On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:24:24 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Jan 4, 1:25*pm, N8N wrote:
On Jan 4, 12:16*pm, mm wrote:

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:02:05 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Mikepier wrote:

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rating and has foam boards on the panel for better insulation. So why
Lowes is selling the Werner for almost $40 more, I don't know.

Because they can get it?

Probably exactly right. *At a friend's yesterday, he was asking how
they could charge 4 and change for some dip at some store, but 2.75 at
another store. *And the hostess said what you did.

Isn't Werner THE name in ladders. *Are they any better than
Louisville? * It probably refers to Louiville, China. Also proably
Werners, China.

Yeah, I have never heard of Louisville, but I don't pay a whole lot of
attention to ladders either. *However Werner's name is all over the
place.

The thing that I found amusing is that I was at the Orange Colored
Store the other day and thought that maybe I would pick up a small
ladder to help me get up into my attic. *Turns out that a 6'
stepladder was significantly cheaper than a 4' stepladder, and I
already had a 6' ladder so I just dragged it out of the garage. *Was a
little less convenient than using a shorter ladder, but I couldn't see
paying $60 for one. *The one that I already had, I could have bought
another one for about $40 IIRC. *makes no sense to me.

I think wild ladders are 6 feet and it costs money to shorten them.


nate

but I couldn't see paying $60 for one. (a 4' ladder)

A few years back I needed to replace the old 10' ladder that I used to
clean my gutters. Just for fun, I looked on eBay on the slim chance
that somebody in my area was selling one.

I found a "like new" 10' Werner aluminum step ladder for $60 (pick-up
only) from a guy that lived about 350 miles from me. Turns out that
the 350 miles was the same 350 miles I was going to drive to get to my
parent's house in a few weeks for Christmas. The guy lived about 15
miles from my parents!

I contacted him, asked him if he would hold the later for a few weeks
if I paid for it and he said sure.

A few weeks later I strapped the bad boy to the top of my Ram Van and
brought it home.

The guy used it *once* to paint a cathedral ceiling and had no further
use for it.

"I love it whan a plan comes together."