Snap - On , not so American anymore!

[rhys99]

Thought you North American’s would find this interesting , all of the heritage series boxes we get in Europe are Chinese made boxes. You can’t find these on any snap on websites however.



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[bobcatdan]

Nothing new. The rounded front corner boxes for the outside the USA market haven been Asian for years. The squared off front corner boxes are USA.

 

[ianguilly]

All the more reason to buy the KRL line

 

[dsaabm]

Yeah you guys got a different deal with snap-on boxes. From what I have noticed, the heritage boxes seem much more popular in UK vs USA where I mostly see the masters/krl series. I have always liked some of the touring car or rally team special editions available in UK

 

[d.mcfarland]

Chinese or not, I really like that KR box pictured.

 

[Rinspeed]

Snap-On has been buying cheap Asian made tools and passing them off as the real deal for over fifteen years. I'm a big fan of the company anyway just to be clear, global economy and all that ****.

 

[noid]

Lol, thats what you get when youre dealing with a publically traded company. They look for YoY cost out; at some point the next logical step is to build oversees.

With snap-on you pay for the brand, not the quality, the brand is their YoY price stabilzer relative to their YoY cost out.

Find private companies you like and support them. Often they differentiate on the basis of quality and take longer term outlooks.

 

[bobcatdan]

I do like those casters, wonder if they would bolt up to a Classic series.

 

[Mr_B]

when you see prices they pay in UK and fact warranty and support also worse for europe it amazes me people actually buying it !

 

[t100]

We talked about this topic 10 years ago.

 

[Dakkyz]

when you see prices they pay in UK and fact warranty and support also worse for europe it amazes me people actually buying it !

+1 on that I learnt the hard way with tools, my 'dealer' took my money and ran when I wanted to warranty things and he just kept on dodging my calls and emails really strange.

 

[Tom Sestito]

Are the logos not supposed to be centred and straight?