Thursday, March 15, 2018

when Snap on charges more for a workbench/cabinet/tool box combo, then lots of people in America pay for a house, you ought to realize you're overpaying


this was 62k.

That's about 42k more than I figure even Snap On should charge for sheet  metal, locks, casters, drawer handles, and paint.

Seriously, 62k? Get your local metal shop/or custom fabrication shop that builds stuff to make you one for half that price, and they'll probably remember you on Xmas.

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  1. Does that include tools?

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    1. I doubt it. What would 40 or 50k of tools look like? 1 Snap on OBD reader is 10-15 thou. A 22 piece 3/8ths socket set is 700.... so, I imagine a full set of short and deep standard would be 2 or 3 thou, then a full set of metric short and deep, then a set of impact, then a 1/2 impact, a 1/4" drive socket set, 2 sets of combo wrenches, a couple hammers, screw drivers, some drill bits and a drill... that to me seems to be 15 thou of hand tools, with just normal tools at Snap On prices.

      So, no, I doubt it's coming with tools. A normal roller is 4 to 5k. But this has 2 full rollers, and a stack on, plus cabs, and workbench. That right there I think must be 35k. Then the top cabs for a couple more thou... and I'm conservatively estimating.

      So, I doubt it.

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  2. wat r the tools that includes

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  3. Or do what they did, bolt together about a dozen different tool boxes and bookend them with refrigerators for about 3K.

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  4. The bottom box is a single piece, 12 foot long unit called the "Mr. Big". they are only made to order, run right around $23K. Look by their feet, there are no other caster. That is a one piece box, which requires a significant amount of load bearing and steel to carry all the weight, especially when you consider what it will weigh when the drawers are loaded.

    The top piece is also made to order to match the bottom. Remember that "made to order" and "custom" are two different things; there are so few Mr. Big boxes made that they do not stock them.

    Your "normal roller" for $4 or $5K is literally one third of a Mr. Big box, measuring 50 inches. The side cabinets pictured also fit other boxes, but you the $62K quoted is a little high but is also list price. Consider that Snap On tool dealers usually run about 45% margin on boxes, the dealer probably sold it for roughly $32-24K, still making a nice profit. The gentleman on the left appears to be twenty five or thirty years into a career, and has earned every bit of the swagger and ego that comes with owning a box like that.

    That box probably holds a lifetime investment of $80 to $100,000 in tools. Yes, it's over the top. Yes, it's a metric crap ton of money. But it's his money and his accomplishment.

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    1. yeah, it's his accomplishment for the rest of the world to admire or critique. He certainly will not have much depreciation, nor will he have many people willing or able to buy it from him in the future

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