"Pilgrim" wrote in message
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At the risk of starting a brouhaha, why would one pay the price for
Snap-on tools? Granted they are very well made, beautifully plated, etc.
But at 5 to 10 times the cost of other quality tools. This came to mind
after I bought a 3/4" combo wrench from a $0.25 box and looked up the
price after I returned home -$40-.

Stay calm.

I hear you. A good number of the mechanics I see with roll-ons, etc have
them filled with craftsman -- which I never thought were all that cheap,
either. But certainly a fraction of Snap-on.

Snap-on is one of those companies that echo'd PT Barnum long long ago, and
which other companies are now starting properly grok, in The New Marketing,
or as I like to say, The Modern Mind****.

Take an old product -- a wrench, a vacuum cleaner, vit C, or now plain ole
Niacin (vit B3) -- and put any goddamm spin on it you want, and you can
charge up to 100 TIMES the "commodity price".
Except now you call it Snap-on, Dyson Wind Technology, Anti-oxidant Ester C,
and most recently, Niaspan .

Yup, Abbott labs is taking plain ole goddamm time-release niacin, and making
it an Rx item at **100 x the per gram price**, and claiming all kinds of
**** that had Puritan Pride made those same claims for the ole vitamin,
they would be in court with the FTC and FDA for the next 10 years.

Marketers actually have a name for this type of marketing/ripoff, which
slips my mind -- sumpn like hyper-marketing or sumpn -- and boyoboy, are
they goddamm proud of it.
As proud as Starbucks, charging $5 for a 50c cup of middling coffee --
another one of the oh-riginals in this mega mind**** marketing scheme/scam.
Except price gouging by a factor of 10 is just the beginning.

But Snap-on was one of the pioneers, who in the process did provide a little
grease/kiss behind the ear quality-wise, but just a little, to noblely
skilled mechanics, but who were/are obviously not economically savvy.

This mind**** marketing is actually counted upon to deliver "economic
growth" -- I kid you not. With ZERO added value.
Don't bend over for the soap, at least not while yer credit card is out.
And don't buy from sites that refuse to post phone numbers. Support
Consumer Reports.
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EA



Chuck P.