Tool Fest 2011 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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So what is going on at Tool Depot? Tool Fest 2011 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this weekend.....

So a small side note as I am known to do....What do the employees of Tool Depot do after a busy weekend having fun at a Tool Fest?

Some go home and hang with the family by watching movies and playing video games. Others go and see Sugarland who was in Sioux City, Saturday, March 19 at the Tyson Event Center. This was just what the doctor ordered....We did have a hard time walking back to the car after the concert, our feet were killing us but we did have some awesome boots on. :)

Last weekend we had another awesome concert in the area, Kenny Chesney. He was in Omaha, Ne at the Qwest Center....Uncle Kracker and Billy Currington was with him and helped him celebrate his birthday. Also had to check on the Tool Guy's car that is in a million pieces!! It is certainly looking good.

Now after a crazy couple of weeks we are ready for another weekend of HOT Deals at Tool Depot. We have gone Tool Crazy!!!

We have the same deals that we had going on in Sioux City and LeMars Iowa but now in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

This is the last time for trade - ins on DeWalt, Milwaukee, Bosch and Makita - This ends on April 2, 2011. M18 Tool Kits and M18 Combo Kits have a $100.00 trade - in amount. The trade-in must include a 14.4 Volt Tool, 2 Matching battery packs and a charger. Don't forget about the 12 volt DeWalt trade-in that has a $50.00.

Jet Equipment - purchase a Jet/Powermatic Tablesaw and receive a FREE mobile base at the time of purchase.

Makita has a mail-in rebate for a free tool on the 4, 6 and 7 kits (the other kits are listed on the form).

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Toolgal :)

P.S. I love this commercial.

Tool Fest Ads

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We have been getting ready for Tool Fest 2011:

Sioux City and LeMars, Iowa
March 18 and 19 - during normal store hours


We are advertising on Kool 102.3 and KSUX 105.7, we have 2 different commercials running for the next couple of weeks. We were in the Sioux City Journal - Sunday Opinion Section. We are running a small ad in some of the small newspapers around the area. We are also running a new commercial on KTIV Channel 4, working to get the word out about Tool Fest.

There are alot of deals for Everyone - you dont want to miss it. :)

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Toolgal

Tool Crazy

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It has been completely CRAZY lately and I am not talking the NUTS type but we stock those as well, I am talking the TOOL TYPE!!!!!

We have been bringing in alot of new items again - JUST GETTING READY FOR TOOL FEST 2011!!!!

Stanley Bostitch - we are bringing in their new 1/4" and 3/8" PVC/Rubber Hose (we will also have this at a HOT HOT Price for Tool Fest) these hoses are 50' and 100' long.

Stanley 8 gallon Stainless Steel Shop Vac (New for Tool Depot).

Coleman 2 Gallon Hot Dog Oil-Free Compressor

Milwaukee, we are getting in all of the M12 and M18 Propex Expansion Tools (they actually came in yesterday February 23) I have not even had the chance to get it out of the box yet!!!
We also have all of the fittings for these as well.

Bosch new 10" Utility Saw, 12" Glide Miter Saw (there is also a Free Mail-in Rebate for a 12" Pro Blade that starts March 1 thru April 30).

Bosch also have new Router Kits that are suppose to be shipping March 1 - we are bring these in with the fixed base, plunge base and the kit that includes both.

Bosch also created a new Oscillating Electric Sander Kit - there are 2 different kits to choose from, the first kit is in a bag with 21 piece accessories and the second kit is in a case with 33 piece accessories.

Tool Fest 2011 will be March 18 and March 19 in Sioux City and LeMars, Iowa and April 1 and April 2 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Toogal

P.S. Dont forget about the trade-in going on with DeWalt 12 Volt and 18 Volt 4, 6 and 9 kits, Bosch 12 Volt and 18 Volt Kits and Milwaukee Trade-in on M18 tools (with Milwaukee Trade-ins M18, V28 and M28 Tools are NOT Accepted.

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ToolGal

Super Bowl Sunday

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It is Sunday, more importantly it is Super Bowl Sunday and the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl 2011. Yes, you probably knew that already but it makes me think about other things going in the world of sports like more important Nascar starts February 20, 2011 and the boyz will be turning left again. I love nascar - especially the sound and the speed of it.

So what is new with Tool Depot?

