Well i sent off an email to Jet directly and here is the party line i got back.
"Our distributors were informed that the ½ price clamp sale was effective while supplies lasted or to run no later than 12/1/2014 whichever came first. Once the quantity on hand was depleted the item would no longer be eligible for the discount.
Despite our distributor’s best efforts to forecast Black Friday clamp sales, the demand exceeded some distributors’ supplies.
Please talk to your local distributor with whom you placed your order.
Regards,
DeWayne St Laurent
Internet Support
Direct 1-800-274-6848
Email
dstlaurent@jpwindustries.com
JPW Industries
427 New Sanford Road
LaVergne, TN 37086
www.jpwindustries.com"
Note how they dont bother with dear sir or hey dog its just the party line, i bet they got this email programmed in their system and hit the send button when they get an inquiry.
Here is the exact email i sent them.
Hi Jet
I would like to know if Jet plans on honouring the various orders that they have received from vendors who supported the recent Jet promotion on the Jet line of parallel clamps.
I placed a significant order via International Tools only to find out that there is a question now as to whether this order will be honored by Jet.
Rather than listen to the grapevine or internet forum chatter I contacted International Tool who in turn advised me that the problem lies with Jet.
So can someone like the Brand manager at Jet please advise me as to what the status of these orders is going to be. I find it hard to believe that Jet conducted a promotion of this kind without having the stock or determined pricing and fulfillment support issues before the promotion. Do you really expect woodworkers to believe you are such idiots.
Just for your own info this issue is creating a great deal of negative publicity for the Jet brand, there may be some in your marketing department that may think this is an ingenious way of securing exposure but I can assure you this is not a political race where negative publicity works.
For my part I want to hear from the horse’s mouth so to speak as to the status of these orders. Given when I placed my order is close to a month away from Xmas I had expected that this order would be in the mail within a week.
I have yet to receive any confirmation of shipping or even if this matter will be cleared up as I understand from International Tool that they do not have confirmation from Jet.
I look forward to your response.
Thanks
Rob Keeble
So there you have the standard corporate line. From my perspective this was a cheap publicity stunt on the part of JET and they wont be seeing my business ever. I wont waste any more of my time with them or their brand.