uk price rises for july
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Ken Nagrod
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Festoolfootstool said:
If it comes in a systainer, we could label it Kate Middleton designer handbag or Pippa's stuff-get your grubby hands off and deliver me asap! [big grin]
There is that many things on the Mafell that makes it far ahead of the Festool. Even the rails are a vast improvement, the jointing bar is great, one wide bar with quarter turns on a screwdriver and its done. The splinter strip slots in to the rail, not glued on so it does not fall off like the festool does..
The saw has more power, the depth gauge can be set for use with the rail or without the rail with just the turn of a switch. Theres a scoring function with just a press of a switch. etc etc..etc.. The blade change is quicker. but i really dont care about that, how many times a day do you swap blades?
John..
The saw has more power, the depth gauge can be set for use with the rail or without the rail with just the turn of a switch. Theres a scoring function with just a press of a switch. etc etc..etc.. The blade change is quicker. but i really dont care about that, how many times a day do you swap blades?
John..
Festoolfootstool said:
Sorry for stepping in here, but with the whole customs thing with the fogtainers, everyone knew it would be costly. Also, on every customs form the country of origin had to be specified and Germany was the selected one. That should have saved some money. The killer was the shipping from here to there. You may have paid customs charges but which would equaled the VAT I imagine.
Some people accuse me of having multiple personalities (a joke), but there was no way that I could been in two places at once or have done this better myself. P.S. I did what I could to reduce the costs to the UK members as much as I could.
Peter
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neth27 said:
I was wondering about that scoring function of the Mafell, how does it work exactly?
Peter Halle said:
I have bought a few things from the US, you will always get hammered by customs. They charge you import duty then VAT on the price of the item you bought inc the postage costs.... Then the courier charge you a handiling fee on top of that [scared] Robbing *****s [big grin] There is no way you can send things to the Uk cheaply unless you lie on the customs forms, then they wont be insured...
John
Alex said:
It is a switch on the handle that you press and is sets the blade at about 2mm, it also moves it across at something like 0.2mm off the splinter strip. Once you do the scoring and pull the saw back the next plunge goes to whatever you set the depth of the blade at originally..
John
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Peter Halle said:
Peter I'm not having a dig I was just using that as an example,I would have bought fogtainers myself but for the customs charges.
I and everyone else knows these charges are beyond your control
and even though I did not participate I think you did stirling work and I am looking forward to reading about your next project for the fogosi
http://www.nmatools.co.uk/productdetails.asp?Product=1235 There is a couple of reviews on there plus a video....
John...
John...
JRB, back to the discount thing on accessories. I know Festool do not allow discount on tools but are they happy with dealers giving 20% on accessories ? If so its time i had words with my dealer as i don't get near 20% [mad]
Its sounds as though Festool needs to up its game on the next version of the 55 to get up to speed with Mafell.
Woodguy.
Its sounds as though Festool needs to up its game on the next version of the 55 to get up to speed with Mafell.
Woodguy.
Thanks for your post. Everything is fine. I wasn't taking it personally. I am surprised that so many were sold to foreign members. I was unaware that there were customs charges in addition to the VAT.
I got nailed bringing the stuff into the US also. It seems that the Customs service only has one way to generate income - the charges that they impose. And you can guess, but until the final number is computed by them you are not certain. And then after you wait for them to get an answer, once you get your answer you have to pay immediately or else you start paying storage charges. ARGHH!
I understand your feelings totally. Buy local if you can.
If there is a price increase in the UK as rumored, hopefully it won't be too much.
Peter
I got nailed bringing the stuff into the US also. It seems that the Customs service only has one way to generate income - the charges that they impose. And you can guess, but until the final number is computed by them you are not certain. And then after you wait for them to get an answer, once you get your answer you have to pay immediately or else you start paying storage charges. ARGHH!
I understand your feelings totally. Buy local if you can.
If there is a price increase in the UK as rumored, hopefully it won't be too much.
Peter
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woodguy7 said:
Unless the pricing policy has changed recently, dealers are not allowed under any circumstances to discount items classed as 'tools' (including the MFTs), but can, at their discretion, give up to 20% on 'accessories'. Some dealers will tell you that the accessory discount is only applicable to accessories bought with a tool, but this is just them trying to get out of giving you the discount, there is no such restriction.
If your dealer won't give you the full 20%, there are plenty of online dealers who will.
Took advantage of the email sent to me and received 10% off the Carvex (top handle) ,paid £272. Also includes a £35 voucher from Festool to spend on accessories. I previously stated that the Trion (which I own) is not as good a jigsaw as the Bosch jigsaw. Poor visibility is the main issues, the Bosch is a much better bet a about 60% of the Trion price.
Anyway, at the price I paid I thought it was worth upgrading to the Carvex. I will see for myself how it performs after the mixed reviews.... And if it's no good I will send it back! Really like the idea of a light on it and the blower makes the deal as I don't use extraction on the jigsaws. If all goes well I will put the Trion on ebay and hopefully get £100 plus for it.
With regard to comments about the TS55, I personally see no need to consider upgrading to a Mafell. Of all the tools Festool makes, for me, the TS55 is head and shoulder above everything else. I bought mine in 2004 and even now, everytime I use it, it brings a smile to my face. The feature I like about the Mafell is the splinter guard is a mechanical fit rather than self adhesive. Why is it that the factory fitted splinter guide never comes off, but replacements always lift at the edges? I suppose the Mafell guide will fit the Festool saw if that was a major problem, but it's not. Any replacement for the TS55 will be an amazing tool I would think.
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Anyway, at the price I paid I thought it was worth upgrading to the Carvex. I will see for myself how it performs after the mixed reviews.... And if it's no good I will send it back! Really like the idea of a light on it and the blower makes the deal as I don't use extraction on the jigsaws. If all goes well I will put the Trion on ebay and hopefully get £100 plus for it.
With regard to comments about the TS55, I personally see no need to consider upgrading to a Mafell. Of all the tools Festool makes, for me, the TS55 is head and shoulder above everything else. I bought mine in 2004 and even now, everytime I use it, it brings a smile to my face. The feature I like about the Mafell is the splinter guard is a mechanical fit rather than self adhesive. Why is it that the factory fitted splinter guide never comes off, but replacements always lift at the edges? I suppose the Mafell guide will fit the Festool saw if that was a major problem, but it's not. Any replacement for the TS55 will be an amazing tool I would think.
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