[Public-List] Buying tip of the week

[Jim Mennucci]

Myself and Lehman have a mutual friend who's a buyer for a local marine
store, and  she's very familar with retail prices and she says that WM
actually sells stuff above suggested retail...they are not the pillar of
the community for sure, and I tell them that all the time mostly because of
as I tell them: I'm a cheap ass sailor not a motor boater.
Jim Mennucci
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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