First - We have a trade in going on with Milwaukee on the M18 Cordless Combo Kits and Tool Kits. Bring in matching Tool, (2) Batteries and a charger - receive $100.00 off the purchase of a new kit. (If you have questions call the store or go in and see them to answer all of your questions.)

Second - There is a DeWalt Trade in going the 12 volt. Questions??? See someone in the store!!!

Third - We have a close out going on Bosch Cordless Tools - these are special inhouse promotions at the Sioux City Tool Depot.

We are also working on Tool Fest 2011!!! Sioux City and LeMars Show will be March 18 and March 19. Sioux Falls, South Dakota Tool Show will be on April 1 and 2nd. There are alot of promotions going and stay turned for additional information to come.

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Toolgal

My week so far.....

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I know that it is only Tuesday, January 25, 2011 but this week has been alot of fun so far...I am still sitting at work (yes, it is my favorite time of day....everyone is gone, the phones are not ringing, unless it is a wrong number or North High calling to let me know my child was not at school - dont know anything about that one, just glad we did not have that when I was going to school.) :)

So what has made this week so much fun or interesting in my book. Yesterday, Monday, I spent 1-1/2 hours with Mark Hahn, the radio guy, in a carpeted room (get your minds out of the gutter) recording a radio spot that starts tomorrow, Wednesday, on Kool 99.5 in Sioux City for the next 10 days. It was pretty cool how the whole process goes.

First, he started out doing a voice test, so he could see how loud I was going to be for the recording, making sure I did not talk directly into the mike so it sounded more like someone talking to you in a conversation. Then we did the 1st reading, then I thought to myself as he was playing it back, "Why am I doing this to myself? I sound really really weird."

He then walked me thru it and did another recording, still thinking to myself - "I so should not be doing this."

Then he broke it apart and we did a cut and paste recording (recording one sentence at a time), like you would do in Word, then he switched around and then put it back together. Then we listened to it, I asked him what he thought, I received NO RESPONSE!!!! Then he emailed me the spots and told me to pick one of the two and let him know which one to play.

So you know what I did - I made everyone at work listen to it and received a 50/50 response, some people liked the natural commercial and the others they liked the cut and paste commercial. The only thing my dad could say was why did you not say "Hey Big Boys come down to Tool Depot" in a low 900 number voice. :) LOL - I dont think that is what I want to hear when I am waking up in the morning, not sure about you?

So tonight after listening to the two commercials most of the day, we made the decision....Which one is going to be playing, not able to tell you but listen to Kool 99.5 and you decide if we made the correct choice....

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Toolgal

Happy New Year from ToolDepot247.com

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I hope that everyone is having a great New Year with the start of 2011 already into Day #3. I don't know where the time goes but at least we are having fun.

So what have we been up too??? I for one have taken on too many jobs but that is nothing new but I love being busy and not getting to everything I am suppose to be getting done.

So to start with this blog - I am going to do a wrap of 2010. We had a great year online/the web and in the stores. We flooded the market with over 600 new Milwaukee Cordless Tools and over 100 DeWalt Tools with the Trade-Ins. We brought in over 200 new items by visiting the True Value Show in Las Vegas.

So what is there to look forward to in 2011, to start with:

Milwaukee - January thru March - there is a $50.00 trade-in on all Test and Measurement Tools. The $50.00 trade-in is on all Pro Competitive Tools.

February thru March - there is a $100.00 trade-in on M18 Cordless Tool kits.

February thru March - there is a mail-in rebate on M12 Tool Kits

Watch back for more details on the Milwaukee Programs that we will be passing on to you.

Keep coming back to keep up with the hot deals ToolDepot247.com and Tool Depot has for you.

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Toolgal :)

Life, Football and Christmas

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Who would of thought that the last time I was on here was September 3o but I have not been idle. To start with most who know me know I am a huge Hawkeye fan, yes I know the year has not been as great as last year but we can't complain to much. I have made it to Iowa City for most of the games participation. Michigan State - we had awesome seats in section 115, row 7, seat 7 & 8. we slaughter Michigan State 37-6. We also had God in Iowa City (it was Halloween).
Other then that we have been been hanging out and making new friends in Iowa City, college students and others visiting Iowa City, other Hawkeyes or from the opposing teams.

What else has been going on??? Well let me tell you........

