[Public-List] Buying tip of the week

[Brooke Harwood]

Well done...  You are definitely THE MAN.

Brooke

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Due to their high prices for marine parts and supplies, I have virtually
> stopped buying from West Marine. Instead I have been using Hamilton Marine,
> Defender’s or Jamestown. Today I needed some Cetol and couldn't wait. So I
> went online to check prices...$35 Hamilton; $33 Defender; $26 Jamestown;
> $42 West Marine. I read the West Marine price guarantee on their website
> “We Won't Be Beat—Low Price Guarantee, West Marine will gladly match most
> U.S. based competitor's price on identical, in-stock items within 30 days
> of purchase” so I decided to give it a try. I printed the page from the
> Jamestown website showing the $25.99 price and took it to the West Marine
> store. They were happy to match the price and gave me no hassle at all. I
> guess they figure a small profit is better than NO profit. I plan to
> continue this practice and take the view that these are “discount coupons”.
>
> Mike Lehman
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