Dillon-Products-sales-ever?
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Not Dillon themselves (They do on rare occasion) but their dealers sometimes do.
Brian Enos - https://brianenos.com/pages/dillon
Graf & Sons - https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/search?keywords=dillon
Scheels - https://www.scheels.com/c/reloading/dillon-precision
Titan Reloading - https://www.titanreloading.com/dillon-precision-products
Many more - https://dillonprecision.net/dealers/
Brian Enos - https://brianenos.com/pages/dillon
Graf & Sons - https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/search?keywords=dillon
Scheels - https://www.scheels.com/c/reloading/dillon-precision
Titan Reloading - https://www.titanreloading.com/dillon-precision-products
Many more - https://dillonprecision.net/dealers/
Just to temper expectations, Dillon presses and major add-ons don't generally get big discounts applied to them. They aren't products where, if you just wait a few months, you can get it for materially less money... at least not in general.
If you want to save money on a Dillon press, do what I did - buy a used one. Unless it's a 1050, Dillon is very, very, very generous with replacement parts, so you can refurb almost anything into a good-as-new condition for free. And that, in turn, is part of why they don't have to give discounts to move product.
If you want to save money on a Dillon press, do what I did - buy a used one. Unless it's a 1050, Dillon is very, very, very generous with replacement parts, so you can refurb almost anything into a good-as-new condition for free. And that, in turn, is part of why they don't have to give discounts to move product.
ReloaderFred
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A bit of history: Mike Dillon stopped using distributors when I had my FFL in the 1980's, because he didn't like the fact that they sometimes discounted his products and had sales to retailers. They would post them in Shotgun News, which used to be the FFL's bible. He was a curmudgeon, and wanted total control of his products, so he took the big gamble and went to direct sales for many years, and the only place you could buy his products was factory direct. It was only in the later years that he "allowed" select retailers to carry his products, under strict guidelines. That may have been eased after he passed away, but that's speculation on my part.
My neighbor used to own a metal plating business in Phoenix, AZ, and did plating for Dillon. He says he was so hard to do business with, that he finally told him to take his business elsewhere, and refused to even bid on work from him.
Hope this helps.
Fred
My neighbor used to own a metal plating business in Phoenix, AZ, and did plating for Dillon. He says he was so hard to do business with, that he finally told him to take his business elsewhere, and refused to even bid on work from him.
Hope this helps.
Fred
rodinal220
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No, not really. I have never seen any Black Friday specials, or Memorial day, etc etc. They do discount certain things when they have closeouts or discontinuing non Dillon items. Been a loyal customer since 1984. I have seen ads recently on the Outdoor Channel, and I just recently started getting some emails from them.
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And yet Dillon values their customer’s satisfaction like their success depends on it (which it does)
I have some vendors in my professional career that might say I’m hard to do business with. It’s usually the ones that fail to meet my requirements, which in turn cause me to miss my customers requirements.
The standards of quality, cost, delivery and service are ubiquitous in the business world, but some maintain them at higher levels than others.
It’s easy for me to believe that being a vendor for Dillon might not be so easy and l’m not doubting your anecdotal story one bit. I’m just saying there’s a lot of missing info with it.
RikSors
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I haven’t seen any sales for it. It took me awhile waiting for the sale that never came. I bought my Dillon three years ago at a regular price which if bought today would be a big discounted price.
The unit itself is a good investment aside from the big savings on making your own bullets.
The unit itself is a good investment aside from the big savings on making your own bullets.
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