1) We have been receiving all of the new products that I purchased at the True Value show in September (Vegas Baby). Who would of thought that I would of purchased that many new items for the stores and we have been having great success with them.

2) We have been getting ready for Christmas with our full page Sioux City Journal Ads (the first one came out November 14) and our Thanksgiving Ad is printed and ready to go. We have some hot deals but I can't tell you about them yet. You will just have to purchase the Sioux City Journal on November 25 to see the hot deals. They are HOT HOT HOT.

We also have been working on the new location.....Spencer, Iowa. Yes it is in the works but will not be opening until Summer 2011. We have the outdoor signs for the building done and the new dock has been completed.

So we are ready for Christmas, the new promotional items have came in, as of today, and tomorrow the Hawkeyes play the Buckeyes. Who is going to win, I am hoping for the Hawks but it all depends on which team shows up to play.

Later and GO HAWKS
Toolgal

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LeMars and Taxes

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Everyone loves a good conflict, well I witnessed a good one today between Tool Depot (Toolguy) and the county of Plymouth. This has been going on for a while because the taxes in LeMars has been going up and up on a 15,000 sq ft building. With all of the buildings that Tool Depot operates out of LeMars's building has the most expensive taxes at $9047.00. The new location in Spencer, IA is around $4000.00 and is bigger than LeMars. Sioux City's location is around 20,000 sq ft and the taxes are around $7100.00. Sioux Falls which has a larger population based in Minnehaha county has cheaper taxes. This is all public knowledge if you know how to get into the county assessors offices.

So what did we do today??? This is the exciting part....

The Toolguy called up KMEG 14, they showed up today at Industrial Tools n Machinery at 11:00 am to do an interview, which lasted around an hour.

The next stop was Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Sioux City, with the camera crew and picked up $9000.00 in pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters and dollar bills.

We then went to the Sioux City Tool Depot picked up a couple of 2 wheel carts and a helper. Then on to LeMars, Iowa where we met up with the camera crew and got some more helpers.

Next stop was the Plymouth County Courthouse......Where we had the 2 camera crew, 4 helpers to carry in the money, the Toolguy and me, the Toolgal. We then took the 3, 2 wheel carts, up 2 different flights of stairs and wheeled the money into the treasure's office. The Toolguy was then asked if he could be helped. He handed off his ticket for his taxes and told the helpers to unload the money onto the counter. The guy at the counter looked at Ron and told him he would be right back.

The next thing that happened was funny, Linda, the county treasurer, came out of the back room (probably from her office) and asked if she could help the Toolguy. He said he was there to pay his taxes, she said 3 times, "You would like to pay your taxes with Cash?" He said "Yes."

She then said she would be right back. She came back and had 2 sheriff officers with her, don't forget during this time the camera guys were still shooting the counter with the money on it, the first guy that helped us came with a cart. The sheriff and him loaded up all of the money onto the cart. Next stop First National Bank of LeMars to have the federal boxes opened, the coin broke open to be counted and the dollar bills counted by hand as the machine did not work.

After getting to the courthouse at 1:45 pm, we got done at the bank at 3:30 pm. The best part of the trip to the bank, the Toolguy got 12 cents and 3 Canadian quarters back.

As a treat for being good while I waited we went the Ice Shop for some sundae's and malts!!!

In all we had a GREAT DAY!!!! Check us out at ToolDepot247.com, Facebook - ToolDepot.

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Toolgal :)

Football and New Items!!!

Hey Everyone ~ It has been a crazy last couple of weeks, especially with the start of the Football Season and getting ready for a buying show in Vegas baby!!! :)

Starting off, I am a huge Hawkeye Fan, I definitely have to say "Go Hawks" especially after last week's game against Iowa State. Yes it was not definitely not something to brag about because there is NO way they are in the same league as the Hawks. This weekend will show what we have going for us and what the future shows for us......

So on to Vegas.......

We left Sioux City on Sunday and headed west on Southwest Airlines and landed in HOT Las Vegas, when I say Hot try 96 degrees hot with the humidity of the midwest. Checked into our hotel on the strip. The hotel was Bally's and the rooms were gorgeous....my room rocked because I faced Paris and had a view of the Eiffel Tower.

