Reality Check, Please. Tandy Leather Price Doubled.

[HippieLee]

Heck for 12 bucks you can probably drive in to the Orlando Tandy store to pick something up and still come out ahead on gas...

[FlHobbyist]

Heck for 12 bucks you can probably drive in to the Orlando Tandy store to pick something up and still come out ahead on gas...

I've got to try the Orlando store one of these days. So far, I've only visited the Tampa store. Some days in Tampa they are real nice and helpful, and other days it's pretty clear they don't give a #$!$. The distance is about the same, and I don't know why I haven't gone East rather than West.

[DoubleC]

It would be nice if they doubled their quality along with the price but they didn't. We don't have a Tandy here where I live so I've always ordered online. I get 99% of my stuff from SLC and 1% from eBay, Tandy, etc. I noticed on my last order that SLC shipping has gone up but I didn't have to wait like I'm hearing you folks did. I ordered online and it took 7 days to get it but only because of a weekend. I got it yesterday. I get a good discount from them and have usually bought my tandy through them because I still got my discount. I wasn't aware that this had changed. I just bought a new edger and checked both Tandy and SLC and saved 30% by getting it at SLC. At one time Tandy was having a .99 sale on Italian leather and a friend of mine went in and picked it out and the two pieces I got were beautiful. A friend of mine on here ordered a side of it and got red checked. Looked like a freaking tablecloth. They even put a note in it that he could send it back if he didn't like it. But the shipping both ways was higher than the piece of leather. I got in on their sale of calf leather lace at .99 and the first store that the order was shipped to said they didn't have any. I said, "send the order to another store.' DUH. And I got it but the shipping was $8.00 so what kind of deal was that really? Now they'd probably charge 15.00. I feel sorry for new people starting out that think Tandy is their only option.

BTW I didn't knpow we were all 300-400 years old, LOL.

[barehandcustoms]

Funny I stumbled upon this thread today. I was punching numbers last night on a new item to get my per unit cost and noticed something weird. The leather cost were coming out the same as it did for drum dyed Hermann Oak products. I ordered a double shoulder from Tandy over the weekend because I needed it ASAP. I did a SQ ft measurement on the piece I got and this average quality leather cost as much as freaking Hermann Oak from Springfield.

I was shocked because not only was I paying more for less product and quality but I have a membership with Tandy. I don't have one with Springfield *yet*. I will say the double shoulder from Tandy was very clean and showed up after 2 days.

I will just buy Hermann Oak from Springfield if its going to cost the same as imported leather from Tandy with a membership. I hadn't bought from them in a few months because I loaded up on leather awhile back. So the price change kind of caught me off guard. I also got that blue slip from Springfield on my last order stating that Tandy was changing the rules of the game on them. WTF Tandy

I think Chief said it best...

""Too bad, without Tandy over the years, many people wouldn't have gotten into leather, me included. Oh well, enough ranting, they should just go ahead and move from Fort Worth to China and be done with it.""

Edited July 16, 2014 by barehandcustoms

[Hi Im Joe]

In a nutshell this is also why I deal with Tandy. I like SLC a lot more than Tandy, but their shipping has gotten slower and slower. It to the point that it takes a minimum of 2 weeks to order and get anything from them. I'm also not too fond of the minimum $12.00 shipping fee from either Tandy or SLC, which is why I go elsewhere if I need anything small.

I just bought some leather from SLC and there was no $12.00 minimum. It cost me like 5.50 to ship.

[FlHobbyist]

I just bought some leather from SLC and there was no $12.00 minimum. It cost me like 5.50 to ship.

I'll have to take another look. I know I've searched and searched in the past for something cheaper to no avail. I'm in Florida and I wonder if the distance has something to do with it. I will investigate it tomorrow.

[Hi Im Joe]

I just looked at my invoice...it was 5.85 to ship.

[FlHobbyist]

I just looked at my invoice...it was 5.85 to ship.

I stand corrected, I just went up and checked with a small item and the minimum fee was 6.00 which was for usps priority. This fee is quite reasonable.

[LNLeather]

One example: Springfield sells quart Fiebing's for $30 retail, Tandy for $40 retail (elite is $30)

Not sure what Fiebings product you meant to say here, but I need some Fiebings Tan Kote and found it at Mcpherson Leather

in Seattle advertised at 32 oz for $17.40. Think I'm gonna get some asap......

[MonicaJacobson]

Huh, I've only bought 1 thing from Springfield - an exotic random pack. I was very annoyed to get charged 13.00 for shipping, which was about as much as the exotic random pack cost. Perhaps it's not so much if you have membership. I still plan on buying from Springfield, but I wasn't very excited about the shipping.