Lol.I now offer an aging service for sockets if you are forced to buy new.
Just mail me your new sockets and we will begin the process within two days or less.
The price is just $100 per socket (GJ member price, general public is $175) which is a great deal considering the labor involved.
I can install a genuine patina on the 18mm and the 16mm in as little as 6-8 weeks for the basic package.
The full treatment can take up to a year and naturally costs considerably more. Please contact me for the brochure if you are interested.
Please note our aging service is the real deal, not to be confused with those other guys who just wack your precious socket a few times with a hammer and smear some grease on it.
Note: 9mm are a special case. We prefer not to do those, but if you absolutely must have a 9mm with a genuine patina the cost is considerably higher, or the time greatly extended.
Many of our customers find it more cost effective to buy an older VW or Land Rover and perform the same job over and over to achieve a reasonable facsimile of an actual patina.
Please take my advice and buy sockets to match your fasteners, not to match your hansen trays. Keep in mind I have spent an undisclosed amount of money buying sizes of sockets I have not and will not use. but it's ok in my case because I have sockets in some sizes that the hansens don't have pegs.
wow for a second I though he was serious.
Nah, just a little humor, although...
I bought Westling trays for my sockets that don't fit on the Hansen trays. It is neurotic but I do like having every size from 3mm to 38mm and 1/4 to 1.5 in.
How long did you take to write your advertisement above. Well written and you could probably get someone to ....... you know send you some for scheduled annual service.
I can see Dan Aykroyd (SNL) doing his late night sales pitch just like the Fish-O-Magic