So during the show we saw a lot of new products and placed orders for products we already stocked. Some of the new items was an automatic screwdriver that is spring loaded, wood glue from Gorilla Glue, so many new items from Fein Power Tools (small side note: after watching the demonstration that Fein was doing in their booth it really is the BEST ITEM....but only if you are comparing apple's to apple's - they were showing the FMM250QTOP with the quick change adapters against the others that had a starscrew adapters, YES there is a difference. Even Ryan (he was the demonstrator) said he would not use the FMM250START because it does not have the quick change). A few of the other items also include: Schumacher chargers, Generac Inventors, Makita's Tablesaw, cell phone cases that include Leather and Canvas, one was also for women - it had a spot for a Cell Phone, Lipstick, credit cards/ID's and don't forget a mirror. We had a very productive show. I can't wait to see all come in and get it around to all of the stores.

Next I need to share of few of the awesome pictures from Vegas that I took.

Enjoy and keep watching for the new items, I will keep you posted when the new items show up and GO HAWKEYES!!! ;)

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Toolgal

Bristol Race and Tools

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We know that Toolguys love Nascar, we know that I so enjoy Nascar, especially when the race is at Bristol (love it!!!). So one thing I am always looking at is what tools the Nascar Crew Guys are using to either fix the cars or to take them apart!!!

So during the Nascar wreck between Jimmy Johnson and Juan Pablo, Jimmy came to his pit box and did anyone see what tools these guys pulled out!!! Dewalt and Milwaukee Nicd Tools, I dont get this, why are they not using the new Lithium-ion Tools or at least Lithium-ion Batteries. They have all the new technology on the car with Motors, Tires, Shocks and they are using old technology to put the cars together.

Here is my recommendation to the Nascar Crews, come to Tool Depot in Sioux City, Ia, LeMars, Ia or Sioux Falls, SD after September 1, 2010 - trade in your old nicd tools for $100.00 towards any M18 combo kits/single tool kits, must have a tool (cordless), (2) batteries and a charger. You will not believe the differences between the old Nicd batteries verus the new Lithium-ion batteries. I have noticed this myself, nicd is more of a chug chug, while the lithium batteries has a smooth run.

I can't make them change their tools but if you want to be the best of the best, you need to have the best tools to make it happen.

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Toolgal

Bosch Days at Tool Depot Store

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Just a quick reminder that we are having BOSCH DAYS, started August 19 thru August 21, 2010. We are offering $10.00 off per $100.00 on all Bosch Tools. There are also awesome Door Busters going on.....

Bosch PS20-2A 12 Volt Pocket Driver with (2) batteries, charger and case is $69.00 - this Tool normally sells for $109.00.

Bosch 1677M 7-1/4" Worm Drive Saw is $99.00 - This is $100.00 off the everyday price!!!!

These deals are only while supplies last!! When I last looked we were down to 3 in each store and the deals only last until Saturday at 4:00pm.

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Toolgal

Cordless Tools

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I was at a friend's wedding a couple of weeks ago and was asked a questions that I get asked alot.

Who has the best tools? This is a trick question because there are alot of cordless tools out there. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, Panasonic, Festool just to name a few that we stock. The major difference in Cordless Tools is their batteries. With the change of technology the batteries are getting lighter so the tools are lighter, just like our cell phones, you don't see kids running around with bag phones like my mom did in the late 80's, early 90's.

So to rephase the question, "Who has the best battery technology out there at the most reasonable price?" I would have to say Milwaukee, yes you can see by the website we are a very red store. My dad is also a Milwaukee Tool Guy and he has not had problems with his tools, I had one of his drills and it stopped drilling so I traded it in and got my own M12 pocket driver.

Milwaukee has done the testing and retesting on the Lithium-ion batteries, not that they did not have problems coming to the market with the V18 series but the new M18 and M12 volt series they have a few batteries issues but they have been standing their products.

Why not DeWalt's Lithium-ion technology? They have not had the tools on the market as long as the milwaukee, they don't have the run time that milwaukee has or the extra features like the battery gauge so you can see what is left on the battery because using it half way through your project and then having to quit because the battery is dead.

DeWalt's nicd technology, everyone knows that these batteries dont have the run time that other nicd batteries have and the reasoning behind it is the following: Milwaukee has a slide on battery so the Positive and the Negative always line up when the battery is in place. DeWalt's Positive and Negative do tend to move around after the battery has been dropped, then you dont get the power and the battery is junk.

