I recently purchased the Delta 14-651 mortiser from Amazon.com ($249 - $50 Mail-In Rebate + Free Shipping) and am debating whether or not to send it back. When it arrived, the cast iron top was chipped on the underside, which if not filed down, would gouge my workbench surface. I filed it down and that took care of that issue.
Now, I'm still debating whether or not I really need it. I purchased it primarly for the deck furniture I will be building. With it being slightly damaged, Amazon offered to return it at their cost and refund me the purchase price.
What are your thoughts? Should I keep it or return it? The damaged part is really a non-issue now. I'm just not sure if it's worth the $200 now that I have it in front of me.
Thanks in advance.