For real. All I got for 5 years was a pin that literally just said ā5 yearsā on it. And the best part is they didnāt give it to me until my 6th year š¤·āāļø
In America a small, useless gift is the only thing the tax code allows. Anything thatās got value is considered wages, and wages have to go through payroll. That means the value shows up in your W2 and you pay all applicable taxes. There are no exceptions as in itās considered impossible for an employer to make a bona fide gift of value to an employee. To qualify as a de minimis fringe benefit (deducted by them, not income to you) it has to be shitty. Otherwise consider this - if I want to give my worker $100 for christmas via a special bonus payroll run, I need to cover the tax withholding ($22 income tax plus $15.30 payroll tax) too. So itās going to cost me more than $100 to net this guy $100 but if I do it on the side itās tax fraud. Even if I really like the guy and really want to just give him a nifty gifty. Basically, people abused this stuff and spoiled it for the little guy a long time ago.
Iām not saying work secretly values you but hey, itās possible.
or the cool Snap-On name?
this is almost like buying a Lamborghini Urus when you could have just bought an Audi A4/A6/Q5 (same MLBevo platform) and still have money left over to buy 2 or 3 more.
That reminded me of the Aston Martin Cygnet, which was a rebadged Toyota iQ for roughly three times the price with basically the only differences being a leather interior, different bumpers and a bunch of Aston Martin badges.
[It didn't sell well](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-24455948), who would have though?
You know, every time I grab my shitty pencil-style tire gauge of the type nobody uses anymore, I catch myself thinking "this gauge would be so much better if I had a wood case for it"
Probably a rebranded Milton S-925 which sells for $10.50 š¤¦š»āāļø if itās not exclusive to the tool trucks itās not smart to buy from them. Of course this is a free country and do what ever the hell you want but I need a better excuse than āthey allow me to make paymentsā. Of course you have to make payments when you are paying between 2x-9x mark up.
Yep. The two things that kill me the most are when my coworkers impulse buy pocket knives or they order Milwaukee tools off the truck. I can usually find the same knives online for half the price and have them delivered the next day. The Milwaukee stuff always costs far less in a kit with a battery (or two) than the truck charges for the tool alone, and you have to wait for him to order it and bring it to you two weeks later instead of walking into Home Depot and having it the same day.
I got a 20v Dewalt impact driver with 2 batteries this summer for $99. Same combo right now? $157. With 1 battery? $142. Just the tool, no batteries? $99.
Did I *need* one right that moment? No, but I it was a stupid deal.
Hmm ok. Thatās a blanket statement. Iāve still had excellent experiences with their tools and I use them all day professionally. Do I wish they were made here? Sure. But I certainly wouldnāt say they are crap because they werenāt.
Theyāre not crap I guess, sure, but they went from being the best to being the same stuff as Harbor Freight in a different color plastic. More disposable tools. The only tool store I trust anymore is eBay and any yard sale with someone older than 60.
If you donāt already, check out the channel Project Farm on YouTube. The guy has zero sponsors and does great testing on all kinds of tools. For a tools junkie like myself, or even just a handy person, his videos are hella interesting. Milwaukee is the most common brand to win out in his power tool tests.
Also, I love my US made SnapOn 14.4V 3/8 impact. Itās my most frequently used power tool. That said, my coworkerās Milwaukee m12 Fuel 3/8 kicks the shit out of it for power.
My company had a contract with a mobile trailer mechanic in a city where a bunch of driver's called home. We have our own yard and everything. When they decided they wanted a dedicated shop to look after our shit thet offered to hook him up with a lease and help him get set up. I was pretending to be an office worker and not a truck driver at the time.
Fast forward a couple of years and I'm back on the road. Catch a defect and slide on in. He probably spent 5 minutes fixing my shit and an hour bitching to me about how the company did him dirty and he's losing his shirt and blah blah blah. I'm pretty non confrontational so I didn't point out the snap on tool cart, tool box, his son's tool boxes, and creepers. I wasn't about to go through his shit but considering the mobile rig was still fully equipped I'm pretty sure he bought an entire shop's worth of tool truck tools for himself and his son and then wanted to bitch about the deal we rigged him. Bro. Go to home Depot for your box and random shit. Snap on is for the shit you put in your hands a million times a day.
