Grizzly closing the Muncy PA store.

[Randy Red Bemont]

I just saw this on the Grizzly facebook page.

"Our Muncy PA location is closing and moving its operations to our newly expanded facility in Missouri. We will be posting special deals and details on our website homepage later today. All in-store purchases will be at a 10% discount and our demo machines will be 25% off."

Wow!

Red

[Peter Aeschliman]

I'm glad I live near their corporate headquarters! Although I suppose that could always move too.

[Matt Day]

Wow, bummer. I've only been there once but it was an impressive place.

[Harold Burrell]

What???

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Scott DelPorte]

Thats too bad for us in the Northeast..

[Bill Space]

Shocked to hear that!

Positive might be that we Pennsylvanians will not have to pay sales tax on future orders?

Last two purchases I had shipped anyway...table saw and jointer...will miss you Grizzly, but a four hour drive one way is not done frequently anyway.

Bill

[Anthony Whitesell]

Not cool. Granted I have only been there once and that was on a strategically planned trip in order to get near enough to go. Otherwise I wouldn't have been within 3 hours of the facility. In the short time I was in Muncy, I was surprised such a large store was in such a low population area. I hope they reconsider the consolidation by perhaps relocating nearer a larger population center on the east coast.

[Wade Lippman]

That stinks!
I have never been there, but will be 10 minutes away a week before they close. Maybe they will be 80% on the dregs?

(naw, "stinks" just sounds lame)

[David C. Roseman]

Shocked to hear that!

Positive might be that we Pennsylvanians will not have to pay sales tax on future orders?
[snip]

Bill

Unfortunately, no. Still will be responsible for reporting and paying PA use tax, at same rate as sales tax. http://www.revenue.pa.gov/FormsandPu...20Tax/pa-1.pdf

[Jay Aubuchon]

That is deeply disappointing. The Muncy store is only 1 1/2 hours from me. And it is between me and my lumber source, Lewis Lumber. And close to the Rockler in Wiiliamsport. And, and, ...

I guess it isn't the end of the world for me, though. I've already picked up several large tools there, probably just about all I'll ever want.

[Jim Finn]

[QUOTE=Bill Space;2462581]Shocked to hear that!

".....Positive might be that we Pennsylvanians will not have to pay sales tax on future orders?....."
Sales taxes are now being charged on internet purchases.

[ian maybury]

As a European from a small market (Ireland) i'm just amazed that anybody can move enough machines to support the overhead represented by even a single location like the Missouri store which i took a look at just now - never mind three: https://www.grizzly.com/showrooms/mo

That said we forget over here just how large the US geography and market are, the three stores are over 1,000m apart from each other.

The stores seem to be admin centres as well, and presumably a large part of their trade is with distant customers rather than from local population centres. Could be the locations are designed to utilise easy access low cost real estate and labour, closeness to major routes etc etc as much as to be near to large population centres....

[Dan Masshardt]

I can't find it on their Facebook page. Wonder if they pulled it down?

[Harold Burrell]

I can't find it on their Facebook page. Wonder if they pulled it down?

Not the FB page, but info nonetheless...

https://www.grizzly.com/events/2015/09/PA-Moving-Sale

[Randy Red Bemont]

Here it is.

Red

http://cdn0.grizzly.com/events/2015/...ss-Release.pdf