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Grizzly Tools - Dont Buy Grizzly Tools

  • by   Jul 01, 2012
  • Review #: 328627
CompanyGrizzly Tools
Product / Service15" Planer
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Category Other
Views5453
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We recently bought nearly $7,000 worth of tools from Grizzly!.com for our wood shop in Los Angeles'.When we purchased the tools they took the money out of our bank account twice which left us $7,000 in the hole until it was returned 4 days later:.
Than when the tools arrived, one of the machines, a 15" Planer worked for 15 minutes than stopped".

I called Grizzly and waited 2 days for a Supervisor to call me back, which never happened'. I had to call a machine tech to come look at the machine and diagnose the problem which turned out to be a bad motor.. That service cost me $250 out of pocket which Grizzly "does not cover" although every other competitor does especially on a brand new machine ".

I called Grizzly back again and after 30 minutes of nearly yelling at the service agent who told me there were none available, finally I was given a Supervisor who told me that they could send me out a new motor, but the cost to install it, another $300 plus would be my responsibility".Than 20 minutes later he called me back and told me they did not have any more of those motors to send and that I would have to send the machine back to Washington State and be refunded, and although they would cover the return shipping, I was responsible for packing the machine as it was shipped and after they looked at it they would decide on a refund.
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Willie69t Willie69t
Mar 24  from Jamaica, New York
I bought a grizzly 8" jointer big mistake buying anything from grizzly. It arrived well packaged but the fence pedestal and fence bracket were all chipped. I called them the next day and they sent me another set of parts and they were also chipped worse than the originals. I called them again now they sent me the wrong color green instead of white. I called them a 3rd time now the manager jean sends me the wrong parts and yellow in color un real. DON'T BUY GRIZZLY .
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Bosko Butchroy Bosko Butchroy
Mar 07  from Houston, Texas
People who buy Grizzly tools deserve to have their job outsourced to China.
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Bob Bob
Jan 09  from Elysburg, Pennsylvania
I also have purchased numerous tools from Grizzly for about 20 years. I also had a bad motor on my $5k milling maching. I pulled the motor myself and drove it 50 miles to the Muncy, Pa. store. They exchanged it for me, no problem. Yes, it did take some time to get me up and running. The thing with Grizzly is that most of their tools are Chinese and of moderate quality, but where can we get tools at their prices? I couldn't afford a Bridgeport mill, so I settled for a Grizzly and I'm happy with it. I have a gunsmithing lathe from them still in the crate. Hope it works out.
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tman tman
Jan 09  from Whittier, California
grizzly Go715p Hybrid table saw. DO NOT BUY THIS JUNK SAW . Trouble with fence , paddle switch , *** JUNK. Bad customer service
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jeffscabinets jeffscabinets
Jan 08  from Colon, Michigan
got the fence yesterday. Problem solved. Grizzly sent a new one which arrived monday and got a call from ups. They found the one they lost. :grin :grin
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jeffscabinets jeffscabinets
Jan 04 
FINALLY!!! Got a call from some lady at grizzly who promised the new piece will be here by monday afternoon ( the next business day). I threatened to cancel the order and file a dispute on my credit card, that must have gotten their attention.
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jeffscabinets jeffscabinets
Jan 04 
I ordered a cabinets saw from grizzly clowns. the ups clown showed up with 2 out of 3 cartons. they can't find it and grizzly won't send me the missing piece next day air which would satisfy me but they said this could take 3-5 days to remedy and another person said up to 10 dAYS. ups lost it but grizzly could easily fix the problem by shiiping a new piece. DON'T BUY FROM THOSE IDIOTS
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rickb rickb
Dec 28, 2012  from Herndon, Virginia
I don’t think you should comment on a product let alone operate it if you are unable to do the simple task of changing a motor. Paying $250 and $300 service calls show a level of incompetence. I suppose you pay that much to have the blades re-set after you have them sharpened.

Purchase, and learn how to use a $10 multi-meter and quit ***, you knew where the stuff was built when you bought it.

I have a shop full of grizzly wood working tools. Yea, it is made in Taiwan just like Jet etc. I expect to have to do a little adjusting and extra work when I purchase these tools, it comes with the territory!
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Rebelstreet Rebelstreet
Dec 26, 2012  from Madison, Wisconsin
I've had good experience with Grizzly. I've purchased a cabinet saw (which is great), a 15 in planer ( which is very good) and a 3hp shaper, which came with a faulty spindle. Customer service couldn't have been nicer, they sent a new spindle no charge and the machine has worked great ever since.
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boneheadlikeyou boneheadlikeyou
Dec 24, 2012  from Yakima, Washington
Yeah I made the mistake of purchasing a heavy intricate device (truck transmission) from a long distance and had similar problems. The companies aren't evil - we are just ***. DON'T EVER BUY SOMETHING BIG, HEAVY, EXPENSIVE AND TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED FROM A DISTANCE! At least that's the lesson i learned. Sometimes buying local is cheaper and better in every way.
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Bob, Bluff Dale, TX Bob, Bluff Dale, TX
Dec 14, 2012 
I have purchased tools for my woodshop from many different suppliers fover the past 12 years or so and I have yet to have a problem with Grizzly. Like a previous post stated that all are made elsewhere so it doesn't matter if it is Shop Fox, Jet or Grizzly.
I have never had a bad experience with service with Grizzly and I have purchased a planer, bandsaw, drill press and dust collection system.
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A Grizzly Customer A Grizzly Customer
Dec 12, 2012 
I have ordered a few Grizzly products and have certainly wanted to order more if it had not been for the poor customer service on first opening of the product faults.

