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Re: [Spridgets] Thinking of Frank--Made in America

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Thinking of Frank--Made in America
From: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 20:59:26 -0500
I stopped buying them when I couldn't afford them anymore.

I had a small set of snap-on and carried them with me in my car.  At 
some point I realized that they were too valuable to carry around and I 
needed to buy more so I would have a full set of metrics.  I also 
realized that some tools other than snap-on had increased their quality 
enough that I would be happy using them.  I picked up various Sears sets 
on sale until I had what I needed to carry in my car.  If I lost them it 
would not be such a loss as losing snap-on tools.

When I started working on cars in 1970 I became a tool snob.  I would 
see various tool brands that weren't made very well, they wouldn't fit 
the fasteners well, they were crude and clunky, etc.  By contrast 
snap-on tools were sleek and trim, but very strong, and they fit the 
fasteners well.  I did not want to use anything else.  Well 25 years 
later I find that Sears tools are still more crude and clunky than 
snap-on, but they were strong enough and fit the fasteners well enough.  
I might not use them if I was still a full time mechanic, but they work 
OK for my occasional use.


> I stopped buying Snap On Tools, when they stopped their warranty
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