Grainger.com price jumps after registering online.  How does that work?  I’m confused.  I’ve been ordering online and from Grainger for many years now and I can never remember the price getting higher after I registered at any website.  Not once.  Until now.

I casually clicked over to Grainger.com.  Typed “garden hose fittings” into the search box.  Found what I was looking for placed it in the cart.  I thought I was ready to check out so the site wanted me to register to continue.  Thought I had done this but may not have because I’m tired of having to log onto sites, keep track of passwords/login and would rather not use the website to store any information.  I certainly won’t leave cashless type card information on file anywhere.  It’s safer to have to enter it each time.

Enough of security measures ramble.  Registering raised the price $2.41 per part.  At first I thought I had remembered the price wrong.  I had switched to another tab to follow the register procedure so I could place the order.  For a moment I forgot about the other tab that was open with the original search because I went on a search tangent from the second tab looking at all the stuff Grainger is known for.

When I realized what I was doing I stopped the tangent.  Started to check out and was looking at the price of the items and thought something didn’t look right.  I thought for a moment then remembered the other tab with the price difference.  I was surprised to see that they were different in price, much different to my eye.

For now I made this blog and a video to document the experience and will search for other sources for heavy duty garden hose parts.  I do not mind paying a higher price for quality parts that will last.  A quick look at any of my gear or equipment will prove it.  I do have a problem paying more after registering at the online site.

I could call or contact the company but have such a distrust of corporate representatives that I believe about 95% of what they say is complete crap or should I be more clear, lies.  That is based on the many years of hearing it over and over.  I do like Grainger, they have so many products it’s hard to wrap around the scale of it.  They have an excellent reputation on all the farms and ranches I’ve ever been to.

However we end up back at the corporate group think and how it will always be to cover their asses.  I’m curious to know what other’s experiences have been.  And where can one find heavy duty, I mean fit for using around large animals, tractors or at a fire station, hose end parts that will fit heavy duty 3/4″  garden hose lines.

The search continues. -13