What's your favorite site to buy welding supplies online?

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The question is the same as the title....where is your favorite place to buy welding supplies online?
Reply:I've tried to beat my local Praxair dealer with purchasing online but every time I show him an online price, he either matches, or beats it. I have to pay state sales tax but that's not their fault. On the other hand, there is never a shipping charge.SlobPurveyor of intimate unparalleled knowledge of nothing about everything.Oh yeah, also an unabashed internet "Troll" too.....
Reply:I second the local store. I don't buy much but it's nice to walk in ask for help service or whatever. I get a good price also.
Reply:I would rather find the best price. Why give your money to the guy that was intending to f you on the price. No local love here.
Reply:Weldingsupply.com  poorly designed interface for shopping, but good process and if you have a part number from a catalog or manufacturer they usually have the part at a reduced priceTiger Sales:  AHP Distributor    www.tigersalesco.comAHP200x; AHP 160ST; MM350P,  Spoolmatic 30A; Everlast PowerTig 185; Thermal Dynamics 60i plasma.  For Sale:  Cobra Mig 250 w/ Push-pull gun.  Lincoln Wirematic 250
Reply:Originally Posted by soutthpawWeldingsupply.com  poorly designed interface for shopping, but good process and if you have a part number from a catalog or manufacturer they usually have the part at a reduced price
Reply:Originally Posted by GambleThey are also a bunch of rude assholes. I'll never buy from them. Call and talk to Doug; he is a genuine *******. The website sucks too. The guys in the warehouse are clowns at best.
Reply:I have my Lincoln 210MP currently ordered from Welding From IOC. I have emailed them a couple times to get an update. They responded once at 11pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday.
Reply:Originally Posted by GambleThey are also a bunch of rude assholes. I'll never buy from them. Call and talk to Doug; he is a genuine *******. The website sucks too. The guys in the warehouse are clowns at best.
Reply:Bosco99Online is a Brothel - My LWS is my Steady.Opus
Reply:Welding CitySometimes you can do better buying from their ebay store, sometimes not. Reasonable shipping, good customer service, great prices at least on TIG consumables.
Reply:One welding store gives rotten advice and another has drive time issues. Do like checking parts/supplies first, but online is less expensive.  Trade off I suppose.
Reply:Welding city and River Weld for some [cheap] TIG/MIG/plasma consumablesusaweld.com (HTP) for premium consumables (and TIG welders )weldfabulous.com for some not so common partsweldingsupply.com for cheap TIG filler rodEBay seller "FillermetalQueen" for some TIG filler rod that I couldn't get on weldingsupply.comand my newest, Weldwire.net.  They're a large volume supplier (no online store), but they did get me specialty wire (Hastelloy W, aka:  ERNiMo-3 AWS A5.14, AMS 5786) at ridiculously low pricing for a normal consumer----I highly recommend them. 1st on WeldingWeb to have a scrolling sig! HTP Invertig 400HTP Invertig 221HTP ProPulse 300HTP ProPulse 200 x2HTP ProPulse 220MTSHTP Inverarc 200TLP HTP Microcut 875SC
Reply:Originally Posted by GambleThey are also a bunch of rude assholes. I'll never buy from them. Call and talk to Doug; he is a genuine *******. The website sucks too. The guys in the warehouse are clowns at best.
Reply:A bad day lives forever on the internet.
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPWOW, I' am shocked! I've had nothing but great experiences in dealing with them for years.
Reply:Originally Posted by GambleI have been there about 5 times and every time is a bad experience.
Reply:theres a weldersupply.com in Wisconsin  and weldingsupply.com and if they are the ones in Elk Grove real name EWS welding supply was working down the street ffrom them 6-7 yrs ago went in for something they were a bunch of jagoffs walked out {I woundnt piss in mouths if there teeth were on fire}    Welders Supply in wis. were very nice the few times I delt with them.Last edited by pat h; 12-22-2014 at 07:42 PM.Reason: to clarify
Reply:Originally Posted by GambleI have been there about 5 times and every time is a bad experience.
Reply:Aluminumrepair.com is my favorite site to buy welding supplies online.
Reply:Originally Posted by pat hI wouldn't piss in mouths if there teeth were on fire
Reply:Originally Posted by MikaelAluminumrepair.com is my favorite site to buy welding supplies online.
