ToolCrib.com Catalog on Hold While New Vendors and Order by Phone Service Added
We’ve been hard at work on our ToolCrib.com Catalog, aiming to ship it at the end of the summer of ‘07. Unfortunately we hit some technical snags that got us rethinking the whole catalog concept.
In Leu Of A Catalog, We Have Added Some Great Features And Services
We decided it was more important to put our time and resources into adding more vendors to our online store to insure we have the lowest prices for you. You can now buy from Home Depot, Tool King, Northern Tool, Rockler, and Amazon.com, so you are sure to get the lowest prices and best selection at one site, ToolCrib.com.
We also launched a Power Tool Personal Shopping Service for contractors with large orders or shopping lists, and organizations that buy with POs. ToolCrib.com will find you the lowest prices on power tools by cross checking with multiple vendors and using our volume buying clout.
If You Really Want a Catalog…
Send an email to GFrench@ToolCrib.com to tell us why you miss the catalog so much, and we will try to fine tune the catalog concept to your needs. In the mean time we highly recommend a subscription to our twice a month email newsletter, which offers LOW prices on tools plus buying guides, tool comparisons and shop tips to keep you safe and productive.
We also recommend catalogs from both of these fine retailers:
Northern Tool and Equipment Catalog
Rockler Catalog:
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Instead Of A Catalog: Call Us: 1 (888) 4TOOLCRIB
Great deals on power tools are a phone call away with ToolCrib.com’s new order by phone service. Give us a call at 1 (888) 4TOOLCRIB and we’ll find you the lowest prices on tools from top sellers in the industry like Home Depot, Tool King, Northern Tool, Rockler and Amazon.
This easy to remember phone number is a great way to order tools quickly and economically, and a wonderful service for folks who can’t find what they’re looking for on the site! Place your order by phone today: 1 (888) 4TOOLCRIB.
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Phil Says:
September 25th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Catalog on hold??
I’ve really missed the catalog. There’s nothing like grabbing a cool glass of iced tea and a tool catalog while taking a break from a project.
Please bring back the catalog…
Thanks.
Phil
Barry Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I miss the catalogue to study new tools and also to point out what I want for holidays. We need a printed catalogue.
Thanks
Barry
Rich D Says:
October 25th, 2007 at 7:13 am
I’ve purchased many tools from you in the past, I missed the catalog. Your catalog was a convenience for me. Please expedite the completion of the catalog. Thanks Rich D.
Earl Chandler/Furture Trends Const. Says:
October 31st, 2007 at 7:06 am
I can’t tell you how much money you have lost just in my group, by not having a catalog. It was something that got past around the worksite, and was pretty much worn out by the time the new one would show up. When we needed a tool it was, where’s the ToolCrib Catatlog, now it’s who’s got it cheaper Home Depot or Lowes. We all miss it, please bring it back.
Linsey Says:
November 11th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I understand website ranking, trying to get your stats high, trying to save money by not printing catalogs… but I must tell you, you have to think about your buyers. Both my dad and father-n-law (who used to spend thousands with your company) now spend zero. Think of how many others you are missing. So, you have to ask yourself, how much are you really saving?
simon Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Bring back the catalog! It used to be so easy to just flip through a few pages to compare different brands and models of the same tool. Now I spend much to long clicking through various pages without being able to do side by side comparisons. In the end I usually don’t get around to buying the tool from you like I did in the past as it is seems easier to just go to the Lowes or Home Depot and look at boxes.
Bill Weaver Says:
November 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I Love Tool Crib of the North Catalog long befor you acquired it. We live in the woods and our internet is the old Dial Up and so slow it drives me nuts. Thats one of the big reasons I prefer a catalog.
Our internet is so slow watching paint dry is faster.
Bill Weaver
rick mcaninch Says:
November 21st, 2007 at 12:23 pm
i miss these catalogs, thats how i got gifts and needed tools. its ashamed to have to go to ebay and local stores to just look when i could look at home and buy from catalog knowing the order would come to me. you need to rethink this as all the letters being sent to you. i hate going out to buy tools we need your catalog,
David Says:
November 24th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
No I won’t email Gfrench to get your catalog because “I really want one” I am the customer and have been for ten years. You go where I want you or get another customer. You are a commodity. I can get your stuff anywhere. I buy for convenience. For me it is a catalog and a good 800 number. It is one of the few areas you can add value as a middleman and you let it go….great thinking.
I knew it was a matter of time before the catalog would go away. I know you just can’t wait to drop that catalog cost to the bottom line.
My guess is that the catalog will return someday as a brand new plan to get back to our “roots” kind of thing. The damage will be done of course. You would be wise to add the costs of getting back into the catalog business as part of getting out of it.
