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Why does anyone purchase a tool box brand new off the truck?
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NC-Fordguy
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What exactly is a fancy education? A completion certificate from charm school?
Now if you're referring to a professional degree, yes lots of folks running around with one of those looking for jobs. Even more folks running around with no degree or formal education looking for jobs.
An advanced education doesn't guarantee one anything, but it does improve your chances
Shadowdog500
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I could never force my self to spend the money for a brand new box from a snap on truck, but my first real toolbox did come out of a snap on truck. Someone traded in a Rem line box earlier that day, and when I saw it on the truck, I was happy as he'll to get it. I picked up the mac top for it for it a couple weeks later. i think i have about $100 into it and still use it all the time 27 years later. One if my coworkers at the time had about the biggest box snap on sold and owed on it. he used to literally hide in the bathroom, whenever the sap on guy showed up. I wonder how many people with big shiny new boxes do the same thing.
Nothing wrong with a used box!
I bought the one to the right from a friend I shared a shop with when he upgraded to a monster box about 20 years ago. I probably gave him $50 or $100 bucks for it.
Nothing wrong with a used box!
I bought the one to the right from a friend I shared a shop with when he upgraded to a monster box about 20 years ago. I probably gave him $50 or $100 bucks for it.
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Bikes&Bowties
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I see students with discounts buy off the truck every week... It makes the world go round...
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And bless everyone buying new boxes off the truck... because Snap On just doesn't make any cheap used ones for me to buy.
Obviously it makes you better than mechanics, trash men and fat girls.. (Post #77). My point was there are still ways to be a productive American without a "formal education" and that there is nothing wrong with making a honest living in the service sector...
And Yes.. It's been proven over and over that college degree's will produce lifetime earnings greater than your typical HS Graduate on "Average", but there are exceptions to the rule and there is still a place for Hard working Americans..
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rollscanhardly
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apparently bored.... trolling for entertainment
SpiderGearsMan
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Duh.. They can't put it on the Internet if its not true... Haven't you seen the commercial?
Zrexxer
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Did your education teach you the difference between a verb and a noun? Mine did.
skyking
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Somewhat !
I got out of it when I was about 30.Got tired of being the dirty one everywhere I went and smelling like shop fluids.Also fighting flatrate and demands of an owner that thought he owned the techs.Stayed in the management end of it as a fleet manager. 168 people( 27 techs and helpers) 190 vehicles.Watched them struggle every day in the cold and heat. No pension and no 401k.Just a pay check.Did what I could to keep them happy.
Im retired now and still think of them and hope they do well.
In these days of "entitlement" , Anyone working is valuable to this country .
logixjock
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Fixed it for ya. You seriously need a better accountant.
no accountant. thanks for the corrections.
cburnscrx
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"trying to kid" was probably the wrong choice of words...
Ray Zalinsky: "Truth is, I make car parts for the American working man because I'm a hell of a salesman and he doesn't know any better." - Tommy Boy
Good customer service is just good business. Without customers you don't have a business...any business.
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skyking
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I know the diff. but we here in the south dont use it that way. Have you ever seen a FOR SELL sign?
Actually I had people like you working for me . I had better things to do.
What's up with the two periods at the end of a sentence? When did you start doing that? Is it a new fad I'm missing out on?
What's up with the two periods at the end of a sentence? When did you start doing that? Is it a new fad I'm missing out on?
Because I know it bugs the **** out you...
Zrexxer
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Yes, I have. More ignorance on display. Kind of like the signs that say " Flats Fix."
No, I've never worked for anyone like you.
redwrench60
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I always love it when someone Butchers the English language while ragging another man's education level.........then dares us to give it our best shot.
Where are you trying to go with this? Did I disagree with that aspect of how business's operate somewhere?
cburnscrx
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Does that mean I am a french model?
I got one for you:
They are over there with their picnic baskets.
Or you can write it like this:
They're over there with their picnic baskets.
You see how easy that is?
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cburnscrx
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I am agreeing...sometimes the interwebz doesn't translate so well.
The motivation behind customer service is a whole different topic.
The motivation behind customer service is a whole different topic.
I got one for you:
They are over there with their picnic baskets.
Or you can wright it like this:
They're over there with their picnic baskets.
You see how easy that is?
Great, here comes another bash and bang thread, And seriously "wright"...
Too slow on that edit..
ken w.
