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post a *PIC* of your latest purchase (can be anything as long as you purchased it)

You’d be surprised. A few months ago, I was bored one day after an early day of work and finally set foot inside one of those stores for the first time in my life. Just to satisfy a curiosity of what they actually have in there. And I saw dudes in there buying stuff wearing uniforms from actual shops.

Ok? We're guilty of doing it for one-time use items too. It doesn't make financial sense to spend $1000 on something we only need for a single job, maybe two or three. Remember...

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Just tried it on and remembered why I stopped wearing it. The zipper doesn't line up well at the bottom where it starts. Pain in the butt to zip up.

:laughing I have a RevIt jacket that does the same thing, pisses me off every time I wear it. It’s the zipper itself. I’ve been meaning to just get the zipper replaced. The rest of the jacket is in great shape after many years of use.
 
:laughing I have a RevIt jacket that does the same thing, pisses me off every time I wear it. It’s the zipper itself. I’ve been meaning to just get the zipper replaced. The rest of the jacket is in great shape after many years of use.

Since its not getting worn because of that zipper mine is in great shape also dispite being 10 years old. And I don't care to much for the black and grey colour scheme. If it were all black I'd probably have fixed it by now and still wearing it. Best fitting jacket I've ever had though.
 
Ok? We're guilty of doing it for one-time use items too. It doesn't make financial sense to spend $1000 on something we only need for a single job, maybe two or three. Remember...

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Now that is a funny picture. I’ll have to share it with my guys at the shop if I ever go back to work.

It sparked my interest to go there because I had to borrow a simple bolt grip puller from one of the Ford guys to pull a balancer off a F-250. Nobody in the Acura shop had one. One of the simplest basic tools, and none of us had it. But that’s not something you’d ever need working on Hondas. Kid I borrowed it from said he bought it at HF for like ten bucks. The Snap-On one is $275. Jesus. It literally is just a bunch of bolts and washers. I’m sure the steel on the anvil and forcing bolt is a little better...but $260 better?
 
You're not paying for the tool when you buy snap on, you're paying for the support for that tool. I stop working as a mechanic professionally new year 2000, and when the movers brought my toolbox from my old house to my new house, they bent two of the brackets that hold the wheels on the bottom of my role cab. I called snap on the Bay new brackets and they told me I had to get all four new wheels and all four new brackets because they had superseded the design. I asked him how much, and the guy said there's no charge to you it's all under warranty.
 
You're not paying for the tool when you buy snap on, you're paying for the support for that tool. I stop working as a mechanic professionally new year 2000, and when the movers brought my toolbox from my old house to my new house, they bent two of the brackets that hold the wheels on the bottom of my role cab. I called snap on the Bay new brackets and they told me I had to get all four new wheels and all four new brackets because they had superseded the design. I asked him how much, and the guy said there's no charge to you it's all under warranty.

Of course. Even with non Snap-On branded stuff, if you have a good relationship with the dealer (as in you’ve many months of his mortgage payments), they’ll go to bat for you and warranty those tools as well.

But I still pick my battles with them. Years ago I got one of their best video borescopes. Cost almost a grand. A couple years later the camera head died. Snap-On electronics did not have lifetime warranties. Only a year. So a new head was like $300. Then, my fault, I sorta crushed the head a bit with a piston. $300 for another one? Screw it. Got something off Amazon. Made of the finest Chinesium. But the resolution is way better than even Snap-On’s current best offering. And it only cost me $200. If it craps out after a couple years (it’s already lasted one), I’ll just buy another. I can buy almost five of those no name ones for the price of one Snap-On.
 
It sparked my interest to go there because I had to borrow a simple bolt grip puller from one of the Ford guys to pull a balancer off a F-250. Nobody in the Acura shop had one. One of the simplest basic tools, and none of us had it. But that’s not something you’d ever need working on Hondas. Kid I borrowed it from said he bought it at HF for like ten bucks. The Snap-On one is $275. Jesus. It literally is just a bunch of bolts and washers. I’m sure the steel on the anvil and forcing bolt is a little better...but $260 better?