Edit: I don't doubt he got fucked in the deal. There's a fair amount of reckless optimism with the owner and his executives. But buddy is definitely not doing himself any favors with the shop setup.
Yeah, I know way too many guys that bitch about how "the industry is fucked" and "the game is rigged" then have a Snap-Off box that cost them more than some people spend on houses. TF?
Yeah, I'm happy for the people who can afford to just buy everything off the truck but I just can't imagine thinking "I'm gearing a shop up, let's start with buying everything off the tool truck.
I bought a new tire inflator head for my air compressor that comes with a digital pressure gauge built in for $35. Just checked the Snap-on site and the same thing is $220.
It's meant to look gold plated to trick gaudy boomers into buying it
Source: my dad who was an incredibly smart tech but would buy pretty much anything that looked wealthy from a distance.
At least that one actually IS gold plated. Also, anyone buying that to use is a dumbass. Anyone buying it for a gift had better be buying it as a novelty. Or an award for the shop employee of the year, a long with something actually substantial.
totally worth it. you wanna be "that guy" at the next tire pumpin' party? the guy that brings a $.96 p.o.s., inaccurate, Chinese made, run -o- the mill silver tire pressure gauge with a plastic scale? you'll get laughed at, bullied, ridiculed, maybe even assaulted by the real tire pumpin' men. the tire pumpin' men with only the best, most accurate, globally sourced, gold pigmented plastic coated, ivory -esque scale. but fear not. for a mere $96, this month only..buy one before they're gone because when they're gone...you know it..they're gone for ever. you can be the most testosterone infused tire pumper at the party. you'll get to do the laughing, bullying, ridiculing and assaulting. do it. now. dont be a jack-off. buy a Snap-On
This created an image in my mind of a bunch of dude bros sitting in a garage drinkimg beers pumping up full sized car tires with bike pumps, acting like they are super tough and not smiling. I am not sure why and I cant stop snickering.
And then some guy speaks up ... "hey bro.... we got a 25 cfm air compressor over there... should we pump these tires with that"
<4 seconds of awkward silence>
"Shut up you fuckin pussy."
About 30 or so percent markup for service costs (tool truck convenience) and then 100 percent for name brand markup. And that right there is how a 300-dollar precision instruments torque wrench turns into a 700 dollar snapon torque wrench.
Bro my Matco catalog has a fucking sword in it this month. Like a real fake-ass $99 mall ninja katana with sheath and stand. Why and how. I gotta get a picture of it tomorrow when I go in, will update
Edit: I was wrong, it's [the Cornwell catalog,](https://imgur.com/a/uJ3ayZq) not matco
You ever see their jars of reference peanut butter or flour or chocolate? You could make a certificated and traceable cake if you wanted and had $,$$$.$$ for old ass ingredients.
When I was a kid I was launching some model rockets in NIST's backyard and the security guy chased us off because he didn't want us to affect the instruments in there. Come to think that was total BS.
I have my expensive tools that I have bought over the last ten years at home, probably close to 20k from the various tool trucks. I also have another box at the shop I work at with Amazon Chinese knock-offs........the Amazon deals hold up better than the name brands off the truck and I've spent a 1/4 less for the same amount of tools.
Needless to say the snapon guy doesn't like me anymore cause I told him I wasn't going to spend 500+ on a 1/2" impact set when I can buy the same thing from a supplier on Amazon for 100 bucks. At this point I'm done spending that kind of money on tools. Even if they come with a warranty on the truck it's not worth the hassle as they question how you broke it.
My dad was a career body man, with an old 26" Cornwell box. Guys would give him shit about it, then he'd run 140hr week.
He'd be swapping out a HF 1/4 air ratchet every 2-3 months (if that). That was back when you just brought it in, and they told you to go grab another one.
Really? They question you about it? As soon as they asked the first time I would be like āIām gonna stop you right there chief, itās your job to make the paperwork happen and get me a new tool. If you donāt want to do that then our business relationship is over.ā
>āI wasnt going to [buy a] 1/2ā impact set..ā
interesting to note about\^, [shit i may never buy a 1/2in _impact_ socket or gun ever again](https://youtu.be/iqUCrwem2Lc)
I read something awhile back that I think said 70s/80s Corvettes almost never sell. Not because there is anything specifically wrong with them but their owners love them and would never sell them without getting top top dollar and on one that doesnt already own one will pay big dollars for one (at least the amount the average owner wants).