Keep in mind if you never have any or very few defective products, a business can afford to warranty anything but if you’re having problems with your products, then any additional warranty problem becomes a significant financial burden. I am certainly not suggesting a business should warranty everything but warranty support is certainly an indicator of product quality and reliability.

On one of my first orders I ordered two items that were ordered together, 10 inch plastic bagging and a matching 10 inch bag sealing iron. The large roll (about 15 lbs.) of plastic bagging was a half inch wider (10 ½ wide) than advertised and wider than the capacity of their 10 inch sealing machine, all ordered at the same time. After a couple of phone calls, Grizzly’s first response was it’s your good luck, the bagging is ½ inch wider, a positive feature, a plus, oversized, no problem. Not so in my mind, if you trying to make a positive airtight seal. All polite calls, but a little miffed in my mind Grizzly commitment to exchanging my 10 inch sealer for a 12 inch sealer. I don’t think anyone was excited about the expense of shipping back that 15 lbs. roll of bagging. Nor did they believe me until they went back to look and verify the bagging size, discovering they did not have anything that
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Interested Interested
Dec 15, 2012 
Do you have any notion of punctuation, sentence construction, paragraphing and any number of other techniques that are available to help your reader?
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Kes Kes
Mar 06 
I'm sure the return policy that they have has nothing to do with their reluctance to help YOU, nor their belief that YOU as an individual, don't know what you're talking about. You have to realize the kind of scams and idiots that companies put up with every day that force them to put such policies into effect. I imagine, like every other industrial company out there, Grizzly gets a ton of people who misuse their products because some of their customers don't want to take the time or spend the money on a machine that was actually intended to do what they wanted it to do.

My family has produced carpenters for generations and I've been on the retail end of it for some time now. People like to try to use their wood bandsaws to cut metal, run plywood through their planers, turn too-large pieces on their hobbyist lathe, use their dust collectors that are meant for sawdust to suck up metal shavings... And those are just some of the basic, common things. I won't even get into the "modifications" that people try that go wrong.

My point is, if they offered refunds or exchanges to everyone based on the customer's word alone, they would likely not be in business anymore. If everyone was honest, or at least knew what they were doing, they wouldn't need to inspect a product before giving you your money back. If anything, you can blame your fellow customers for that one. ;)

Likewise, you get a warranty slip for a reason and it's not really a
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Artic Artic
Dec 10, 2012  from Reno, Nevada
I have bought many tools over the years from grizzly. Most were pretty good. The 5hp open frame belt sander, a feeder were really good. A couple of small shapers not so good, too much vibration, poorly ballanced...cheap. didn't bother to return them, too much hassel and they seem to work OK. I will buy locally whenever possible so I can test or eaisly return. Sprial planers are really touchey, dont buy unless they are easily returned. I suggest Woodmaster. Crappy dust collection but if you dont like them you just return the head. I am sure if you pay 15 or 20 K they would be really nice.
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ndr1968 ndr1968
Dec 06, 2012 
What Bold One said ++++++++++++++!! (Probably also say's he'll "be their")
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Oltimer Oltimer
Dec 04, 2012 
I have a shop full of Grizzly and Shop Fox power tools and have had only minor issues. Their service response has been first rate. Tech support is also excellent. I can only surmise that the originator doesn't deal well with issues. Nobody, including supervisors, want to talk to an abusive customer.
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Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore
Dec 03, 2012 
I have made three purchases from Grizzly. Total money spent, about sixty five hundred bucks. I have had no issues. Everything arrived in great shape, I read the assembly instructions, turned on the machines, and perfect. Now, there is one catch. I can read, I don't throw tantrums or cuss people out, and i take my time. And as far as China made? Get real. I have had worse luck with "made in U.S.A" purchases.
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Bold1 Bold1
Dec 03, 2012 
Since Tmoren doesn't know the difference between then and than, maybe he doesn't know how to read assembly instructions.
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oneidaho1 oneidaho1
Nov 21, 2012 
I purchased a 15" spiral head planer from grizzly. replaced the cutter head once,new one still no good. Wanted me to crate and return 685 lb machine to washington. It is impossible due to weight and cost of a forklift. Guess i will have to live with the problem and sand sand sand.
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