Goodwill tool score
 

DerbyDad03 on Fri, 5 Apr 2019 16:25:01 -0700
(PDT) typed in rec.woodworking the following:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 4:14:53 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 8:38:49 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 2:43:38 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 2:19:51 PM UTC-5, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Not always the greatest of deals (witness my Gloat on a Craftsman
Circular Saw which is missing the no longer made "flange" to hold the
blade in place.), but this one is working out. Five speed bench top
drill press, made by the Taiwanese Machine Tool and Noodle works.
Seems solid, runs, drills holes. $24.99 less a senior discount.
Now to find the space to put it...


tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"I made it to 2018 and all I got from the SciFi Books of my youth was the lousy dystopian culture"

Harbor Freight has a similar drill press for $65. So I don't think you got quite as great a deal as you might think. And they probably offer the same drill press for $50 or $40 every other week in their sale flyer.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-in-5...ess-62520.html

I doubt HF ever discounts that machine down to $40, so let's go with your
$50 price.

pyotr paid 50% of that number. Aside from not getting a warranty, how is
50% off of an already 22% discounted price not a "good deal"?

Obviously, if the unit is a POS, then no price is a good deal - not even
free - but if it works for his needs, $25 is worth a gloat.


"$25 is worth a gloat"
Apparently you and me live in different worlds, or at least countries. Maybe in North Korea, or Somali, or Ethiopia, $25 is a fortune and worth a gloat. In the USA where I live, $25 is about ten gallons of gas. Or a meal for a family of four at McDonalds. Or a meal for two at Applebees. If any of my stock investments change price by ONE PENNY, its at least $25 up or down. I don't gloat or even pay attention to such immaterial changes.

WTF? You are aware that context matters, don't you?

If you saw a $65 (or even a $50) item and you could buy it for $25, what
would do?

Would you give the seller the full price 'cuz $25 don't mean jack or would
you pay the $25 and feel good about getting a deal? Might you even tell
someone about it?

Apparenlty he pays MSRP, and eats out all the time. Cause
apparently, he's got money to spare.
--
pyotr filipivich
Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?

Goodwill tool score
 

On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:09:22 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

DerbyDad03 on Fri, 5 Apr 2019 16:25:01 -0700
(PDT) typed in rec.woodworking the following:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 4:14:53 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 8:38:49 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 2:43:38 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 2:19:51 PM UTC-5, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Not always the greatest of deals (witness my Gloat on a Craftsman
Circular Saw which is missing the no longer made "flange" to hold the
blade in place.), but this one is working out. Five speed bench top
drill press, made by the Taiwanese Machine Tool and Noodle works.
Seems solid, runs, drills holes. $24.99 less a senior discount.
Now to find the space to put it...


tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"I made it to 2018 and all I got from the SciFi Books of my youth was the lousy dystopian culture"

Harbor Freight has a similar drill press for $65. So I don't think you got quite as great a deal as you might think. And they probably offer the same drill press for $50 or $40 every other week in their sale flyer.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-in-5...ess-62520.html

I doubt HF ever discounts that machine down to $40, so let's go with your
$50 price.

pyotr paid 50% of that number. Aside from not getting a warranty, how is
50% off of an already 22% discounted price not a "good deal"?

Obviously, if the unit is a POS, then no price is a good deal - not even
free - but if it works for his needs, $25 is worth a gloat.


"$25 is worth a gloat"
Apparently you and me live in different worlds, or at least countries. Maybe in North Korea, or Somali, or Ethiopia, $25 is a fortune and worth a gloat. In the USA where I live, $25 is about ten gallons of gas. Or a meal for a family of four at McDonalds. Or a meal for two at Applebees. If any of my stock investments change price by ONE PENNY, its at least $25 up or down. I don't gloat or even pay attention to such immaterial changes.

WTF? You are aware that context matters, don't you?

If you saw a $65 (or even a $50) item and you could buy it for $25, what
would do?

Would you give the seller the full price 'cuz $25 don't mean jack or would
you pay the $25 and feel good about getting a deal? Might you even tell
someone about it?

Apparenlty he pays MSRP, and eats out all the time. Cause
apparently, he's got money to spare.

There is a big difference between finding a good price or eating out
and bragging about how you saved what amounts to little more than
pocket change. The point is the gloat, not saving the small amount of
money.

Goodwill tool score
 

Goodwill tool score
 

On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:37:52 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

on Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:46:43 -0400 typed in
rec.woodworking the following:
"$25 is worth a gloat"
Apparently you and me live in different worlds, or at least countries. Maybe in North Korea, or Somali, or Ethiopia, $25 is a fortune and worth a gloat. In the USA where I live, $25 is about ten gallons of gas. Or a meal for a family of four at McDonalds. Or a meal for two at Applebees. If any of my stock investments change price by ONE PENNY, its at least $25 up or down. I don't gloat or even pay attention to such immaterial changes.

WTF? You are aware that context matters, don't you?

If you saw a $65 (or even a $50) item and you could buy it for $25, what
would do?

Would you give the seller the full price 'cuz $25 don't mean jack or would
you pay the $25 and feel good about getting a deal? Might you even tell
someone about it?

Apparenlty he pays MSRP, and eats out all the time. Cause
apparently, he's got money to spare.

There is a big difference between finding a good price or eating out
and bragging about how you saved what amounts to little more than
pocket change. The point is the gloat, not saving the small amount of
money.

Yep.

And one guys "big savings" is another's pocket change.

In the grand scheme of things, yep, this is. I'll take it if I don't
have to go out of my way to get it but it's not going to change my
day, much less life. ...and, yes, we go out to restaurants for meals,
too.

Goodwill tool score
 

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On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 08:58:42 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

on Sat, 20 Apr 2019 09:41:29 -0400 typed in
rec.woodworking the following:


Apparenlty he pays MSRP, and eats out all the time. Cause
apparently, he's got money to spare.

There is a big difference between finding a good price or eating out
and bragging about how you saved what amounts to little more than
pocket change. The point is the gloat, not saving the small amount of
money.

Yep.

And one guys "big savings" is another's pocket change.

In the grand scheme of things, yep, this is. I'll take it if I don't
have to go out of my way to get it but it's not going to change my
day, much less life. ...and, yes, we go out to restaurants for meals,
too.

Some times ... it is easier to stop while we're out, than to wait.

When you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging.

Goodwill tool score