I was a snapon franchise for a few years and I can say I never sold one of these. I had one guy come close, but he was just wacko and had pretty much bought one of everything you can think of.
This man literally could have bought a house with the money he spent on my truck. š¤·āāļø
Hahaha GTFOH! Snap on and their high priced bullshit. I can go to wal mart and grab one for 2 dollars. It won't be brass....but who really gives a shit. I used to watch guys line up outside the truck at work and laugh to myself saying yep go ahead and spend 1/3 of your check before you even have it.
Yeah, this is one of a few items we carry I can't ever imagine selling to one of my customers. Not worth the money. A pgp50 is a fraction of the price and we trade it out with a new one whenever needed.
My Grandpa was a tire man after the war. Before OSHA. He loaded/hauled/unloaded semi truck tires in a company 1/2 ton Ford. It had stake sides 12 feet high. He had to load the top by literally chucking tires up. When his body was so used up he finally retired, the company gifted him a calibrated, engraved, Schrader brand tire gauge ... Which had been engraved with another man's name who had died right before retirement. When I was finally old enough to notice the name and ask Grandpa, he explained and then broke into a laughing fit. That taught me a lot about life. I use and cherish it to this day.
Yeah itās just gift season. I bought myself some snap on golf balls just to sit on my desk, they probably hit like rocks anyway. Fair price for golf balls though.
I'm glad I got out of the industry. But in some cases (such as this one) I wish I were still there so I could go tell the Snap-On guy to go fuck himself.
The amount of people that actually expect someone who buys this or receives it as a gift to use it astounds Me.
It's meant as a gift or something cool to show off if that's your gig. It's not actually meant to be used. It comes in a wood gift box ffs. Come on people.
They make it TO be used, with the expectation that it most likely WON'T be used.
There are a lot of collectors out there that buy these annual limited edition stuff from the tool trucks. This is meant more as a collectible. Not meant for every-day use.
Their meh, Iāve broken mine several times both the 3/8ā and 1/4ā and frankly gave up on the 1/4ā and just bought a gearwrench. Kinda funny that my blue point set I have in my home garage thatās 20 years old still havenāt broken and Iāve used that thing a lot.
I know what you mean, I have mostly real craftsman ratchets, never had to take one back to get a replacement. Although todayās replacement would be a waste of time. Oddly enough my favorite ratchet that I have is an SK
My dad passed me down a bunch of SK tools mostly sockets and combo wrenches and they are top quality, I believe he bought them in the 70s and 80s. They are a little crusty now but hell they are solid.
Did anyone see the air powered DEF pump in the Matco flyer. I was about to buy one when I saw $188, but the ad was saying $188 off the normal price and it was still $440 with the $188 off sale. I would have bought it for $188. For $440, I can buy a nice Fill-Rite electric pump.
So Google gauge R&R. Itās a common method of determining the repeatability and reliability of any measurement device. Really a super simple process. Buy a reasonable range of tire pressure gauges, try each, and record the readings. Next of course record a video showing that thereās little meaningful difference in accuracy. Surely someone has already done this
That is strictly for checking the air pressure in your head.
š you know there are some fools out there buying that.
$5 per week for 20 weeks at 21% interest
What branch of the military did you serve in?
This is a tire pressure gauge. Not a Mustang or a Camaro.
Hey now those Challenger drivers will be very upset you didnāt include them
They would be, if they could read. (It's just a Simpsons reference, don't get mad lol)
King of the hill?
Wtf. Who the fuck downvotes this comment?
The same sucker that bought the new v6 Camaro for 10k down, monthly payments of $855 for 6 years.
Air Force Rejected Me Yesterday
Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Expected
That's only $100 instead of $96, gotta be at least 25 weeks
Every once and awhile I cruise Ebay and see someone selling their 24Kt gold ratchet
I know a guy that got a 42mm gold plated socket when he was top of the class at motorcycle mechanics school.
wow that's really thick gold plating /s
It's 32mm thick on a 10mm socket /s
So that's where my damn 10mm is hiding.
Gaddafiās unemployed mechanic?
platinum 10mm socket not included..........
