I wonder why.

Stephen Newell

Well-known Member
I wonder why so many web sites never tell you where their business is located. I've been searching the net for a 60 gallon air compressor tank and I don't want it shipped, I want to pick it up and it's difficult to do without an address.
 
Some are distributors and don't stock anything. They ship from there mfr. I picked up an IR 60 gal compressor from tractor supply.
 
Bingo...lots of companies on the net are just basically selling stuff for other companies. No brick and mortar store, no overhead required, just the ability to come up with a catchy website. They get their cut out of any sales they generate. Don't know much more about it, but it must be profitable or there wouldn't be so many doing it.
 
The long and short of it is, they don't want you to know where they are, and there is no legal requirement to give you that information. You can find it out if you spend some time researching (i.e. NOT just typing the name of the place into google), but I just prefer to skip over places like that.
 
That's just it, I've looked for hours and can only find a couple of places with an address and one of those is Granger which I think they are 400% overpriced. They want more for a tank than I paid for the compressor.
 
No address or phone number on website, they don't get my business. Like Amazon and Rock Auto. I don't give my credit card out over the internet.
 
It's amazing to me how many print ads in farm papers and advertiser magazines don't even give an address anymore.
 
I notice some on-line auctions are that way now too. Makes no sense to me. I"d like to know up front how far I need to travel to pick up my "winnings".
 
Many online stores don't have a physical warehouse. That's particularly true with heavy, expensive items like air compressors: It's expensive enough to ship from the factory to the customer's door, let alone pay a second shipping charge add a stop at a warehouse.

Consider buying a compressor through a big-box store like Home Depot. There's typically no shipping charge if you have it shipped to your local store and pick it up there.

Another route is to search eBay. You can specify the radius of your search to find dealers near you.
 
>No address or phone number on website, they don't get my business. Like Amazon and Rock Auto. I don't give my credit card out over the internet.

It's simple to find the <a href="http://www.rockauto.com/help/?page=6">address and phone number for Rock Auto</a>, if you bother to look.

Please explain why you would rather put your CC number out over an unsecured phone line than use an encrypted internet connection. The prisons are full of crooks who thought it was safe to talk over the phone.
 
Amazon's address is easy to find too if you bothered to look, though all you're going to get is their corporate headquarters. I can't imagine the look on the main door security guard's face when you walk in and ask to buy an air compressor.
 
I wanted just a bare 60 gallon compressor tank once, and found I could go to a farm store and buy a whole new compressor for less than $50 more than the prices I got on a bare tank, and shipping ate some of that.

Just sayin'.
 
Well, it's a major investment in time to take the motor and pump off one compressor tank and put it on another so at my age I need it to be the last so I think I really need a new tank.
 
Yea, some places like Granger are high on the tanks. They wanted $1400.00 for one so I dismissed the idea of buying one from them. I am though finding tanks for around $400.00. This I think would be worth it.
 
I'm sure it won't be long where you will have to order anything but clothing from TC. I just tried to buy a small compressor to make do until I can get the big one fixed and found they had coats where the compressors were and only have half the compressor inventory they once had.
 
Where are you located at? I have one that the door shop i work for bought and only used it for a short time before the pump gave out on it. It was supposedly one rated for something like farm use (occasional) not for the volume the door machines use. They were getting rid of it and I didn't want it to go to the scrap yard so I hauled it home. I was going to repair it then sell it but I changed my mind.

Steven
 
I'm in the Dallas area. That would be good, I'm starting to get desperate enough to attempt a patch. My back up compressor went down yesterday and can't find a place to buy a compressor. They are all upright or oil-less or too big to be portable or too small to do the job. I'm down to spraying cabinets with a smudgepot compressor.
 
(quoted from post at 06:56:26 10/06/16) I'm in the Dallas area. That would be good, I'm starting to get desperate enough to attempt a patch. My back up compressor went down yesterday and can't find a place to buy a compressor. They are all upright or oil-less or too big to be portable or too small to do the job. I'm down to spraying cabinets with a smudgepot compressor.

I always enjoy your posts. Please do not weld on your tank! I would like for you to be able to continue to post!
 
As long as The product is priced to my specs I don't care where it comes from. A couple years ago I drove 250 miles one way with the dually to get $6000 worth of tires. By the time I figured up my travel costs I didn't save much but I did get to see some country. Come to think of it I drove 150 miles in Kansas one way with the dually to get one tire that cost $6000 but that was because we needed it now.

This reminds me, a week ago I ordered a new battery for my Blue Parrot head set. It is the size of a postage stamp and 1/8 inch thick at the most. Friday UPS delivered it in a 8" square box. Inside the box was a wad of bubble wrap and a tiny battery laying in the bottom of the box unsecured. It was safe and sound but the size of the box surprised me. I suppose there is a minimum charge below a certain weight for shipping and physical size doesn't matter as long as it is below the minimum weight. Maybe they figured it was safer going by UPS in a bigger box than a small box mailed by postage.
 

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