fiatben wrote:I'm excited to see Shopsmith doing this, along with the recent site improvements. I get the feeling that maybe more than one person is monitoring our forum and actually listening to what we say/suggest.
Now, if we could only get the promotional items into the online catalog. I'd love a Shopsmith coffee cup, but I want to buy it from Shopsmith.
I am sorry but I disagree. I believe that for the sake of effective inventory cost control Shopsmith should eliminate from their offerings those items that we can easily purchase from a different source.
What I mean are those items that are not Shopsmith specific. For example, I can purchase a TruTrac or a reasonable substitute elsewhere. This is the type item that I don't believe Shopsmith should mess with.
The Incra V120 can also be purchased elsewhere but I feel this is the sort of item that is reasonable for Shopsmith to market. I can also buy V120 that is not compatible to the Shopsmith table but it would not come from Shopsmith.
I would rather see the email special include items like wedge locks, "complete sets" of set screws, bearings sets for a specific maintenance task like rebuilding the quill or the main shaft, a quill spring and housing assembly, a quadrant for the jointer, etc. This would help us counter the fact that many of our machines are getting older and are in need of TLC while at the same time increase cash flow to Shopsmith and simultaneously improve inventory turn over.
Just a thought fostered by my years of experience in Engineering and Production Testing.