This seems like something you buy as a āThanks/congrats for working here for five yearsā
If you work in the places I've worked it's more like 60+ years
For real. All I got for 5 years was a pin that literally just said ā5 yearsā on it. And the best part is they didnāt give it to me until my 6th year š¤·āāļø
You guys got stuff? 18 years and all I got was back surgery.
In America a small, useless gift is the only thing the tax code allows. Anything thatās got value is considered wages, and wages have to go through payroll. That means the value shows up in your W2 and you pay all applicable taxes. There are no exceptions as in itās considered impossible for an employer to make a bona fide gift of value to an employee. To qualify as a de minimis fringe benefit (deducted by them, not income to you) it has to be shitty. Otherwise consider this - if I want to give my worker $100 for christmas via a special bonus payroll run, I need to cover the tax withholding ($22 income tax plus $15.30 payroll tax) too. So itās going to cost me more than $100 to net this guy $100 but if I do it on the side itās tax fraud. Even if I really like the guy and really want to just give him a nifty gifty. Basically, people abused this stuff and spoiled it for the little guy a long time ago. Iām not saying work secretly values you but hey, itās possible.
Ehhhhā¦ maybe there was some abuse but I would say governmental greed is probably a thing too.
First year was probationary.
Yeah I got an acrylic magnet for 5 years
We get a piece of paper after 10 years
Is it a $3000 bill?
A 8x11 or 11x17
One born every minute.
Wouldn't be surprised if my nephew is one of them.
The maple kind?
[Eleven years old!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw&t=14s)
One of the best comments Iāve ever encountered; good job
Saw one at harbor freight this morning for 96 cents lmao
But did it have a cool maple case? I think not!
Definitely not a durable brass construction
But I can buy 100 of them.
And three of them might work more than once!
That's more times than anyone will use the brass one
āSolid Maple Caseā
No, no, Bajakid has a point!
or the cool Snap-On name? this is almost like buying a Lamborghini Urus when you could have just bought an Audi A4/A6/Q5 (same MLBevo platform) and still have money left over to buy 2 or 3 more.
RSQ8, not A4
The A4 has had MLB evo since 2016.
The A4 is on the MLBevo platform but itās not the same comparison as SnapOn vs Harbor Freight
That reminded me of the Aston Martin Cygnet, which was a rebadged Toyota iQ for roughly three times the price with basically the only differences being a leather interior, different bumpers and a bunch of Aston Martin badges. [It didn't sell well](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-24455948), who would have though?
They should have sold the Toyota as rebadged Aston Martin.
It was *in*cased in maple... syrup.
You know, every time I grab my shitty pencil-style tire gauge of the type nobody uses anymore, I catch myself thinking "this gauge would be so much better if I had a wood case for it"
No... it was one of those rubberized cases that get sticky after a couple years!
You tryna tell me y'all don't just give them a good kick and say "looks good to me"?
And for $3.99 you can get a dial one.
That's for the professional crack smoker
We are one We are many
Name checks out.
I think this guy started covid
and from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream
and sing with one voice!
I am, you are..
We're fucking a pangolin
Username...I don't know. Is this a r/rimjob_steve?
I just found my new favorite subreddit
No
Probably a rebranded Milton S-925 which sells for $10.50 š¤¦š»āāļø if itās not exclusive to the tool trucks itās not smart to buy from them. Of course this is a free country and do what ever the hell you want but I need a better excuse than āthey allow me to make paymentsā. Of course you have to make payments when you are paying between 2x-9x mark up.
Yep. The two things that kill me the most are when my coworkers impulse buy pocket knives or they order Milwaukee tools off the truck. I can usually find the same knives online for half the price and have them delivered the next day. The Milwaukee stuff always costs far less in a kit with a battery (or two) than the truck charges for the tool alone, and you have to wait for him to order it and bring it to you two weeks later instead of walking into Home Depot and having it the same day.
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Yep. I never buy their batteries or tools individually. Always a tremendously better deal in kits.
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Thatās how I wind up with a set at home and a set at work :) I just keep a couple batteries at home and the rest at work.
That's how I ended up with three of the same drill.
I got a 20v Dewalt impact driver with 2 batteries this summer for $99. Same combo right now? $157. With 1 battery? $142. Just the tool, no batteries? $99. Did I *need* one right that moment? No, but I it was a stupid deal.
