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The point I was making, ;~) not a Home Depot exclusive. There were several businesses selling through Amazon. You pay Amazon regardless of who the seller is.

On that note, because of supply issues I have been ordering some of my Festool consumables through Amazon and they have been being shipped from Hartville Hardware. I have been to that store, while in Ohio, a couple of times, well maybe 3 times. ;~)

THAT store is a destination if you are ever in that neck of the woods.

Nearly any brand of what ever is sold through Amazon anymore.

Well kind'a sorta. Mostly correct. I do recall the Ridgid shop vacs being sold elsewhere.

Amazon sells them

FWIW even Insinkerator sell models direct not available anywhere else. At least that was the case when I thought I was getting a certain model,

The Amazon seller (Skyline Studio) probably just buys them from HD and resells them on Amazon. Far more common than you might think.

Buys them on sale and marks them up - noit un-common.

Also a pretty good way to launder money - even if there is no profit involved.

A bit like a computer parts importer I knew who (chinese) got 180 day terms from his mainland chinese suppliers for container loads of components. He sold the first half of the container for 5% over cost in a matter of days or weeks, and then unloaded therest at 5% under cost - breaking even - and putting the procedes into the "short term money market"(aka loansharking) in NYC at rates of about 1% per week, compunded - clearingclose to 150% profit over 180 days. It did finally catch up to him - he's likely sitting with Jimmy Hoffa.

Certainly possible.

But

Just saying that HD is not the only source dfornon Ridgid power tools and vacs.

And quite possibly the registered extended lifetime warranty may possibly be a HD exclusive over the normal 3 year warranty through other sellers.

Oh and,

HD was the only RETAIL source. Globaltestsupply and Plumberstock are trade outlets - or distributors - and they carry a rather limitted lineup of "pro grade" tools aimed at the professional plumber.

HD had a virtual lock on the "consumer grade" Ridgid branded power tool lineup.

Perhaps even Ridgid?

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Going back to earlier in the thread, Ridgid is indeed available through sources other than HD. That is all I am saying.

Notice that the top list of Ridgid tools is a consumer/hobbyist grade woodworking jointer. And a router that HD sells, the 2400 series. the 2401 vs the

And I never said the pro line and specifically plumbing related tools were not.

Home Despot piggybacked on the reputation of Rigid brand plumbing tools and effectively licenced the brand for their in-house line of "consumer grade" tools. The only places you can buy Ridgid tools in Canada other than Home Despot is through trade oriented DISTRIBUTORS or "online retailers" Home Despot is the only "retail store" you can walk into and but them off the shelf.

Here in Canada it is pretty much the same story for Ryobi. If you want Ryobi you buy it from Home Despot or online - with the vast majority of the sellers being American and some of the "canadian" resellers drop-shipping from American distributors. If you go to

Ok to be clear, Keith, aka KRW, thought that Ridgid was a house brand, and he most likely meant the woodworking tools and not the pro-grade plumbing tools.

I pointed out that you could buy Ridgid tools, and "now" to be more specific the home owner grade ww tools, at Amazon Among other places, plumbing supplys that offer jointers, routers, and jigsaws.

That is possibly true, using the name of a reputable plumbing tool company, but HD is not the only store that sells Ridgid homeowner grade tools in the USA. The Ridgid vacs have always been available at a multitude of tool stores.

In the Houston area there is a outlet mall that had a tool store that sold both Ryobi and Ridgid woodworking power tools along with many other brands. FWIW I bought my first Ryobi AP10 bench top planer from a local tool dealer in Houston. And while in Canada things may be different, the same is apparently not so in the USA. Ryobi too can be bought through Amazon now and unlike the Ridgid ww tools Ryobi appears to not be sold through some one that might be buying and reselling on Amazon.

But switching to the HD USA website, I do not see that Ryobi being touted as exclusively at HD.