Chris Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
While an online catalog is the trendy thing to do, there are those wood workers, and construction firms that keep catalogs with them and lying around so others can check out deals and new equipment. Most of us dont tote around a laptop, or might not have the internet at home… how are we supposed to look at the catalog in our leisure time?… I understand the wanting to go after the internet generation, but dont discard the rest of us in the process…
Greg Leighty Says:
December 12th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I do miss having a toolcrib catalog. In the past I have purchased many items through toolcrib because of the catalog. I order a lot of stuff on the web, but only after finding what I want in catalogs. The web is only good if you already know what you want. My guess is your lost sales will be more than the cost of printing a catalog and I know how expensive catalog are since I work for a large catalog printer.
Mike Pace Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
All I can say has already been said by the other letters that are printed here. I just totally agree that you need to bring back the paper catalogue. Its cost is smaller than the cost of all the lost customers that are going somewhere else due to youre lack of consideration to us,your customers, who buy from you and will take our business elsewhere. BRING BACK THE CATOLGUE-please.
Tom Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Bring back the catalog. Most of us men prefer to grab the catalog while on break at the site or at home in the “reading room.” Online catalogs are NEVER as good as a good ole print catalog.
FMC Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 8:57 am
I miss the catalog. I can’t tell you how many items I decided I needed while sitting on he toilet. Not exactly the place for a laptop.
Nick Vadasz Says:
December 22nd, 2007 at 8:16 am
I agree with all the above shoppers. It was easy to shop at home, now, by the time I go to the different stores to shop and compare, I seem to buy what ever is at the last store…tired of shopping.
andrew Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
i love the toolcrib catalog.
Jodie Martin Says:
January 1st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’ve often wanted to buy something from ya’ll online but couldn’t find it on your website.(either I didn’t know the exact name of the item or didn’t know where to look) With the catalog, I’ve found stuff I didn’t even know I needed until I saw it, or stuff I didn’t know they made. I have money in my pocket that is burning a hole, bring back the catalog and you can have it!!
Doug Says:
January 1st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I want my catalog. Ok, now that I said that, I need my reading material for my crib. I use the catalog to to research the many different pieces of equipment I want to purchase.
dixon Says:
January 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
come ON folks!!! only one of thee better tool cats on the planet. how can you deny full grown men(boys), whatever, the pure tool enjoyment of the next big purchase, or just a little hopin’. MAKE MY DAY……. bring back the catalog pleeeeeeeese……i’m out
Ely Truex Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Gotta have an updated catalog guys! I about have the last tool crib catalog you sent me torn to shreds (My wife thinks I hold on to things too long). Anyways, as a full-time carpenter I am often too busy to shop on-line, or in a store for that matter. It is on the WC (print lingo) that I get my shopping done, and without a Tool Crib book in my hands, I can’t even do that. “As soon as you can” would be a blessing to all… well, except the next guy in line.
Cheryl Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I am writing for my husband, becuase he doesn’t have the patience to learn how to use the internet. Therefore, he would enjoy nothing more than for you to bring the catalog back so he can have a beer and shop away while enjoying the comfort of his recliner/pool chair. You lost atleast $2000 in our family just in Christmas gifts! Instead we bought hunting stuff. I our family if it’s not construction it’s hunting! Bring back the “Playboy,” for men & women hard at work!
gerry Says:
January 17th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
get the finger out
Lita Says:
January 24th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
My husband is not computer literate and he asked me to go on-line and order him a catalog. He will be disappointed to learn that there is no catalog at this time. Maybe this could be the impetus for him to learn the internet.
Annie Says:
January 25th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Bring back the catalog! I am also a wife of an internet-challenged man who has begged me to get him the new catalog. I keep logging on hoping you would say “It’s back!” Unfortunately, echoing all the above comments, you are losing thousands (tens of thousands) by not having the catalog. Just tonight, in this household alone, I would estimate the loss at around 700-800 dollars. That is just one night and a man who likes to buy tools!!! Think about it. He won’t learn to use the internet- he’ll go to a company that prints a catalog.
robert brown Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I have made alot of purchases from the catalog as a remodeling contractor. Please bring it back.
Suz Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I’m right there with the rest of the women…a computer illiterate husband. He’s not had a catalog for quite some time and has gone through withdrawal and accused me of not requesting one for him. I just now learned that there is the possibility of there never being one again. We MUST have one. In the meantime , if anyone has an “extra” catalog they wouldn’t mind parting with….we could use it.
Cindy Says:
February 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I am also the wife of a catalog lover. He has tried, numerous times, to place orders over the toolcrib.com site, but they almost always go uncompleted for some reason or other. It is frustrating to him…….and then I hear about it!!! Tool Crib…..send back your catalog and RESCUE me!!
But seriously, he likes to brouse the catalog for ideas which he cannot do online. You have also lost money from us.
Michael Says:
February 25th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I don’t mind useing the internet but I’m just like all the other guys out there. We are in some type of trade to be buying tools from your catalog,so we are working 10-12 hours a day and when we come home we don’t have time to sit in front of the computer,and if we did we would probably fall asleep. At least with a catalog we can thumb thru it at work. Please bring it back, please please!
