Imperial Centrotec Wood Drill Set - 496942 Discontinued?

[elfick]

These seem to be listed as discontinued, backordered, or unavailable at most sites.
Have they really been discontinued?

 

[tbellemare]

Oddly enough, 496942 doesn't appear in the Master Product List for dealers.

I have 2 left though...

Tom

 

[SoonerFan]

I called Festool USA and the set with the Imperial bits is discontinued at least for now.  Festool suggested I look at a few dealers.  I picked one up at a dealer that, like Tom, had a couple left in stock.  I would suggest you order one before these are gone.  The Centrotec system is great and those Imperial bits are the best I have ever used....the best by far.

 

[coug]

Wow, mine literally showed up today in the mail.  Glad I put the order in; I had no idea they were not going to be available in the future.

 

[Paul G]

I'm guessing a higher up back in Germany had palpitations at the sight of the word imperial on a Festool product [poke]