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I bought a new Snap On bottom box 25 years ago and the matching top box used a month later.I paid my weekly payments untill I paid it off.I have bought most of my expensive tools the same way.My S/O guy gives me a good deal on price and I've never had an issue with any warrenty item no matter how much it's been abused. I have bought a bunch of tool boxes used from CL and estate sales for my garage at home. I have no problem buying new or used. I would say that you should buy the best quality tool box you can afford. You will thank your self in 20 years.
peterbilr98
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because I can
NC-Fordguy
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Does that mean if one has a college degree that negates them from being a hard working American? -or- does that status depend on exactly how fancy that particular degree is ???????????????
Can one major in Fancy? Perhaps it already exist in the school of interior design?
No.. And nowhere did I say that... My response was to #77 catch up Cletus.
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Good One... (Since you quoted me with your question) ---->
NO.. Why would a College Degree handicap someone from being a "Hard Working American"? Thats Silly... Almost as Silly as insinuating that someone "Who Wrenches for a Living Needs a Better Education".
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Guns R Tools
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One thing about used box is that the seller might still owe payments to tool truck.
I don't know what kind legal trouble that might open up when you buy liened box unknowingly.
I don't know what kind legal trouble that might open up when you buy liened box unknowingly.
My Matco guy told me that he would have to keep the box, per corporate instruction. So, if you trade in a hot box or one that has a lein against it, you're basically screwed.
skyking
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skyking
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You could not make my hiring standards , if I still had to work, which I dont. While you are working for someone today ,I will be flying ONE of my private planes from Tulsa to Kansas to have lunch with friends. A lunch that will probably cost more than you make today.Plus I get the added pleasure of trash tawkin u. Correct that !!!! AH, the simple pleasures of retirement.
+1
I'm no old fart like my dad, nor am I flush with cash. Saying what I'm about to say surely makes me FEEL Older...but here it goes...in recent times I've found myself headed towards the smaller mom & pop/local outlets for anything I need. 5 years ago, Home Depot or Lowes were all I shopped when it came to home building materials, now its a local...same with electical stuff. When it comes to tools...tool trucks are virtually the only place 90% of America can still do tool related business with a handshake and a smile.
The old addage of "Business goes where its invited & appreciated" pretty much sums it up for me.
AND As Hiball summed it up, there are a bunch of perks that come with being a regular..better pricing, sneak peeks, first dibs on deals, and "free" promo stuff...I LOVE my instinct handled Ice Cream Scoop & Pizza Cutter..and my wife does too. LOL
missing the point. spending 5x the price of a comparable brand (that isn't a cheaply made stanley or something similar, talking real good tools). just means you are paying 5x the price to get a handshake. if you have to be a regular customer to get a break on ridiculously high priced goods, then more power to you. its a break in a high price which is still higher than other comparables.
but customer loyalty isn't purchased or sold IMO, although there are plenty of guys out there who would rather spend a crapload to say the snap-on guy knows his name. than spend a lot less, get the same work done, and be the guy that paid 10% more than the others this time, but saved in the long run. i'm all for supporting local business, not like i haven't been part of american industry since i left the military, but american industry doesn't have much longer if they keep slapping "U.S.A" on everything and expecting to be able to jack the price up because theres a flag on the truck. i'm not for that at all.
without the trash man, your pretty house would stink to high heaven because you are too good to take it out.
without the lawn service guys, your pretty little manicured lawn would be overgrown in days.
without the mechanics who "wrench for a living", your leased fleet of automobiles would be a leased fleet of bricks.
it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round, but there is one type that hasn't been needed in a long time, and that is the highclass too good for you types. back to the days of old.. farmers, blacksmiths, woodworkers, bakers, etc. all essential.
hell i take that back, they need you too, we need people who spend way too much for one person, and line the pockets of those "uneducated" people.
p.s. i AM a mechanic for a living, i do plant maintenance and whenever you drink your water, you are drinking from something that got water delivered to it by the pipes that were made by the machines i fixed, repaired, and set up every night.
every time you shop in a big name brand store, you are purchasing items showcased to you on shelves that were built in the machines that i had repaired, serviced, and fixed every day.
some people love to get into things to see how they work, fix them, and make them work better, a good sense of accomplishment from a job well done. other people love to sit around and watch drama tv all day and start trivial **** on the internet having accomplished nothing, which are you?
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bigd4xman
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Because when you are in college full time and working part time you cant afford a big expense all at once. And when it is a cornerstone of your profession you dont buy junk. Had my Snap On for 7 years and dont regret it.
Is that Hiball ? Or no balls?
U ken coract my spllin or gammar any time ......foow !!!
Good One Farva.. Now off to School, before you Mom comes in and takes your Internet and Flight Simulator away from you.