TowerHobbies Price increase.

[GlowThunder]

looked on tower this morning at the slash 4x4 the price went up 45$. the price was 424$ now just 3 weeks ago it was 379$ ((WOW)) talk about price jumping. a few things have went up on tower i used to buy. now il look for a different online hobby shop.

[ToXiC MeRv]

Yeah ive noticed everything is starting to go up.

[Chris95GT]

I know not all people have the option, but I honestly buy 90% of my stuff from my LHS. I do buy my batteries online and a couple of other things, but for my replacement parts and things I break, my LHS's prices are comparable or better then online pricing, without the wait.

[OCD RC]

They have brough everything up. They do this every year after thanksgiving. Come January they will go back down, Tower's rock bottom prices are usually in Febuary. I buy alot, and I mean alot from Tower. I think those prices are higher than they normally raise them in December though. I think its due to the discount for the general public on the home page allong with free shipping on those trucks.

How about this though. I got an email today for their best sellers. The slash 4x4 was listed in there at $410. clicked on the link and it went to the $425 price.

[turbo_cat1]

Tower has unreliable and often mediocre prices. They compensate by sometimes offering coupons and free shipping on orders over $xxx; it's not like UPS doesn't charge Tower - if they can afford to cover shipping, they can afford to offer product at a lower price. It's just annoying to mess around with coupons.

Don't get me wrong - I've used Tower for years, but it's not the best deal around 100% of the time. Look at Stormer hobbies. I recently had a positive experience getting my E-Maxx there.

[87 GN]

+1 coupons......

[Kitteh298]

rcplanet and rcboca have very reasonable shipping and ALWAYS cheapest parts. search any part, I dare you.

[DiggerPede]

I totally agree with yall! Its basically a sales gimmick! Give you a price then offer you coupons to make it look better! Ive seen lots of places that do that. But at the same time they have a smooth customer experience and ship fast. Sometimes you pay for good service. I purchased a Parma GraveDigger lid from them, came in dinged up, called them, they shipped me a new one quckly and told me to keep the bad one. Can't argue with service like that.

+1 coupons......

[bronzzhorse]

+1 for RC Planet!

[DJ]

I went to RC Planet as well and I was a long time tower hobby shopper , hopmeup has good deal's too . amainhobbies on something's

[Kitteh298]

maybe the floods in taiwan have something to do with it... traxxas vehicles are made in taiwan after all.

[No One]

I was think about picking up a slash. Noticed today the price went from $339 to $349.. and I swear it was $329.00 not that long ago. Plus tower had $60 off 300. But not that's down to $50 now. Its still cheaper then most places. But what the heck tower. Going to wait this one out.

[No One]

I was looking around on Tower site today at work and noticed that I had put a Slash VXL in my cart a few weeks ago. I noticed the price was $10 cheaper then the current price. listed.. so I thought what the heck. And place the order ( $289.99) Funny the cart price stayed in my cart for well over a week and didn't update.