Last night I waited patiently for 12/13 midnight to log onto Woodcraft for the super-duper Delta sale. I was going to purchase the 13" planer, because after all the discounts and rebates it was hard to justify getting the DeWalt DW735. So a few minutes before midnight, my fire radio alerted for an alarm activation. After the famous Woodcraft clamp sale on which I got skunked I decided not to respond as a volunteer firefighter. Logging on and getting to the Delta Sale page by 12:05am, I found the 13" joiners sold out and up to full list price when reordered. I've now been burnt twice by Woodcraft, but fortunately it was a tripped alarm without a fire, so at least those folks didn't get burnt.
Today, comparing list price to list price I ordered a DW735 from Lowes off their web interface. Had a confirmation in seconds and picked it up this evening without incident. Customer service at Lowes was a little tentative in dealing with a web order & pickup, but after about 10 minutes what impressed me was the guy from the hardware department carrying the 100lb box accross 3/4 of the store by hand. He did put it in a cart to get it to my truck :) So now all I have to do is wait for Santa to make the final delivery!!
So in summary ... Woodcraft rots (again) and the Blue Borg comes through with a somewhat scarce item! Go figure!
Jerry