Lee Valley Sale

[Maurice Ungaro]

Well, their site is locked up again, with their garage sale.

[Chris Griggs]

Yeah. I can't get in either. No biggy. Hopefully, they'll sort it out soon enough.

[Robert G Brown]

That makes three who can't get in

[Robert G Brown]

Finally got the start shopping but it is so very slow

[Cory Waldrop]

They had this problem last time too if I remember correctly.

[Maurice Ungaro]

All I get is how many items to show on the page. No items show, however.

[glenn bradley]

There are people who specialize in events of this sort. The normal every day web presence a company may operate is not geared for these kinds of spikes.

[Cory Waldrop]

I get the same. There is a link below where you click on Start Shopping that takes you to a page with a few clearance items, but they aren't what we are looking for.

[Jeff Ranck]

The normal every day web presence a company may operate is not geared for these kinds of spikes.

Again. It is a relatively common thing with the LV site. I know they've made some changes, but it seems like their popularity in these sales is growing faster than their peak capacity.

[Cory Waldrop]

It appears to be working fine now. Not much there for tool hoarders though.

[Augusto Orosco]

It appears to be working fine now. Not much there for tool hoarders though.

Agree... can't find anything that interest me. Oh well, my wallet is thankful!

[Maurice Ungaro]

My wallet is thankful, and there is nothing to explain to my wife!

[Hilton Ralphs]

A complete waste of time (thankfully).

[glenn bradley]

I get the same. There is a link below where you click on Start Shopping that takes you to a page with a few clearance items, but they aren't what we are looking for.

I was hoping for more tools but, the half off on knife hinges let me re-stock very reasonably.

[Cory Waldrop]

Glenn,

The different hinges were tempting, but that was really the only thing I saw that made me consider spending some money. That is not a bad thing though, I didn't really "need" to spend hundreds of dollars today :).

[Rob Lee]

Well, their site is locked up again, with their garage sale.

Hi Maurice -

Sorry for the slow response times... our IT folks are scratching thier heads. We're running about 15% load, I'm told....

New servers, most recent SEQUEL database, and a wide open pipeline.....

They'll keep digging until they find whatever it is...

Rob

[mike holden]

As of 10:48 EDT they are completely sold out. The webpage shows "1 of 0 items".

[David Bassett]

Uh, try again.

I just clicked and see the same 121 items on sale, with only one marked as sold out.

[mike holden]

You are right, it must have been a glitch earlier. Thanks

[David Bassett]

There have been many glitches. This turned out to be a stress test for their IT department's new software. :-)

[Steve Meliza]

It wasn't displaying for me first thing this morning, but about 2 hours ago I was able to peruse all 121 items that were available at the time. Also thankful there were no tools such as the plow plane as I already spent a good chunk during their recent free shipping event.

[Doug Ladendorf]

I wasn't able to get on until Noon Eastern and everything woodworking related was pretty much gone. I would have been interested in the Kelton hollowing support but it's nice not to have to explain to the wife.

Rob, thanks for checking in here.

Doug

[Maurice Ungaro]

Rob,
Thanks so much for checking on it!

[Doug Ladendorf]

So what goodies did folks come away with?

[Steve Meliza]

I was really tempted by the pink elephant hooks, but in the end all I came away with was some browser cookies. Last week however I got the large York QR vice and some aluminum bar clamps so that I can make a Paul Sellers style workbench.

[Randy Karst]

I have to agree with you Hilton, thankfully there was nothing of interest there, my wallet is safe (from LV this time - darn, I mean good...).

[Randy Karst]

Well, maybe Rob will extend a gratuitous 15% discount as a consolation (hint, hint)?

[Frederick Skelly]

I have to agree with you Hilton, thankfully there was nothing of interest there, my wallet is safe (from LV this time - darn, I mean good...).

Yeah, but Cyber Monday is only 5 months away!!! :)

[James Tibbetts]

I came away with zip. The first ten minutes all I saw was the first page of items and nothing of interest, so I left and didn't check back 'til I saw some of the posts here. By then of course everything I would have considered was gone.
Family stuff kept me away from the last sale event too. Just not getting things to click.:(