Thank you for this thread. I was recently shocked to see ACSupply showing MSRP for Estes products. I've been ordering from them for years. Apparently, I've never created an account, though, as I never received the email about codes and such.
If you didn’t catch it earlier in the thread, ACS still discounts most of their Estes items, you simply have to add it to your cart to see the discounted price - no codes needed.Thank you for this thread. I was recently shocked to see ACSupply showing MSRP for Estes products. I've been ordering from them for years. Apparently, I've never created an account, though, as I never received the email about codes and such.
I went in today and did see the cart discounted but its now 20%, no longer 30% it would appear. But you do have to be logged in to see the discounts.Was shopping for some Estes kits, did my usual of researching them on the Estes site, then go to AC Supplies to actually order.
With a few individual exceptions, all Estes kits and motors are shown at list price. Wondering if this is a lingering issue from the April Fools joke (except it wasn't a joke....) where Estes requires list price advertising, I placed a few items in my Cart. They are still shown at full retail. I didn't want to risk going through the checkout procedure to see if a discount magically appears, as I might accidentally end up with an order at a price I don't want.
Anyone buy from them in the last few days?
Hans.
Edit: I see that Quest products are shown as discounted. Maybe AC is pivoting away from Estes toward Quest? Would seem odd, though, as Estes is the 800# gorilla.
That's a pretty standard MAP policy.I went in today and did see the cart discounted but its now 20%, no longer 30% it would appear. But you do have to be logged in to see the discounts.
Repeated for emphasis.If it was cheaper to do the whole process here in the USA then Estes would do it.
I may agree with this for the most part but large corporations can lose their own mission. Look at Sears, the Amazon of the 19th and 20th century.Repeated for emphasis.
It is one thing to debate Estes's strategy regarding retail vs. mail order, hobbyist vs. casual buyer, etc. But it is quite another to imagine that Estes doesn't understand their own supply chain.
No argument.I may agree with this for the most part but large corporations can lose their own mission. Look at Sears, the Amazon of the 19th and 20th century.
I may agree with this for the most part but large corporations can lose their own mission. Look at Sears, the Amazon of the 19th and 20th century.
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