How much money I've spent on tools.

[woody 73]

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This one had me spitting out my morning tea, very funny but a little sad at the same time. I hope you will enjoy it on this nice April day.

 

[whitesco]

We don’t talk about that here… only in the quiet garage and in person; many (myself included) might have very bad things happen at the hands of spouses if the true spends were discovered…

 

[Jeepster04]

I'd hate to know how much I've spent on garage stuff (not just tools). Dont have much else to spend my money on so why not?

 

[d.mcfarland]

To a certain degree, you can subtract the amount of money saved doing jobs with those tools make the true cost lower.

 

[cody1325]

Why is it when I go into any place selling (decent) tools, I can't leave without spending $100 or more? Even if it's for someone else. A neighbor of mine asked if he could borrow a 24mm socket. Since my larger metric stuff was inherited from my late Granddad, and is still being organized, I wasn't sure. So, I ran up to Harbor Freight, and ended up buying everything he needed to change the oil and transmission fluid.

Car got serviced, and the Mac guy rolls up. Went to the truck to ask him about the warranty on an old 3/8 I'd found broken, and ended up spending $145.

In the few months I've been visiting a local junk shop, I've probably spent close to $200 on antique tools from him--screwdrivers, pliers, toolboxes, axes, eggbeater drills, and even a mowing scythe blade (can't wait to get that one fixed up! Still trying to figure out what snath works for someone that's 5'6).

Worst offender is the local mine supply--they only sell USA, and have given me good prices on their old-stock SK.

 

[oldschoolcraft]

I've lost all of my tools in a tragic boating accident.

 

[Ilikeike]

tools,guns-ammo... I could buy another home.

 

[f121]

I would rather talk about politics or get a virus, than discuss how much I’ve spent on tools. Particularly with my wife.

 

[Kasal]

Unfortunately for me, not everything I would like, but everything I can. I prefer to spend it on tools than on other things, in fact tools are my main hobby.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

It's just the simple matter of adjusting your perspective. It is never how much you've spent on tools, but how much you have invested in tools. Besides saving money on home and vehicle repairs they are necessary for the education of the next generation of competent craftsmen and women, aka grandkids. At least that's my story and I think the wife bought it.... Ed.

 

[gho100]

Why would you do this to us? I thought this was a safe space

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

 

[Old Man Roger]

What I’ve spent on tools pales in comparison to what those tools have saved me.

 

[f121]

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

I’m going to use that line

 

[Ultradog MN]

I've lost all of my tools in a tragic boating accident.

Boating accident?
To get all my tools afloat would require a small ship...

 

[RMERR]

Why would you do this to us? I thought this was a safe space

Agreed! I don't talk about that...even with myself.

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

Yeah...yeah that's it...they save money...I'd be a fool not to buy tools.

 

[DBS5Window]

I told my kids never sell my tools for the price I told your mother I paid for them!

 

[toyotadriver]

I don't know how much I've spent on tools....and I don't care. They have made me a bit of money and have saved me LOTS more. My wife loves the fact I can fix things. Lots of "men" today can't fix anything. Real women love men who can fix things. I buy whatever tools I want. I don't ask her for permission.



Nothing in this post should be misunderstood, interpreted, misinterpreted, or construed to be of a political nature.

 

[zendriver]

Shop at Harbor Freight and get a from the missus every time!

 

[Spareparts]

I worked for a electrical contractor, both High Line and Comercial as a field mechanic, so I was gone a lot. My loving wife
made the trip every Fri. to make my tool payment, both Snap-on and Mac so she knew how much they cost. She also picked
up my pay check and expence check so she knew they paid for themselves over and over again.

 

[Ilikeike]

I worked for a electrical contractor, both High Line and Comercial as a field mechanic, so I was gone a lot. My loving wife
made the trip every Fri. to make my tool payment, both Snap-on and Mac so she knew how much they cost. She also picked
up my pay check and expence check so she knew they paid for themselves over and over again.

