[Shop-talk] Levels

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Wayne <wmc_st at xxiii.com> wrote:

>
>  . . . .  I don't grasp how they're shipping this crap half way around the
> planet and still selling it cheaply.


*I'm like Wayne:  I'm an old business major and I paid attention in
economics classes but I don't understand wot's going on . . A tool dealer
told me, 10 year ago, that the universal 40 piece 3/8" drive Chinese socket
set that he was selling for $3.95 actually only cost his distributor $1.00
if purchased in container lots . . .It was sorry as socket sets go but the
chrome was good and the rachet worked . . I kept a few of the sets in cars
and trucks for emergency use . . I doubt that we could even make the tin box
it came in for $1.00!  What are the Chinese doing and how long can they do
it?*