blueman wrote:

Can even a pro carpenter justify spending that much for what is still
essentially a non-precision rough-carpentry tool? At that price, it
would be one of the most expensive tools on any jobsite for something
that is not used nearly as much as other staples like a skill saw,
drill/driver, contractor saw etc. Plus at that size and price, who
would want to take the risk of it "walking off the job site" or
otherwise getting lost?

I just don't see how that type of price differential can be justified
except in perhaps a couple of niche situations where money is no
object.

Because they can?

Saw an expose recently where a high-end audio company (Lexicon) was
purchasing BlueRay drives (retail $500), replacing the case, and charging --
wait for it now -- $3,500.00. The engineers disassembled both models and
found them to be identical.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...-charges-3500/

This is an even bigger rip-off than Monster Cables.