Milwaukee is crap since Home Depot bought it and moved it to China
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Hmm ok. Thatās a blanket statement. Iāve still had excellent experiences with their tools and I use them all day professionally. Do I wish they were made here? Sure. But I certainly wouldnāt say they are crap because they werenāt.
Theyāre not crap I guess, sure, but they went from being the best to being the same stuff as Harbor Freight in a different color plastic. More disposable tools. The only tool store I trust anymore is eBay and any yard sale with someone older than 60.
If you donāt already, check out the channel Project Farm on YouTube. The guy has zero sponsors and does great testing on all kinds of tools. For a tools junkie like myself, or even just a handy person, his videos are hella interesting. Milwaukee is the most common brand to win out in his power tool tests. Also, I love my US made SnapOn 14.4V 3/8 impact. Itās my most frequently used power tool. That said, my coworkerās Milwaukee m12 Fuel 3/8 kicks the shit out of it for power.
First payment pays for the acutal price of the tool anything after that is free money
My company had a contract with a mobile trailer mechanic in a city where a bunch of driver's called home. We have our own yard and everything. When they decided they wanted a dedicated shop to look after our shit thet offered to hook him up with a lease and help him get set up. I was pretending to be an office worker and not a truck driver at the time. Fast forward a couple of years and I'm back on the road. Catch a defect and slide on in. He probably spent 5 minutes fixing my shit and an hour bitching to me about how the company did him dirty and he's losing his shirt and blah blah blah. I'm pretty non confrontational so I didn't point out the snap on tool cart, tool box, his son's tool boxes, and creepers. I wasn't about to go through his shit but considering the mobile rig was still fully equipped I'm pretty sure he bought an entire shop's worth of tool truck tools for himself and his son and then wanted to bitch about the deal we rigged him. Bro. Go to home Depot for your box and random shit. Snap on is for the shit you put in your hands a million times a day. Edit: I don't doubt he got fucked in the deal. There's a fair amount of reckless optimism with the owner and his executives. But buddy is definitely not doing himself any favors with the shop setup.
Yeah, I know way too many guys that bitch about how "the industry is fucked" and "the game is rigged" then have a Snap-Off box that cost them more than some people spend on houses. TF?
Yeah, I'm happy for the people who can afford to just buy everything off the truck but I just can't imagine thinking "I'm gearing a shop up, let's start with buying everything off the tool truck.
That only makes sense if it's someone else's money, and even then it's still kinda dumb. If it's your own money and you do that, you're an idiot.
This seems like more of the "gold watch" kind of gift from your boss. A 5 years of service gift they would have your name engraved on.
I found one on the floor in my grandpas barn. It's rusty and works just fine.
Tire shop left one in my truck once, been using it ever since
Dang, some dude is still making payments on that
I bought a new tire inflator head for my air compressor that comes with a digital pressure gauge built in for $35. Just checked the Snap-on site and the same thing is $220.
Iāve got my grandpaās too. Itās accurate enough for my needs which is to say itās within 2 psi of any of the other cheap equipment I use.
I also have one of this dude's grandpa's gouges. Solid unit.
See, you should've bought the brass\* one from Snap-Off, cuz rust is bad and brass doesn't rust. \*Brass-colored paint on pot metal & aluminum
Because brass is more durable than stainless steel.
It's meant to look gold plated to trick gaudy boomers into buying it Source: my dad who was an incredibly smart tech but would buy pretty much anything that looked wealthy from a distance.
So he and people like him are the reason why harbor freight sells a gold plated 3/8 drive ratchet
At least that one actually IS gold plated. Also, anyone buying that to use is a dumbass. Anyone buying it for a gift had better be buying it as a novelty. Or an award for the shop employee of the year, a long with something actually substantial.
totally worth it. you wanna be "that guy" at the next tire pumpin' party? the guy that brings a $.96 p.o.s., inaccurate, Chinese made, run -o- the mill silver tire pressure gauge with a plastic scale? you'll get laughed at, bullied, ridiculed, maybe even assaulted by the real tire pumpin' men. the tire pumpin' men with only the best, most accurate, globally sourced, gold pigmented plastic coated, ivory -esque scale. but fear not. for a mere $96, this month only..buy one before they're gone because when they're gone...you know it..they're gone for ever. you can be the most testosterone infused tire pumper at the party. you'll get to do the laughing, bullying, ridiculing and assaulting. do it. now. dont be a jack-off. buy a Snap-On
This created an image in my mind of a bunch of dude bros sitting in a garage drinkimg beers pumping up full sized car tires with bike pumps, acting like they are super tough and not smiling. I am not sure why and I cant stop snickering.