Reply:Originally Posted by OPUS FERROBosco99Online is a Brothel - My LWS is my Steady
Reply:Originally Posted by SlobI've tried to beat my local Praxair dealer with purchasing online but every time I show him an online price, he either matches, or beats it. I have to pay state sales tax but that's not their fault. On the other hand, there is never a shipping charge.
Reply:Originally Posted by knightbouyI have learned to ask what the sale of the (day/week read like soup of the day) is with praxair. Just before Christmas I went i to price twist lock cable ends Often around 12-16 $. They were an unadvertised @ 8.00 for a M/F pair. I paid, ran from the store shouting to my wife start the car ... get it in gear. Went back and bought more next day ... same price. First time I ever got much of a deal from Praxair. Later found they had another unpublished sale on Bessy ClampsReally?  I get quite a few from Praxair in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  For example, my Hypertherm PM30 was $200 less than Air Liquid, and Linde. Originally Posted by knightbouyI have learned to ask what the sale of the (day/week read like soup of the day) is with praxair. Just before Christmas I went i to price twist lock cable ends Often around 12-16 $. They were an unadvertised @ 8.00 for a M/F pair. I paid, ran from the store shouting to my wife start the car ... get it in gear. Went back and bought more next day ... same price. First time I ever got much of a deal from Praxair. Later found they had another unpublished sale on Bessy Clamps
Reply:weldfabulous.com , ebayWelding/Fab Pics: www.UtahWeld.com
Reply:Originally Posted by MikaelAluminumrepair.com is my favorite site to buy welding supplies online.
Reply:Try Amazon, if you know the part# you see everything they have , all from different suppliers. Most of the suppliers you guys listed sell on Amazon, and if you have a prime account, it's 2day shipping. They're not always the cheapest but most of the time they are.  Plus 30 day hassle free returns, can't beat that.Thermal arc 211iCk flex-loc 150 & 130Clamps, saws & grindersHarbor freight 80 amp inverter
Reply:Weldfabulous, HTP. I set up a COD account at Matheson. Best prices ever. I'm about to sell all of my airgas bottles and go to them so I can het everything in one run
Reply:ebay is pretty good for tungsten, filler/tig/brazing rodsgloveshelmetsbut actual welding machines are it or miss. IMHO
Reply:I get a lot of stuff on ebayIf I'm looking for higher quality stuff http://www.usaweld.com/I get all my flaps and cutting discs from http://www.empireabrasives.com/
Reply:Just for info Cyberweld is the largest Miller distributor in one location in the USA ,they are JW. Goodliffe in Linden NJ and own Acetylene Supply (ASCO) too. Sell Millers dropped shipped from factory ,hard to beat prices.
Reply:Originally Posted by Bosco99A bad day lives forever on the internet.
Reply:IOC, Indiana Oxygen,  reasonable service and good pricesRAM welding supply, Fresno California.  Same dealARC-Zone, sometimes pricey, but excellent service bar none.  Good source for TIG related items.Mostly I shop my local welding Supplier, Weiler welding(no connection to the abrasives company).Benson's Mobile Welding - Dayton, OH metro area - AWS Certified Welding Inspector
Reply:I will second Matheson, best local place in my area for gas and everything else, I say they compete with online pricing and they have changed my mind about LWS. They have taken back some of the online business I gave to almost everyone that is listed so far in this thread. I just wish I could remember where I bought that Weldcote wire online so I could ship that crap back with a nasty note, pure junk in any machine I have, nasty welds.Weldersupply.com I never had a problem with and matched prices I got anywhere else with just a phone call.ESAB Rebels 215 and 235, ESAB HELIARC 281i, ESAB ET 301i, Hypertherm 85 and 45XP, Thermal Arc 185, TD 60i, HTP PRO PULSE 300
Reply:90% of my tig stuff (gas lense, lumina, ect.) riverweldstore.com ,and cyberweld.com for machines and other equipment.Lincoln Power Arc 4000 Thermal Arc Fabricator 252 iThermal arc 186Thermal Arc 26 tigTweeko 200 amp spool gunHobart AirForce 400WP-17V-12R
Reply:I've been Really happy with the last couple of orders from Mississippi Welding Supply, their prices beat-out any others I could find...