jimmy7 said:
Well Shane does work for Festool.I thought thats why this forum exists for information on festools or am i wrong?I am not critising Shane.I have noticed he has contributed greatly and helped a lot of people on this group.It seems to me when someone asks a question regarding some issues people take offence."How dare you question Festool!"And Brice its up to Shane to respond on the issue, not you
Jimmy, to be fair to both Shane and Brice, it's a question you can't really expect Shane to answer.
I'm not sure of Shane's exact job title, and I don't want to risk offending him by saying this, but basically he sorts out the websites for Festool USA (including this one). It's unreallistic to expect him to know about the pricing policies of Festool Germany or Festool UK.
I doubt that you'd get an answer to this out of Festool UK either. They are told what to charge by Festool Germany, and have very little (if any) control over that, however if you genuinely want an answer you should ask it of Festool UK, not Shane.
It's an open market, meaning Festool can charge what they want. As a customer, you are free to not pay the prices they are asking. Not only that, but this thread contains a link to somewhere you can purchase the same item (albeit without the Festool logo) for considerably less. If you don't like the Festool price, buy it from that other company.