Yeah, this Enco MSC bs has got me pretty fired up, and all the deceptive emails I'm getting from MSC assuring me about how great it's gonna be only exacerbates the issue. Supposedly if you register with MSC they'll match the prices for a year or something that you've gotten from Enco. Not sure you'll ever get it as cheap as it was with the 20% off and free shipping though, but it may be time to stock up.
Occasionally I can find it on ebay in rolls cheaper, but I haven't stumbled across a cheaper supplier. I'm sure there's a wholesale option however.
jdm, I think he's concerned about MSC prices, which will assuredly be massively more expensive outside of whatever meager efforts they're making to assuage concerns of such. Enco was pretty much the only place I'd shop outside of ebay, because they could be semi-reasonable, especially at the magical intersection of old-school sales/specials coupled with competitive internet era pricing. MSC, Grainger, etc, aren't remotely, unless you've got a big account with them, they're old-school "screw the little guy, we're the only game in town" style businesses, that only continue to exist due to the relative slow pace the industrial supply industry seems to be moving at compared to the rest of the market.
Funny thing is, I always though Enco was owned by MSC in the first place, which always confused me as to the price variation on the same things.
