Christmas is comming Question?

[wagzilla]

How do you guys get your wife and girlfriends to buy you nice tools?

 

[rsanter]

You have lots of earth shattering *** with them. So much that they think you are THE MAN and they will do anything for you and get you anything you want....

Bob

 

[mires]

You just have to be upfront with them and tell them exactly what you want.

 

[jim1987]

Uh... just tell her? Its not rocket science..

 

[Timpala]

I make an Amazon wish list. I require all the family to make them and trade with each other.

Makes the task much easier and more enjoyable.
There is a browser plug-in from Amazon that will let you put an item from ANY site on your wishlist. It helps them find just the exact thing you're looking for.

 

[RVDan]

I insist nobody buys me tools. I have what I need and they can't afford what I want. Don't bother buying me cheap junk that won't get used.

 

[jd_1138]

You just have to be upfront with them and tell them exactly what you want.

Or else they won't know. Women usually don't know tools. If you're lucky they'd end up at Sears and buy you some Craftsman stuff which you might have to return and exchange for stuff you actually need.

 

[Machinist guy]

I ask her what she wants and she asks me what i want.

Hers is usually "quality time with the kids and peace on earth" and so on.

Mine: "babe ... i'd love a Stihl 041 chainsaw and a new kerosene heater and/or some 25' parrot-jaw jumper cables"

 

[bad_idea]

I FINALLY got my wife to stop buying me things for Christmas, and my B-day for that matter. She tries so hard, but it's always wrong. I don't need stuff from her. That being said, I suggest you try rsanter's method, I think he is on to something there.

 

[crewchief888]

You have lots of earth shattering *** with them. So much that they think you are THE MAN and they will do anything for you and get you anything you want....

Bob

this has been the most effective method so far.

i've gotten shop vacs, a table saw, and a gas pressure washer...

cordless stuff as well.

 

[KRB52]

Pray. Mine (usually) looks at price, not quality.

 

[pi_guy]

I pick out books at Amazon.
She takes me to the jewelry store and thins my cc.

 

[Haveblue]

why wait? I used to always use the excuse I needed to get a tool for one of our vehicles..(I usually didn't really need it at the time.)

 

[bob from indiana]

My wife gets me gift cards. She doesn't try to guess what I want. I do the same for her. We have been married 25 years and have accepted this is the best way to do things.

 

[Scud67]

Amazon wish lists are the BEST!

 

[Rosco]

Almost every tool my wife buys for me is some kind of new gadget seen on TV. Never get used, but they are cheap and not worth showing my dislike.... I just dont have the heart. Only happens about once a year and my son and I usually get a chuckle out of it. Her heart is in the right place.

On the other hand, she never questions or shows any concern if I make an expensive tool purchase, so the trade off is worth it.

 

[chipper]

Gift cards...last year all I was hoping for were HD gift cards so I could expand my m12/18 line...everyone got Lowes cards

 

[Lippyp]

Amazon wish list, just got a nice siegen air cut off tool as a belated birthday present from my brother-in-law.

 

[coljar]

We buy each other small gifts for Christmas. Thru out the year I bought her an all aluminum horse trailer, a Garth Brooks concert in Chicago, a November Garth Brooks concert in Lexington, and plenty of other stuff. I bought the things I wanted, also. Some years one of us gets the bigger stick. This was her year.

 

[Outlander]

I show her something and say, that would be the perfect gift for me. Now let's have mind shattering, but tender loving ***.

 

[Wanna Ride]

How do you guys get your wife and girlfriends to buy you nice tools?

I don't, I buy them myself. For all the same reasons I don't buy her purses and shoes.

 

[nehog]

You have lots of earth shattering *** with them. So much that they think you are THE MAN and they will do anything for you and get you anything you want....

Bob

Un, I think the OP wanted serious replies.

 

[Morrison]

My wife doesn't buy me tools for Xmas, I buy my own when I want oR need something.