Shelly Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I wish you would bring back the catalog so I don’t have to do the tool shopping for my husband. He loved having it on the coffee table and when ever he needed something he would just look it up and call and it was done! Now he really doesn’t have the time to look everything up on the computer and so I am the one doing it, not really a big deal, but still… for anyone there is something about having the picture on paper in front of you and doing it “the old fashioned way” sometimes! PLEASE, make our lives a little easier, and make it easier for us to do business with you!
Ray Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I used to purchase a lot of tools from the catalog, but I haven’t bought a thing since I quit receiving the catalog. Bring the catalog back, then I will start purchasing from you again.
Mike Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I really miss the catalog. I don’t have the time to invest in searching the internet for tools. I use to order tools from your catalog on a regular basis, now I have to shop elsewhere. Please bring back your catalog.
Thank you.
Jeff C Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I am old school still. I like the paper catalog. The internet is fine for searching for a particular item, but not good for sitting in my recliner and browsing with the TV on in the background. Please bring back the paper catalog.
dixon Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
ok. ive given you boys plenty enough time to get the lead out. its time for the tool crib catalog comeback…. kinda catchey isnt it? dont just be another “coulda been a contenda” be the catalog!!
jason graham Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
THERE IS NO COMPAIRISON TO BEING ABLE TO LOOK
AT A CATALOG. YOU JUST DON’T GET THE SAME FEELING LOOKING ON LINE BESIDES COMPUTERS DON’T BELONG IN THE MENSROOM.
Jimmy James Says:
April 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
The tolcrib catalog was the one I looked forward to most and rarely did I not order something from it. It was great to read while I was eating lunch. Haven’t ordered from toolcrib since it went away. Please bring it back..I’m tired of buying all my power tools at Lowes.
Hunter Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
No I don’t buy anything over the net. No paper catalog, No MONEY from me!!!!!!!!!!!
Bud Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
The joy of turning a page and seeing a tool that can work for a project that you didn’t know existed is exciting. Then being able to call and have it in a week or less is even better! I can’t order things that I did’t know existed from pages of your non-existant catalog.
Jason Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Where the flip is the catalog? I miss going to the hopper and having some good reading material and seeing all the new stuff on the market. BRING BACK THE CATALOG!!!
Travis Says:
May 21st, 2008 at 11:23 am
Please bring back the catalog. I don’t use the computer (my wife does) and it’s very inconvenient for me when I am looking to buy anything. I now buy my tools from other retails that send me catalogs. So if you want my business back them send me a catalog.
jeremy brown Says:
June 10th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
the catalog really needs to be published agian.I dont like giving my personal info online.I hope some day you guys will reconsider
Gaylord Magoon Says:
June 15th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
My son wants the catalog but doesn’t have a computer, let alone e-mail. It’s your choice whether or not you want to lose a customer.
jac Says:
June 15th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
You need to bring the catalog back, even on a bimonthly or, better than nothing, quarterly printing. As so many writers above have said, holding a catalog and mulling over the tools helps decision making. Home Depot has a site but they also send mailers… You are missing out.
Richard Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I know a lot of builders friends and guys I work with miss the catalog. There are so many craftsmen that do not use computers don’t even want to learn to. Which is fine. I have a couple big jobs coming up and I need to upgrade and replace a lot of tools. Sitting in front of a computer screen and browsing tools after work is the last thing I want to do. I like just checking out the catalog at my leisure and narrow down things I want. Now I will go elsewhere. Is getting rid of the catalog that much of a savings? From the sounds of the posts above it looks like there are alot of unhappy noncutomers.
Todd Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
What were you thinking?
BRING BACK THE CATALOGS…PLEASE!!!
gator Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
not in abuying mood.look through the tool crib catalog.in a buying mood.enough said
craig miller Says:
July 24th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I miss the catalog big time . once on vacation i placed an order for many items .When i got home in day or to my items came . no internet just a phone and catalog. Get the idea
Ken Whitley Says:
August 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I’m praying that you start up your catalog again! My wife is the computer person in our family - she’s typing this for me! I’m the catalog guy, I like to be able to hold it and turn the pages…I can’t wait for the catalog to come again!
Thanks!
jeff herrick Says:
August 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I hate computers, but even more, I HATE shopping via computers!!! For a guy who lives for the hand-tool experience, I ONLY shop by catalogs…talking to a real person. So, why do you continue to not only discriminate against me and other “old-fashioned” (but loyal) clients? Do you really want to lose more sales and revenue? Bring back the catalog!!!!
Dan Madden Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
You guys are missing out on alot of sales with no catalog!! The job site isn’t the same without it. It made it so easy to see new products and buy trusted ones! I for one dont like shopping your web site compared to your catalog. The old one was just fine don’t change it just bring it back. If it ain’t broke dont fix it!! Hope to see a catalog soon. But until then I will keep shopping elsewere.