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Re: [Non-MG] Dremel tool - Deed is done! Part Deux

To: Carol <car@intersatx.net>
Subject: Re: [Non-MG] Dremel tool - Deed is done! Part Deux
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:26:43 -0500 (EST)
        What competitor offers it at the discount price? If you need the
extra grinders and things Harbor Freight has a 134 piece kit for $19.99.
I'm not sure how that compares since I don't have a Dremel tool. They also
match competitor's prices but no sales tax.
...Art

On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Carol wrote:

> Whoops almost forgot!! 
> 
> What did I end up with? A Dremel with lotsa' pieces, the flex-shaft, the
> book on "175 Ways to Use Your Tool", and a case. The MultiPro+ SuperKit...
> 
> I was going to get the Ryobi and the Dremel, bring them home for analysis,
> then return one. At the checkout at Home Depot I asked about the discount
> OF's get on Monday's or whatever. I do have access to a couple of OF's! ;-)
> 
> Well, it seems that Home Depot doesn't do that, BUT... they will match any
> competitor's price and give an additional 10% discount. So... The $79 tool
> ended up costing $62... $3 more than the Ryobi or the Sears unit. I added
> up all the pieces in my head (scary place!) and decided that was a good
> deal. Cheapest price on the flex-shaft by itself cost about $27. The single
> speed tool was $38. 
> 
> Anyway... how's that for rationalization??! Now I'm gonna' go see what's in
> that box!
> 
> THANK YOU ALL!!
> 
> Carol
> 
> PS Now it's off to the pawn shops and used tool places for extra bits and
> pieces... This is gonna' be fun!
> 


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