Reply by Bill White

Oh well….Ya pays your money and ya takes your chances. Walk with your pocket book.
It is not just with Laguna (though I have no experience with them). That’s why I choose to buy face-to-face whenever possible. That being said, I have never had a bad experience when dealing with Grizzly. There are a bunch of green machines in my shop for that very reason.
I choose to buy tooling that will accomplish the basic tasks, not that which will supposedly last forever. Hey! I’m not gonna last forever, and the tools will be sold for pennies on the dollar anyway.
Dang! That just made me feel better.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us