I was saying how neat it is that someone 'who knows their stuff' can tell between high quality and a cheap rip/knock off.
As said, when I was shopping for my box five years ago, they all looked the same with ranges from dirt cheap to a pretty penny (at Sears). Of course, I was tempted to get the cheaper one until I started handling the box and flexing it and then noticing ow much stronger the more expensive ones were. I guess that is where trusting your salesman can come n handy instead of just shopping by price alone.
I lucked up and, besides not getting an all red box like I wanted since they were out, I got a solid Waterloo domestically built for like ($350 OTD). This was before I spent time on GJ and discovered how much work and resources can go nto a box and can easily cost ten times more than what I paid.
Simply put Outdoormws, it is cool when someone develops an eye for an item and can tell you what living with it can be like. Like, taking a test drive for a car around the block and thnking you know it all versus living, parking, commuting with it for 100k miles. Some folks dont know what to expect, but sometimes folks like you can see potential hazards, stuff that may annoy one later on, a finish that will quickly turn dull,or even the box may stickup the shop because you couldnt tell when lookng at it in the store.
If that is still confusing, I will just say I meant it as a compliment. I basically said you have a jeweler's eye when it comes to quality. When some of us have no idea what we are looking at, you come in and explain!
All I was doing was explaining WHY the cheap thin boxes don't hold up.
