You get toolpoints when you are registered within the Festool Tools For Profit program. This program has a couple of benefits, however, in my opinion, the toolpoints are not one of them.
The biggest benefits are:
1 - You get a new machine when yours is stolen.
2 - 30 days money back guarantee when you buy a new machine.
These befits can be very useful. But the toolpoints themselves are worth too little to be of any real value.
Judge for yourself.
How much are your toolpoints worth?
100 to 150 TP= 10 Eurocent per TP
150 to 300 TP= 30 Eurocent per TP
300 to 450 TP= 50 Eurocent per TP
450 plus = 70 Eurocent per TP
So lets say you want to get more than 450 toolpoints to make them worth the most. Let it be noted that the toolpoints need to be acquired within 1 year. Stay below 100 toolpoints and they are worth zilch, nada, nothing.
One Rotex 150 FEQ will get you 35 toolpoints. And it will cost you 577 euro. So if you want to get 450 toolpoints, you'll need to buy no less than 13 Rotex's in 1 year. That will net you 455 toolpoints which at a rate of 70 cent have a total worth of 318 euro. But don't forget that 13 Rotex's for 577 euro a piece cost you a total of 7501 euro.
So basically, if you are willing to buy 7500 euro of Festools in
one year you get a DTS400 for free.
318 is 4% of 7500. So at the highest rate of toolpoints you get a 4% discount. When you have less than 450 toolpoints your toolpoints are worth even less. Toolpoints are a joke. What retailer considers 4% discount a benefit to his clients? What client considers 4% a discount worth bothering for?
And that was the highest rate. Lets look at the lowest rate. Buy 3 Rotex's, get 3 x 35 = 105 toolpoints, worth 10 cents each. You've just invested 577 x 3 = 1731 euro and you get 105 x 0.10 = 10.5 euro worth of toolpoints. This is the same price as a single 10 pack of sandpaper. Your discount is a whopping 0.57 %. Personally, a firm handshake from the dealer is even worth more to me than a 0.57 % discount.