Exactly.

Of course. Even with non Snap-On branded stuff, if you have a good relationship with the dealer (as in you’ve many months of his mortgage payments), they’ll go to bat for you and warranty those tools as well.

But I still pick my battles with them. Years ago I got one of their best video borescopes. Cost almost a grand. A couple years later the camera head died. Snap-On electronics did not have lifetime warranties. Only a year. So a new head was like $300. Then, my fault, I sorta crushed the head a bit with a piston. $300 for another one? Screw it. Got something off Amazon. Made of the finest Chinesium. But the resolution is way better than even Snap-On’s current best offering. And it only cost me $200. If it craps out after a couple years (it’s already lasted one), I’ll just buy another. I can buy almost five of those no name ones for the price of one Snap-On.

Also exactly. I'm not a fan of extended warranties for one major reason: they're largely just another way for manufacturers to line their pockets at my expense. Buy a quality product (and no, Snap-On isn't the only player in that game whatsoever) and you don't need to worry about warranties because the shit doesn't break. Unless of course you're the kind of mechanic that likes to use their tools for purposes they were never intended for nor designed for in which case, knock yourself out and continue to throw money away every week when the rapist, er, I mean Snap-On truck comes rolling into the yard.

Fact is, a good business relationship with anyone (not to mention bringing honey to the discussion and not vinegar) will generally net you the same thing. Many of the industries that supply my shop and my guys have given us replacements when products fail (including diesel service laptops!) just because I keep giving them my business. They don't have to charge more for that, it's just simple economics and good business practices. Treat me or my staff like we're just another shop on your route and not only will you be banned from entering my yard's gates, but I'll ensure to the best of my ability that you don't go to any other yards in our fleet either.
 
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Of course. Even with non Snap-On branded stuff, if you have a good relationship with the dealer (as in you’ve many months of his mortgage payments), they’ll go to bat for you and warranty those tools as well.

But I still pick my battles with them. Years ago I got one of their best video borescopes. Cost almost a grand. A couple years later the camera head died. Snap-On electronics did not have lifetime warranties. Only a year. So a new head was like $300. Then, my fault, I sorta crushed the head a bit with a piston. $300 for another one? Screw it. Got something off Amazon. Made of the finest Chinesium. But the resolution is way better than even Snap-On’s current best offering. And it only cost me $200. If it craps out after a couple years (it’s already lasted one), I’ll just buy another. I can buy almost five of those no name ones for the price of one Snap-On.

No dealer involved, haven't had one since 2000. I hadn't purchased a Snap-On tool for 17+ years. Just called support on the phone, told them the movers fucked it up and I needed to buy new parts, and they said no problem, your free set of brand new wheels and brackets are in the mail.

Oh, and I still haven't finished installing the free sets of drawer slides they sent to replace the ones that wouldn't latch closed (I figured after the free wheels, there was nothing to lose by asking them about the slides), because I'm lazy and some of them still work. :laughing

I have a couple of the Chinese borescopes, 720p and they work well, with lights built into the camera head and connect directly to my cell phone or tablet.:thumbup
 
I have a couple of the Chinese borescopes, 720p and they work well, with lights built into the camera head and connect directly to my cell phone or tablet.:thumbup

I think the Snap-On I replaced was maybe a 640. Maybe. When I went to Amazon there were lots of 720s, some priced even less than $100. Then I found the 1080 one. A touch over $200, but the pictures (and video) it gets are utterly amazing.
 
I was working on cars for years. Craftsman served me well. The only Snap-on tools I bought were special BMW, MBZ and some impact swivels. And tongue wrenches. Never thought “I wish I had that $50 Phillips screwdriver.”
 
Blade 400 3D

Older heli, but good price to learn how to fly CP heli.
 

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Picked it up this morning. Low suspension and all the packages. Purchased using social distancing. :teeth :ride :thumbup

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Congratulations Bill! Enjoy the new bike.
 
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