Jimbojones
Active Member
Found an ad in Kijiji about some company allegedly selling off new machinery for '60% off'.
Contacted the guy about a mill/drill and he said 'yeah, economy is bad so we're blowing out a bunch of equipment. Great prices...we just need to reduce our inventory'.
Brand of the equipment is 'Precision Power Tools' and the guy directed me to their website for specs, etc. Kept telling me to 'ignore the retail price...I'll give you much better pricing than that' again, and again...seemed odd.
MSRP was $6500 but I could have it for 'only' $3500. Originally tried selling me a bundle deal with some other equipment but I insisted I was only interested in the 1 piece.
Got even weirder when he offered to show up at my house with a truck/bring the equipment with him. He tried to arrange a time but I told him I wanted to do more research before we met.
1) I grabbed the model # of the machine (since it seemed like a generic Chinese machine part #) and indeed, tons of these spilling out of China...for $800 USD! I know in Canada we'd typically pay up to 3x that considering exchange, duty, shipping and mark-up...but that is a HUGE gap to the $6500 MSRP listed
2) researched his company and there are complaints about them to Better Business in Ontario. No decisions 'against' them...but suspicious nonetheless
3) Found more negative feedback/stories about them via GOOGLE re: 'some guy rolls up with a truck, says he's got a smokin package deal' due to a variety of reasons e.g. economy, bought too much, they sell so much they get huge discounts....and tries to close a deal right there/then. Then the Buyer trys to get support/warranty on the junk and 'no one returns their calls'
Guy called me back the next day and asked if he could swing by; told him I had shopped around and that the 'sale' price wasn't a deal...simply said 'Ok' and hung up.
Apparently he's also got ads in Red Deer, Edmonton and other places....is going throughout the province with his 'our loss/your gain' story on a bunch of low-end Chinese equipment.
BEWARE!!!
Contacted the guy about a mill/drill and he said 'yeah, economy is bad so we're blowing out a bunch of equipment. Great prices...we just need to reduce our inventory'.
Brand of the equipment is 'Precision Power Tools' and the guy directed me to their website for specs, etc. Kept telling me to 'ignore the retail price...I'll give you much better pricing than that' again, and again...seemed odd.
MSRP was $6500 but I could have it for 'only' $3500. Originally tried selling me a bundle deal with some other equipment but I insisted I was only interested in the 1 piece.
Got even weirder when he offered to show up at my house with a truck/bring the equipment with him. He tried to arrange a time but I told him I wanted to do more research before we met.
1) I grabbed the model # of the machine (since it seemed like a generic Chinese machine part #) and indeed, tons of these spilling out of China...for $800 USD! I know in Canada we'd typically pay up to 3x that considering exchange, duty, shipping and mark-up...but that is a HUGE gap to the $6500 MSRP listed
2) researched his company and there are complaints about them to Better Business in Ontario. No decisions 'against' them...but suspicious nonetheless
3) Found more negative feedback/stories about them via GOOGLE re: 'some guy rolls up with a truck, says he's got a smokin package deal' due to a variety of reasons e.g. economy, bought too much, they sell so much they get huge discounts....and tries to close a deal right there/then. Then the Buyer trys to get support/warranty on the junk and 'no one returns their calls'
Guy called me back the next day and asked if he could swing by; told him I had shopped around and that the 'sale' price wasn't a deal...simply said 'Ok' and hung up.
Apparently he's also got ads in Red Deer, Edmonton and other places....is going throughout the province with his 'our loss/your gain' story on a bunch of low-end Chinese equipment.
BEWARE!!!
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