Tool sites—the good, the bad, and the ugly
05-27-2020, 03:30 AM
I don't have much of a preference on the tools sites other than I wish they all had free shipping and the free shipping thresholds were a lot lower. Acme went to $49 around Christmas but has jumped it back up to $199 for free shipping now.
Lowes and Northern Tool have to be the worst when it comes to cancelling an order on you. Not sure who all was around for the Sunex Lowes deals maybe a year ago but they had a ton of tools for great deals on the website and I ordered probably 8 different things myself. Also posted it on the website and video and they ended up cancelling everyone of them. On my end its not just the disappointment of not getting the items but also I obviously don't get an affiliate commission if the order gets cancelled and its just a huge waste of time. So places that cancel a lot of orders kind of piss me off.
Also because I have had some sort of discussions with employees at most of these places I have learned that in different ways they can all suck and be a pain in the ass and I cant cut ties with one because they do something incredibly stupid. If I did I wouldn't have anything left to post.
Also ToolBarn and ToolNut seem to have the highest prices. I am pretty sure the ToolNut affiliate agreement makes a big deal of not doing price comparisons.... I wonder why lol
Lowes and Northern Tool have to be the worst when it comes to cancelling an order on you. Not sure who all was around for the Sunex Lowes deals maybe a year ago but they had a ton of tools for great deals on the website and I ordered probably 8 different things myself. Also posted it on the website and video and they ended up cancelling everyone of them. On my end its not just the disappointment of not getting the items but also I obviously don't get an affiliate commission if the order gets cancelled and its just a huge waste of time. So places that cancel a lot of orders kind of piss me off.
Also because I have had some sort of discussions with employees at most of these places I have learned that in different ways they can all suck and be a pain in the ass and I cant cut ties with one because they do something incredibly stupid. If I did I wouldn't have anything left to post.
Also ToolBarn and ToolNut seem to have the highest prices. I am pretty sure the ToolNut affiliate agreement makes a big deal of not doing price comparisons.... I wonder why lol