Damn
That’s awesome,
if you’re not a very independent man....
After 29 years of marriage, I’m sooo happy my wife is independent, pumps her own fuel, ties her own shoes Sometimes leaves the tip,
Awesome chic and a grown up

“” grown up “”

The only type of woman you need

 

[chevy.stroker]

@Ilikeike do you have issues with reading comprehension or did you forget the sarcasm emoji?

"I worked for a electrical contractor, both High Line and Comercial as a field mechanic, so I was gone a lot." would imply the wife has to be independent and grown up.

 

[Maui]

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

And when you try to use this argument to convince the wife, make sure you tell her that the tools were ON SALE when you bought them. She could probably relate to buying something on sale.

 

[2oolhound]

And when you try to use this argument to convince the wife, make sure you tell her that the tools were ON SALE when you bought them. She could probably relate to buying something on sale.

This is so true. Clever marketers know this and have changed women's perspectives on this situation. Over the last decades they've printed flyers like this:

Luxurious Gold Bracelet $500.00 Sparkling white gold bla bla bla ..... Now 40% off!
SAVE $199.99

When you look down the page all you see are big red prices that are low beside all the cool products!

$99.95!
$149.95!
$29.95!
$299.95!

When your wife pays she just taps the card while discussing the beauty of the products with the clerk and paying little attention to the actual cost. She bursts through the door with packages spilling off her arms shouting "Look! Look! I saved $750.00 today!!!

Women don't spend money shopping, they save it!

But beware, the marketers are doing this with our flyers as well. Trying to change our perspectives too.

 

[dchawk81]

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

I mean that's the lie I tell myself.

 

[dchawk81]

Shop at Harbor Freight and get a from the missus every time!

Because she knows it could be worse.

 

[dchawk81]

This is so true. Clever marketers know this and have changed women's perspectives on this situation. Over the last decades they've printed flyers like this:

Luxurious Gold Bracelet $500.00 Sparkling white gold bla bla bla ..... Now 40% off!
SAVE $199.99

When you look down the page all you see are big red prices that are low beside all the cool products!

$99.95!
$149.95!
$29.95!
$299.95!

When your wife pays she just taps the card while discussing the beauty of the products with the clerk and paying little attention to the actual cost. She bursts through the door with packages spilling off her arms shouting "Look! Look! I saved $750.00 today!!!

Women don't spend money shopping, they save it!

But beware, the marketers are doing this with our flyers as well. Trying to change our perspectives too.

Bon-Ton has entered the chat.

 

[tarmy]

I have four garages…two with real shops and associated tools. One of the other garages has some tools, nothing fancy or special. They are hundreds of miles apart…which is why they all need tools and equipment. The number is way way north of anything I want to know, admit or tell the wifey. Suffice it to say that I could buy yet another house if I added it all up.

 

[Steve_P]

I actually started tracking this 5 years ago- for curiosity. By that point, I already pretty much had 95% of what I needed. Or so I thought. Still, I managed to spend between $1-6k a year. Somehow. The $1k and $6k were one-time each and the rest of the years it's been $2-3k. I did the bulk of my new tool buying 5-15 years ago and have no idea what I spent, but I'm sure $3k+ a year.

So yeah, it's pretty easy to spend $2-3k/year if you have the free cashflow and you buy better stuff- even if you never buy anything with a tool truck name on it.

 

[CoogarXR]

Most of my expensive tools were the product of me thinking "should I pay a guy who owns this tool 10x what the tools costs, or just buy the tool and do it myself?".

 

[dcg9381]

only in the quiet garage and in person; many (myself included) might have very bad things happen at the hands of spouses if the true spends were discovered…

In my non-legal opinion this is clearly covered by the 5th amendment:

"A witness may "plead the Fifth" and not answer if the witness believes answering the question may be self-incriminatory."

Answering this in front of your spouse seems to be the very definition of self-incriminatory.

 

[kody1234]

Tools don’t cost money, they SAVE money.

Especially now with how much it cost to pay someone to do it.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Especially now with how much it cost to pay someone to do it.

About the second time you have to redo a job you paid somebody to do because you didn’t have time, tools start to seem like a huge bargain.