rodger. Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Received a letter from Lee Valley today letting my know that Festool intends to increase their prices by 9% in March. WTF? They just put them up recently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popper Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 That's what happens when they give every diy/HGTV show a full set. They pass the cost on to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Blame Framework and Ellen's Design Challenge =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochese Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 That must have been part of the agreement to put them back on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Well, I couldn't afford them before, so I guess they are waaaay out of the question now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphr Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I wonder what the justification is. 9% is heafty while most raw materials are on the decrease. I think exchange rates are favorable now too. With a strong hobby consumer, there has got to be significant price elasticity for the product. Totally their prerogative but I hope they rethink this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I wonder what the justification is. 9% is heafty while most raw materials are on the decrease. I think exchange rates are favorable now too. With a strong hobby consumer, there has got to be significant price elasticity for the product. Totally their prerogative but I hope they rethink this. A major retailer of Festool in Toronto (Atlas Machinery) indicated that some tools will be even higher (up to 12%). My guess that the weak CDN dollar is involved, but I am confident that the price won't drop again when our dollar improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdjms1 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Chrisphr... very well stated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdjms1 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Frankin Pug... interesting that I haven't received any such notification in the states... I wonder if this does have something to do with the CDN weakening against the Euro. Maybe I just haven't been watching my e-mail closely enough but you might be on to something about this being limited to your country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Frankin Pug... interesting that I haven't received any such notification in the states... I wonder if this does have something to do with the CDN weakening against the Euro. Maybe I just haven't been watching my e-mail closely enough but you might be on to something about this being limited to your country. head over the the FOG for more info. Lots of posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I heard about the price increase from Atlas. They told me 10% across the board on March 1st. I was going to wait to get the Rotex 90 but ordered it today to save the 50$ more it will be in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firehawk Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Actually the price increase would be because the dollar is getting stronger. Look at it this way, it now takes more dollars to buy a Euro. So festool now needs more of our dollars to get their Euro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Actually the price increase would be because the dollar is getting stronger. Look at it this way, it now takes more dollars to buy a Euro. So festool now needs more of our dollars to get their Euro. So i can expect the price to drop when the dollar improves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphr Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Only a casual observer of financial markets, but stronger $ means takes less $ to buy a euro, no? Makes European goods less expensive? Checking out the charts, US should get a cost decrease CAN gets a cost increase vs the Euro all else equal. Or I've got it backwards... Whatever, festool is crazy expensive in any currency. Too bad festool is also crazy awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Why drop the price for Americans when they can just jack it up for Canadians? That's what I'd do if I were Mr. Tool. It's a free market...if it were a crappy product and people weren't willing to pay the price, they'd have to lower it. Festool sells for the price the market dictates. Eventually they'll reach a point where they'll see a drop in sales if they jack the price up too much, and they'll have to decide if the increased profit on fewer sales is as good or better than lower profit on more sales. I know which I'd prefer as a consumer...unfortunately I'm not a shareholder so my only say in the matter is buying or not buying. There's a ton of Kool-Aid being guzzled right now and for the last decade...Festool is hot, and average people are willing to pay what would ordinarily be a ridiculous price for product X. It's artificially inflated because of hype, and they're happy to ride that wave as far as it takes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The change that Franklin is talking about is definitely because of the CAD weakening versus the USD. Lee Valley came close to dropping the entire line (packed up the in-store displays), because they buy from Festool in USD, but sell under Festool's set retail price policy in CAD. That meant that LV was going to be losing on every sale, and so Festool agreed to change the Canadian price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'm willing to bet purchases go up 75% before March 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphr Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The change that Franklin is talking about is definitely because of the CAD weakening versus the USD. Lee Valley came close to dropping the entire line (packed up the in-store displays), because they buy from Festool in USD, but sell under Festool's set retail price policy in CAD. That meant that LV was going to be losing on every sale, and so Festool agreed to change the Canadian price. Sound logic, I would put money on this being the case. Not actually a cost increase, it is an increase in MAP pricing. The cost increase has already been absorbed through the exchange rate. Sorry Canadians. At least you get cheap meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Sound logic, I would put money on this being the case. Not actually a cost increase, it is an increase in MAP pricing. The cost increase has already been absorbed through the exchange rate. Sorry Canadians. At least you get cheap meds. There was extensive discussion of it on the Canadian Woodworking forum, including an explanation from Rob Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Sound logic, I would put money on this being the case. Not actually a cost increase, it is an increase in MAP pricing. The cost increase has already been absorbed through the exchange rate. Sorry Canadians. At least you get cheap meds. No cheap meds here - we pay through high tax rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinfever Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hmm. Well I guess I have to consider that ETS 150 sooner than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hmm. Well I guess I have to consider that ETS 150 sooner than I expected. I don't think there will be any increase in the US, the LV change is a function of the dramatic decline of the Canadian dollar versus the US with the falling price of oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwalter5110 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 No cheap meds here - we pay through high tax rate. I DO NOT want to get into a political talk, but out of curiosity, what are the tax rates in Canada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwalter5110 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I am desperately trying to talk myself into a domino. The problem is, I know I can make mortise and tenons a dozen other ways. But man, it would be nice to get them done in a few seconds. $850 dollars is a hard pill to swallow for a one trick pony. But I guess I need to make my decision FAST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I DO NOT want to get into a political talk, but out of curiosity, what are the tax rates in Canada?Income tax is between 21 and 38 percent, depending on income (unless a person is over 150k annually, then goes up to 42%). Ontario Sales tax is 13% on everything a person buys that is not food (junk food is taxable, however). Property tax varies widely by municipality. Alberta has no provincial debt, so they have a sales tax rate of only 5% or so (which goes to the Feds). Nova Scotia is 15% sales tax. Not sure of the other provinces, but are likely to be 13 to 15 % sales tax. The northern territories (yukon, for example) are different I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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