Keggers Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I've decided to buy myself a new Festool Domino DF500 for Christmas. I chose it over the 700 model as I feel it would better meet my needs. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a preferred company to but it from. Right now I'm thinking Amazon but was wondering if there's a better place to buy. Thank you for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Toolnut carries festool gear. Their out of New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I think woodcraft is having a festool free shipping sale. CPO has free shipping as well. Honestly I don't think there is a bad place to buy from except maybe that hole in the wall local place that sells used demo units as new? Toolnut/festoolproducts was very helpful when i dealt with them on festool stuff (pro 5 sander). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwk5017 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Wherever you can get free shipping and avoid sales tax. For me, i like a place out of Ohio that sells through amazon. I skip the taxes from buying directly through amazon, and they ship for free next day. Hartville Tools, I think is the name. Bob Marino has always shipped my accessories very quickly too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 If you have a Discover Card you can get 5% cash back from Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I always order AZ if possible. We don't pay tax (yet) in MO, Kent, and they have the easiest return process on earth. Plus if you have an AZ card you get money back...but not 5% so I'd use the Disco if you have it. I think I get like 3% back year round with my AZ card. Plus if you're Prime you'll have your new toy in two days or less. Not a whole lot of reasons to order anywhere else these days if AZ carries something. They're usually the lowest price too. Usually. Festool prices don't vary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuxleyWood Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Bob Marino and Toolnut are at the top of my Festool list. They are the bigger dealers that actually know the product line, CPO for example sells them like underwear, just a huge etailer. Now, if you can get a deal that is a different story but my first choice is to deal with those that know their product and are part of the online community like Bob and Shane (at Toolnut now, worked for Festool in the past). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I always support a local business first. If I can't get it locally then I usually turn to AZ. Obviously, if the prices are stupid locally then I move on but, FT prices their stuff so, you're going to get the same price on it everywhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 4 minutes ago, TIODS said: I always support a local business first. If I can't get it locally then I usually turn to AZ. Obviously, if the prices are stupid locally then I move on but, FT prices their stuff so, you're going to get the same price on it everywhere. I'd buy local as well...if you can. Just so they don't go away I get all my stuff at the local Woodcraft if possible. As has been stated unless you can go "no-tax, credit card rebate" methods you're paying the same everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 There might not be a physical retailer near you, but my choice is a local bricks and mortar store, too. There's a lot of products that I want to lay my hands on before I buy, in which case I need to have a bricks and mortar store to go see them in. So I "try" to do business with them to keep them open. Doesn't always work. I pay sales tax, but if I drive there the "shipping" is always free, and for some purchases the shipping is more than the sales tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Well, Woodcraft is at least a franchise so you're kind of supporting "local" business. But Rockler is purely corporate so you might as well order online at that point (of course they no longer carry Festool but for everything else...). If you can buy from a true small business that carries Festool, that's great. Of course you have to eat the tax but maybe it's worth it. Delaying the inevitable. Goliath will eat them all eventually, sad but true. Also, I'll just point out that all these retailers from AZ to the smallest small business...their margins on these machines are razor thin. Go back and buy all the accessories there if you wanna support them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_r_ Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 AcmeTools sells on eBay and you will earn eBay Bucks. They are free shipping and no sales tax for both. And if are signed up for getting emails from eBay you should be getting 8-10% eBay Bucks days, then you buy it from them on one of those days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted November 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Thank you for all the replies! I sure appreciate it. I'll probably go with Amazon so I can avoid the sales tax and I'll get free shipping. I think I'll put it on my Amazon card and at least get some of my money back. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplemons Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I suck up the sales tax most of the time and still buy from my local guys unless they are out of stock, and I need something ASAP. They carry a decent selection of lumber as well, so I like to keep them in business, and I live here, so why not pay the tax? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 9 hours ago, jplemons said: I suck up the sales tax most of the time and still buy from my local guys unless they are out of stock, and I need something ASAP. They carry a decent selection of lumber as well, so I like to keep them in business, and I live here, so why not pay the tax? Technically at least for my state for online and mail order purchases your supposed to send the tax in for items that you buy in other states tax free. No one does it, ok well 2 people do it. The tax commissioner and the guy that wants his job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I buy from Bob Marino. He tries to give you a little something extra with the order. For example, if you buy a track saw from him, he includes a custom instruction manual. It is wire bound, printed on 8.5 X 11 paper, color photos and is actually useful. Festool manuals are not great and their accessories are not always intuitive. I know a lot of this stuff is on youtube, but I'd rather flip through a good instruction manual than sit through a 5 minute youtube video. Bob's manuals are good. He does that for some other machines too, I believe (not sure if he does for the domino, it is worth asking). He ships fast. We pay tax in illinois on Amazon purchases and in cook county our sales tax rate is 10%, so I no longer buy large purchases from Amazon. As an aside, I went to Rockler today to pick up a brake from my sawstop. I got the last one in stock - she said they only order 5 at a time. Had I driven 40 minutes each way and they were out of stock I would have went ape crap. There are so few reasons to go to a physical store and they almost screwed that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Bob Marino always great customer service and fast (free) shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 13 hours ago, jplemons said: I suck up the sales tax most of the time and still buy from my local guys unless they are out of stock, and I need something ASAP. They carry a decent selection of lumber as well, so I like to keep them in business, and I live here, so why not pay the tax? I would buy locally if there was a place to buy. There isn't anything closer than a three hour drive - one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 14 minutes ago, Keggers said: I would buy locally if there was a place to buy. There isn't anything closer than a three hour drive - one way. And that's a great reason to buy on line! I had this issue locally but, was able to talk with my local lumber dealer and they're now selling Festool so, they get my business for those items. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Some of the local paint shops are carrying the vacs and sanders, so I can at least get paper there, in a pinch. I don't know anyone locally that sells the tools. The closest woodcraft is 40 minutes in no traffic, 2 hours with traffic so I don't go there much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Sorry @Mike. for once it pays not to live North. I'm in the Western Suburbs so I can get to the Woodcraft, Berland's and a new Rockler that just opened fairly easily. (But if it makes you feel better I work on the Northside, so I get to do that slog every morning, then every evening, then turn around and do it the next day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplemons Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 3 hours ago, Keggers said: I would buy locally if there was a place to buy. There isn't anything closer than a three hour drive - one way. I've been there many times for many things. Frustrating as heck because my area has at least a million people but sometimes it's hard to find what I need locally. Luckily, we have at least one Festool supplier. I did use Amazon for my Sawstop, though. I wasn't too trusty of the local dealer, who is also the only Sawstop dealer in the area. If the same guy who sells Festool sold Sawstop, I'd have bought there, especially because with Amazon I paid sales tax anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 12 minutes ago, jplemons said: I've been there many times for many things. Frustrating as heck because my area has at least a million people but sometimes it's hard to find what I need locally. Luckily, we have at least one Festool supplier. I did use Amazon for my Sawstop, though. I wasn't too trusty of the local dealer, who is also the only Sawstop dealer in the area. If the same guy who sells Festool sold Sawstop, I'd have bought there, especially because with Amazon I paid sales tax anyway. I understand. Most other things I'll try to buy from locally owned businesses, but since I live in a small town, we don't have a lot of choices when it comes to woodworking equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted December 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Thank you again for all the suggestions. I just now placed my order for the Festool Domino and this nifty little box of tenons. I chose to purchase from Amazon and used my points I'd earned on my Amazon card. That saved me a few hundred dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm sure you're going to be happy. Amazon is super convenient but if possible, I try to buy local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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