In a message dated 10/16/2000 12:39:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
wmgilroy@avaya.com writes:
<< A lot if this boils down to what you do with your tools.
I would expect a professional mechanic to have better
quality and a better selection of tools then me. Of
course I may have better (and more) computers than
lots of guys on the list. I bet Frank C. has better
carpentry tools then me. My wood working tools are a
cheap craftsman jig saw, a cheap circular saw,
a 10" Delta chop saw and a couple of hammers and
tape measures.
Someone who loves cooking will most likely have better
pots and ovens than me. A friend of mine really likes
to cook. In his kitchen he as a 6 burner stove with
a large oven. The stove also has a large grill. Oh
yeah, he has another electric oven in the wall. He
feels that is better for baking. He also has a top
notch mixer (I have a sunbeam), a hand mixer, assorted
food processors and a bunch of other crap.
I don't buy/use enough tools for the Snap-On dealer
to consider me a customer. My craftsman and IR
tools seem to work fine. Face it I don't give them
enough of a workout to warrant a top notch tool.
But I also don't want a bottom of the line tool
from off shores. I need and can justify mostly
middle of the road tools.
IF my money was infinite I would have the best of everything.
But it is not so I, and most other people, have to make
cost/quality trade-offs on most of the things in our
lives. We will generally buy the best we can for things
we love or need, but most of the time it is a trade off.
My 8 cents.
>>
Bill: Doya know how close to Andy Rooney you sound? Scary! But I agree
with you right down to your 8 cents. 8^) When I bought my first Sprite
restoration (which I am still working on, BTW), I went to Sams and bought
what I consider to be a real good, not Snap on or Craftsman, but a real good
set of sockets--they were Mr. Goodwrench brand.
I couldn't ask more out of a set of Snap-on or Craftsman than I have asked
out of these Mr. Goodwrench, and they have done the job for me just as good
as if I had spent the 8-10 times the cost and gotten SO's. I consider them
to be about perfect for what I am using them for. None have EVER broken.
Only thing is, they don't have the homing devices that SO's have so that when
I lose them they stay lost! WHAT????? SO's don't have homing devices
either??? Then I am waaaaay up on ya if you have the other brands cause
yours loses just like mine does. Hahahahaha all the way to the bank!!! 8^)
--David C.
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