My guess is simple. Talking to the Bosch tool guy in Canada recently he said selling tools in the USA right now is very very difficult. I dont think Grizzly is excluded. Hence the accomodations they have made to get into the Canadian market.
By the way when you consider the Bosch guys sales story think of their sticker price and then think of machinery we are talking about.
I think its a bunch of things.
- Not everyone likes green.
- Busy bee in Canada is also green so Drew could be right but the Canadian population is only 10% of the US so i cant see them doing this for purely Canadians.
- The imitation Jet story would be better way to go. If you already have a color scheme of white ie Jet this could help you buy Green but in white clothing.
- Lastly with tool sales being down this is a way to bring an equivalent product to market at good price without upsetting the existing market and its price.
You get to see how tight this market is when you look at the closeness on something like the Go555 bandsaw in white then green. Note that they saying these are introductory so leaving themselves open for change at a later stage.
I think it is clever marketing. Taking an old dog and kicking it back into life at no cost in R&D and loads of marketing hype just look at us discussing it. Its getting more attention than a single new machine.
Gotta hand it to Grizzly. I just wish they would buy out the Busy Bee part and make it all Grizzly could not care what color they used.
Here is an example of what we put up with when i say gouging. I even wrote to them about it.
http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/picture10?NTITEM=DUSTDEPUTY
This same unit i just got a email from Rockler where they have it on sale for $84 US which is approx $90 Canadian.
So $90 Canadian versus $115 Canadian. Where is $25 more in value for this piece of plastic. Its made in USA so forms part of Nafta therefore no duties. Both my prices are before our taxes.
If i start on the machinery i could write a book on gouging. Thats all it is so i told them i would rather drive to Buffalo and pay more in the long run than support them.
After thought,,,,,,I just placed an order with Grizzly online.