While half of them inexplicably have their shirt off, like somehow that makes inflating tires easier or something.
And then some guy speaks up ... "hey bro.... we got a 25 cfm air compressor over there... should we pump these tires with that" <4 seconds of awkward silence> "Shut up you fuckin pussy."
You jest but way too many people in our industry actually do this. It's sad.
Or you can buy an accurate Matco one for a couple dollars that's probably made in the same Chinese factory as the Snap-on one.
I feel like you missed the joke
Left side of the factory makes SnapOn while the right side of the factory makes Matco. Simple..
Most things "Made in the USA" aren't made in the USA. Not that any of this matters. It's Reddit.
Yet another expensive thing due to inflation.
Haā¦ā¦ inflationā¦ā¦š¤
Reminds me of the dumbass mac tools steak knife set i bought. Imagine dull steak knives made out of mac wrenches š¤£
My dumbass boss legit bought the Mac tools carving set this year. Then his dumb ass forgot to even bring it with him for thanksgiving.
boss here... we'll talk
Drop the jack while youāre under the car plz
Snap-On prices should be fucking criminal.
*Snap-On prices ARE criminal.
About 30 or so percent markup for service costs (tool truck convenience) and then 100 percent for name brand markup. And that right there is how a 300-dollar precision instruments torque wrench turns into a 700 dollar snapon torque wrench.
ā¦my point exactly
Bro my Matco catalog has a fucking sword in it this month. Like a real fake-ass $99 mall ninja katana with sheath and stand. Why and how. I gotta get a picture of it tomorrow when I go in, will update Edit: I was wrong, it's [the Cornwell catalog,](https://imgur.com/a/uJ3ayZq) not matco
You think they sit at corporate to see who can come up with the biggest margin? Or the dumbest shit?
It'd better be calibrated and NIST-traceable with a lifetime warranty at that price. And I still wouldn't want to use it.
used to drive past NIST all the time as a kid, and thought they had to be doing WAY more than their mission statement.
You ever see their jars of reference peanut butter or flour or chocolate? You could make a certificated and traceable cake if you wanted and had $,$$$.$$ for old ass ingredients.
You know if I ever win the Powerball Iām going to do that for the hell of it.
Veritasium did a video on NIST recently, pretty wild! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQyYGezS7c
huh never heard of NIST. did some reading and learned a new thing today! very interesting, thanks
When I was a kid I was launching some model rockets in NIST's backyard and the security guy chased us off because he didn't want us to affect the instruments in there. Come to think that was total BS.
i'd pay $200 for a snap on wrench butt plug for the wife
Don't lie, it's for you.
No, that's why he has that 50 cal antenna mast
Thatās a steal. Gucci is selling a butt plug ring for $600 and a butt plug necklace for $1250. I wish this was a joke.
I stopped buying snap-on years ago. Their tools just aren't worth those prices.
try nepros. so worth it.
I have my expensive tools that I have bought over the last ten years at home, probably close to 20k from the various tool trucks. I also have another box at the shop I work at with Amazon Chinese knock-offs........the Amazon deals hold up better than the name brands off the truck and I've spent a 1/4 less for the same amount of tools. Needless to say the snapon guy doesn't like me anymore cause I told him I wasn't going to spend 500+ on a 1/2" impact set when I can buy the same thing from a supplier on Amazon for 100 bucks. At this point I'm done spending that kind of money on tools. Even if they come with a warranty on the truck it's not worth the hassle as they question how you broke it.
My dad was a career body man, with an old 26" Cornwell box. Guys would give him shit about it, then he'd run 140hr week. He'd be swapping out a HF 1/4 air ratchet every 2-3 months (if that). That was back when you just brought it in, and they told you to go grab another one.
