I.
For those of us who prefer to spend our holiday time away from our 'friends' and 'family', alone in the garage sanding, I think it is fair to say this promotion has been a total disaster. When my son asks what we're doing for christmas, I was going to tell him 'not now son, dad has to play with the sander santa brought him', but he and I both know I would never willingly sand guardless, and so the whole rouse is up. He may even start questioning why Santa only buys me festools, and why he has to pay Santa a tithe mowing lawns in the summer. If this keeps up, I may have to quit my job sanding in the garage and get a horrible job sanding in some warehouse.
So, in conclusion, even though I got my sander, I consider this whole promotion a charade of the highest order and I can honestly make the argument that it has ruined my life.
I consider CPO and Ebay mostly innocent, provided they refund me the 10.00 I shamelessly paid. Otherwise they will be hearing from me as well. Nice try, festool!
