Grizzly gone?

Went past the Grizzly store location in Montoursville last night for the first time in a while. Store empty and closed up. Is Grizzly completely out of business? or moved??
 
Grizzly is still in business, but they pulled the plug on the PA showroom, and as far as I know, warehouse also.

Their showrooms are only in Washington state and Missouri, now.
 
Just like a lot of other things, young people have no interest in woodworking so sales are declining.
 
(quoted from post at 10:54:02 11/22/16) Just like a lot of other things, young people have no interest in woodworking so sales are declining.

More like a declining middle class.
 
I don't think it has anything to do with young people. Old people were the ones buying that equipment to keep themselves busy during retirement. Professionals don't buy Grizzly.

The market is saturated and now shrinking through the effects of time.
 
They say Grizzly is doing more and more internet sales. This was probably the downfall of the store. Why drive 50 miles to a store when you can get online and have the item delivered to your door.
 
I'm a young(ish) person, currently 30, and have been doing woodworking since my early teens. Building and selling banjos, banjo parts, fiddles and other instruments is a small business that I am hopping to grow to where it can support me, I buy all of my tools secondhand, as it's still cheaper than Grizzly. My 18" Jet bandsaw cost $320 at an estate auction, though it took me years of searching to find one I could afford.
Zach
 
While I cant say for sure I know from an inside the industry source that the market for new equipment like Grizzly sells has shrunk tremendously. Partially due to lack of interest, partially due to the vast amount of used for sale, partially due to more people selling new imports under other names. Punch in any big ticket item like planer or jointer, lathe, table saw etc in Auction Zip and there are many of them for sale on any given weekend within a hours drive and they are usually virtually unused and sell for pennies on the dollar. Then punch same into Craig's list and find that many more for sale. Unless one lives in the wilderness used is an excellent route to take at this point in time. Fellow near me has made good side money for years buying up woodworking and metal working tools at auction and reselling. He told me just last week that he has had to continually lower his buying prices over the last few years in order to be able to move what he has in stock. Personally I have not been a fan of Grizzley and am partial to Powermatic. For a few more bucks I think that I get a superior machine.
 
(quoted from post at 15:48:37 11/22/16) Professionals don't buy Grizzly.

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I know quite a lot of professional cabinet makers up here that run Grizzly table saws. Good product for the money.
 
I can see on CL that there is a real buyers market for tools, I bought most of my stuff between 20 and 40 years ago, and paid some serious money for it. Now when I want to sell, it's 30 cents on the dollar time! And heading lower....

I bought all the big stationary tools used, shopped for years to get a good price, and now I see Bridgeports for $1500 or less on a regular basis. 12x36 lathes about the same, nice table saws for $300, radial arm saws for $125, and the list goes on. And even at those prices, they don't sell very fast, the ads are a week or two old on a lot of them.

I can see why Grizzly is having to downsize, nobody really needs to buy new with all the used floating around. He timed it pretty good though, the 80's, 90's, and 00's were good for tools; until the economy collapsed in '08. Now he gets to decide how small he needs to get to keep it open.
 

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