Trade wars - Ugh!

[LarryD]

I had wanted to get a chamber sealer to replace my Foodsaver that was driving me crazy.  I started comparing prices and ended up buying the Vacmaster Pro 350 (not a chamber sealer) instead because of how much the chamber sealers cost.  Last night I was reading posts on here from 6 months to a year ago and it turns out the prices have jumped considerably.  The chamber sealer I was targeting used to be $680 and today it's $1100+!  Even the sealer I bought has gone up $100+. 

I picked a bad time to upgrade, but I just couldn't justify spending so much on the chamber sealer... my math suggested it would take 8 years for it to pay for itself based on the difference in prices for the machines and bag costs for my usage.

Anyway... if you're in the market, brace yourself...

 

[old sarge]

Traders often times have good as well as bad  outcomes.

 

[NDKoze]

WOW!!! That is wild. I think I paid like $699 (before tax) when I got my VacMaster 215 a couple of years ago. I thought that was a dang lot of money, but this new pricing would have priced me out of buying a chamber sealer too. I barely pulled the plug when it was $699.

 

[old sarge]

While not chamber sealers, Home Depot seems to have some good deals.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Appliances-Small-Kitchen-Appliances-Food-Processing-Food-Preservation-Food-Vacuum-Sealers/N-5yc1vZc692

And websturant has good prices on chamber vac.
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ary-vacmaster-vp112s-chamber-vacuum-sealer/120VMASVP112.html

 

[jclifton]

that is really a bummer I paid $669 delivered for a VacMaster VP215 this past July (2018).

Jason