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LarryD

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Trade wars - Ugh!
« on: January 03, 2019, 04:30:28 PM »
I had wanted to get a chamber sealer to replace my Foodsaver that was driving me crazy.  I started comparing prices and ended up buying the Vacmaster Pro 350 (not a chamber sealer) instead because of how much the chamber sealers cost.  Last night I was reading posts on here from 6 months to a year ago and it turns out the prices have jumped considerably.  The chamber sealer I was targeting used to be $680 and today it's $1100+!  Even the sealer I bought has gone up $100+.  :(

I picked a bad time to upgrade, but I just couldn't justify spending so much on the chamber sealer... my math suggested it would take 8 years for it to pay for itself based on the difference in prices for the machines and bag costs for my usage.

Anyway... if you're in the market, brace yourself...
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old sarge

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Re: Trade wars - Ugh!
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2019, 10:09:44 PM »
Traders often times have good as well as bad  outcomes.
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Re: Trade wars - Ugh!
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2019, 12:16:19 PM »
WOW!!! That is wild. I think I paid like $699 (before tax) when I got my VacMaster 215 a couple of years ago. I thought that was a dang lot of money, but this new pricing would have priced me out of buying a chamber sealer too. I barely pulled the plug when it was $699.
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Re: Trade wars - Ugh!
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2019, 06:52:18 PM »
« Last Edit: January 16, 2019, 06:54:20 PM by old sarge »
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David from Arizona
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Re: Trade wars - Ugh!
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2019, 09:03:27 PM »
that is really a bummer I paid $669 delivered for a VacMaster VP215 this past July (2018).

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