I want to start using a 200DX ASAP think I'll go ahead and order one Thursday or Friday ... I'm sure I qualify for the next discount but I don't want to wait ... maybe Oleg will cut me some slack on the price.:cool:
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I want to start using a 200DX ASAP think I'll go ahead and order one Thursday or Friday ... I'm sure I qualify for the next discount but I don't want to wait ... maybe Oleg will cut me some slack on the price.:cool:
I love my 200dx.
DO IT!!! Then you can join me in checking the clock to see if it's two weeks from now... LOL
Honestly, the changes they made provided me with a clear choice. Down the road I'll upgrade to the biggest and baddest, but the new 200DX appears to have all the features I need for the foreseeable future.
I hear ya ... I just learned when the next shipment is due to arrive and I know of a lot of people who want the same unit ... I don't want to miss out and wind up having to wait for the following shipment ... if I can't get a break off of retail I will wait ... also having never owned one if I find I like Everlast I will be making other purchases ... one way or the other I will be taking advantage of the discount so the cash in hand wont be thrown away. It's all good ;)
When I called in the other day, they told me there wasn't an availability issue, there were plenty coming... I still called back that afternoon and placed my order, better to be anticipating the shipping when they're unloading than hoping everyone didn't do what you should have and pre-ordered :)
I sent a message to Oleg this morning with an offer on the 200DX if he excepts it I'm going to order it today ... if not I'll wait till the end of the contest ... waiting for a reply now ... keeping my fingers crossed.
Well it's 2:37 PM and no reply from Oleg ... either he hasn't checked his in box, isn't working today or didn't like my offer ... oh well ... life goes on.
Winky,
If you lowballed an offer, it will likely be ignored, since those kind come in daily, and are too numerous and frivolous to count. PM me your offer, and I will respond to you personally and put the sale through if it is acceptable.
Get it?? :)
Alright! Oleg did e-mail me and the e mail got lost in cyber space ... Mark intervened at one point and was willing to help me out ... then Oleg e-mailed me again explaining that the e-mail probably wound up in my spam folder. So I PM'ed Mark and told him Oleg was on it ... I must say Everlast makes a great effort to fill the needs of it's clients ... I'm impressed and Mark was also great too.
Thanks, Winky, for taking the time to let us all know what is happening. I had a feeling that Everlast would go the extra mile to see how they might meet your needs. And it's nice to know that Oleg took time from his schedule to see to your request personally. Hope it all works out - would love to see what you can make with some new equipment ;)
I'm excited about it ...the only tig welding I've done at this point is with a small DC scratch start ... let's face it ... that's pretty weak ... it may take me a little while to get it dialed but it's going to be great when I do aluminum because at this point I have to hook up a spool gun to my Lincoln 180c then change tanks ... it will be great just to grab a rod and go ... Oleg says I'll be amazed at the quality of these machines and from what I've read I believe him. It's going to be one of the new models with pre-flow and the new pedal they're anticipating the shipment soon so it shouldn't be long.
Just ordered my new toy ... ooo aahhh ... at least until the cc bill comes ... oh well, shouldn't take too long to pay it off if I work a little harder ... it's all good ... keeps me out of trouble.
Congrats.. Hopefully you get it quick
I am envious. Let us know when you receive it, what you think.
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Good for you, Winky. I know you've been planning for this day for a while (must seem like an eternity). You've posted a fair number of pictures in the past so I won't bother asking you to post pictures of your new machine and future projects - I'm sure you'll keep us in the loop with what you're doing. Nice way to head into the weekend. Cheers!
Were they in stock? Hope they were and you get it soon and are able to fire it up on arrival. Good luck.
Yea I'm excited ... they haven't arrived here yet but Oleg says it should be a week or so. I've looked at all the other "Comparable" units and no one comes close to offering the features and value Everlast does. You can get a Longevity 200 amp AC DC for a little less but there really isn't much control over your current ... anything else AC/DC @200 amps is really lacking or cost way too much money ... I like Lincoln and Miller and Hobart and I have machines made by them but PLEASE the cost factor ... the're great machines but they're way too proud of them.
Thanks to all my friends ... yes I will keep you in the loop ... happy metal melting ... God I love to play with fire ... YA THINK?
When I ordered they said they should be shipping them the first week of June, so I'm hoping they get the container this weekend or early next week. From all I've read here the last year, the folks there really bust their collective arses to get them shipped as soon as they get their hands on them. Don't worry, I'm doing something that will ensure they'll be shipped in record time... getting my hands tattooed, won't be able to weld till they heal, so the way the universe works, as soon as I do it tomorrow afternoon we'll get shipping notifications :)
LMAO, the tattoo is something I've been planning for a while, a celebration of making it through the last 6 months, it's just a timing thing I was poking a joke at.
I'm a college professor, research is like breathing at this point. I'm big into made in the USA, a company I'm starting will produce things solely in the US from US made parts, this will cost us about 20% of the potential profit over using offshore components. At that, most would think I'd dismiss Everlast outright, however, the involvement of the folks at Everlast are what makes them different than crap form HF. The care, the personal investment and involvement, the willingness to help and support, etc. pushes them above, in my opinion, blue, red and gray.
I eagerly anticipate seeing your company ... I wish success in your endeavors. I think that China is coming out of a slump the same way Japan did, I remember in the 60's everything that was made in Japan was junk .... "made in Japan" was a running joke for a long time but now what is produced there is considered state of the art and of the highest quality. I have seen tremendous stride in China's metallurgy over the last two decades and I am starting to see the same in their electronics ... China will not be considered the "third world" as it has in the past they are emerging as a major player in world economics.
It was a sleeping giant. It is waking up. So much potential capacity (and demand) It only needs a deft management hand to guide them into making superior products. Get a few companies like that and watch out.
First Japan, then Korea (look at Samsung, Hyundai, LG for examples of how quietly they can sneak in) and now China. Actually, I think Hyundai could have done a lot better if they could have changed their name a long time ago. Some perceptions associated with name brands are very difficult to change.
You are absolutely right, Winky, China will either explode onto the market or slowly creep in and the companies who are being complacent thinking they are safe are actually in big, big trouble.
It's funny but every one of those countries at one point was taken seriously by virtually no one ... the times are changing ... what's the phrase? Oh yea ... you snooze ... you loose. The Pacific rim has woke up and they are yawning with a morning cup of coffee. We can either roll over and fall asleep or we can team up and bolster each other we new partnerships ... innovative ideas ... and make it work to everyone's advantage.