If you want the BEST cordless tool/batteries - you need to go to Festool, the german's know how to make cordless tools and their beers!!!

Have a great day (no we dont have a suggestion box)

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Toolgal

We are on Facebook

Hey Everyone -

We have been on facebook for a while now but we are having a bigger push on getting up to 400 friends. Once we hit that 400 friends you will receive special discounts on your purchases!!! We are Tool Depot on facebook.


We have also added new lines to our tool groupings, Grey Pneumatic Sockets and Sets. Right now we are not stocking the individual pieces but we are stocking the sets and the adapters. The adapters have very strong magnetics to hold them together so if you have a 3/4" socket but a 3/8" ratchet you can adapt the socket down to the ratchet you have in stock.

We also added Gear Wrench, Energizer Batteries in Lithium and Alkaline. I don't if anyone has tried the blue energizer batteries but you don't know what you are missing!!! These batteries last a good 4 times longer than the regular aklaline batteries. They only come in 9V, AAA or AA's batteries but these are the ones that most need for remote controls, camera's and milwaukee's test and measurement tools.

Watch for updates on Facebook and online!!
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Toolgal

HOT HOT DEAL on Milwaukee Reconditioned Tools

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We have the HOTTEST DEALS going on at http://www.tooldepot247.com/, Milwaukee has sold to us a bunch of Reconditioned Tools (reconditioned tools are tools that were sold to a Home Depot or Lowes or other distributors and they could not sell them, so they sent them back to the vendor and they are now called Reconditioned Tools. These tools have been looked over by a specialist from that vendor (aka Milwaukee) and have the same Manufacturer's warranty as NEW). These have a Full 1 Year Warranty!!!

Milwaukee has sold us the following items:

M18 Compact Drill Driver that includes (2) M18 Compact Batteries, Charger and Red Impact Resistant Case - $124.95

Milwaukee M18 4pc Combo Kit that includes the 2602-20 Drill Driver with Hammer Mode, Sawzall, Circular Saw - (2) M18 Batteries, Charger and Bag - $ 319.99

There are other awesome Recon tools that we have available. Give us a call if you have any questions aout these tools or other items you might be looking for.

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Toolgal

ToolGal: New Front Page

ToolGal: New Front Page

New Front Page

Hey Everyone!!!

We have been busy at www.ToolDepot247.com for the past couple of weeks changing up the front page to make it more manageable. We have more changes coming so please keep stopping back to view what we are up too. While you are at it join the newletter, we will be sending out emails with HOT HOT Deals on Tuesday and Thursday's. These deals you don't want to miss!!!

The first HOT Deal is the Bosch Reconditioned 12 Volt Multi-X Cutting Kit. This tool is cordless (the only one like it on the market) and comes with extra accessories for $144.00 while supplies last with the same warranty as NEW!!! Brand new this tool is $179.00 that is a huge savings.

Remember we are working on making the site better, keep checking us out!!!

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Toolgal

Website

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We have been busy getting ready for spring, we just purchased 50 pieces of Senco Roofing Nailers at a reasonable price. Normally we would sell it for $279 and now it will be round $239 for SPRING. We are also bringing in the right price on 1-1/4" Coil Roofing Nails - 22.95 ea or $20.95 for a pallet of 48 pieces.

We have hot deals on Knives, Blades, 10" Saw Blades from Bosch, Freud and CMT USA, Dont forget the trade in going on Milwaukee Tool Pouches. (This is an instore promotion only.)

If you want to join our ToolDepot247.com email list - Just send a message to General@ToolDepot247.com.

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Pictures

Saturday at the Races! Bright 80 degrees in Bristol, TN.

Dale Jr Saturday during Practice....If my camera would of been clear, it would of been like him looking right at me!!! SMILE!!!

I think this car is going the wrong way - Saturday's accident on turn #2.
Sunday before the Race!!

Down in the pits

Giant Shopping Cart with a Motor???

Say hello to Jimmy Johnson walking up the track after the Racer Meeting.

Carl Edward

Watching the cars on Sunday off of turn #4.

Goodbye Bristol, TN - You gave my mom and I a great weekend!!!!

Even the cars are off and Gone to the next race!!!

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Toolgal