I have been watching the Ridgid jointer for ever it seems. About a month ago it drooped down to $360 and then when I checked on it today it was at $288 then with my military ID I got it out the door for $259.20. Back at the end of Jan I got the Dewalt DW735 for $279 I didn't know about the discount then. But either way I am very happy to score awesome deals on both theses tools.