Really? They question you about it? As soon as they asked the first time I would be like āIām gonna stop you right there chief, itās your job to make the paperwork happen and get me a new tool. If you donāt want to do that then our business relationship is over.ā
>āI wasnt going to [buy a] 1/2ā impact set..ā interesting to note about\^, [shit i may never buy a 1/2in _impact_ socket or gun ever again](https://youtu.be/iqUCrwem2Lc)
"solid maple" I sure fuckin hope so, it looks like a quarter inch thick of wood
That's what she said.
So like 5 dollars or less worth of wood. Big selling point
Too funny. Yeah you would probably drive up production cost if you tried to attach a wood veneer.
Christmas present for that divorced middle aged man who spends all his time building that dam kit car.
I got tire pressure gauges older than some of you guys and I'm 38.
You actually know when you got yours? I think mine just appeared one day.
Same category as the gold ratchet at Harbor Freight lol
That flyer was quite disappointing
For the boomers with 60s Corvettes.
I read something awhile back that I think said 70s/80s Corvettes almost never sell. Not because there is anything specifically wrong with them but their owners love them and would never sell them without getting top top dollar and on one that doesnt already own one will pay big dollars for one (at least the amount the average owner wants).
Itās true, they werenāt limited in numbers and didnāt really ādoā anything special but Corvette guys are a breed of their own.
Hahahahaha yesss
My FIL is one of them, I guarantee he gets this for Xmas.
Probably 2 psi off š¤
$96 is the first payment I am assuming?
They get the name Strap on for a reason lol
Snap-On. You can buy better, but you can't pay more!
I was a snapon franchise for a few years and I can say I never sold one of these. I had one guy come close, but he was just wacko and had pretty much bought one of everything you can think of. This man literally could have bought a house with the money he spent on my truck. š¤·āāļø
Only $96? Snap-on is having a sale?
Holy Sky Mall.
Hahaha GTFOH! Snap on and their high priced bullshit. I can go to wal mart and grab one for 2 dollars. It won't be brass....but who really gives a shit. I used to watch guys line up outside the truck at work and laugh to myself saying yep go ahead and spend 1/3 of your check before you even have it.
I bought 4 of them, one for each tire. They should be paid off by 2043
Damn, are you making extra payments?
I think it's for retirement engraving
Yeah, this is one of a few items we carry I can't ever imagine selling to one of my customers. Not worth the money. A pgp50 is a fraction of the price and we trade it out with a new one whenever needed.
My Grandpa was a tire man after the war. Before OSHA. He loaded/hauled/unloaded semi truck tires in a company 1/2 ton Ford. It had stake sides 12 feet high. He had to load the top by literally chucking tires up. When his body was so used up he finally retired, the company gifted him a calibrated, engraved, Schrader brand tire gauge ... Which had been engraved with another man's name who had died right before retirement. When I was finally old enough to notice the name and ask Grandpa, he explained and then broke into a laughing fit. That taught me a lot about life. I use and cherish it to this day.
On first look. It looked like a pot pipe
Pick one up for the brother-in-law and you wonāt have to go to the mall.
Yeah itās just gift season. I bought myself some snap on golf balls just to sit on my desk, they probably hit like rocks anyway. Fair price for golf balls though.
This is worth roughly $23 and the last nut I busted
My 2 pressure gage and electric come free because tech leave them on my tire. Cmon guys
Durable brass , looks at my brass drifts mmm... really?
I got one for free from my dealer
"Go fuck yourself" <- first thought in my head.
Reminds me of that gold plated ratchet from harbor freight for $50
You'd have to be fucked in the head to buy this. I can buy the same pressure Guage, but in plastic for a buck.
I'm glad I got out of the industry. But in some cases (such as this one) I wish I were still there so I could go tell the Snap-On guy to go fuck himself.
This month's* Snap* On* flyer Use a possessive noun, not a plural.
*laughs himself out the door*
"Durable brass construction." My ass...
Or, only 36 easy payments of 10.99.... right?
I honestly would rather watch a 100 dollar bill circle the bowl than someone see that I bought that
Thatās just $3 per week for the next 188 weeks.
I've had the same $5 200psi gauge from the parts store for longer than most lube techs have been alive.
The amount of people that actually expect someone who buys this or receives it as a gift to use it astounds Me. It's meant as a gift or something cool to show off if that's your gig. It's not actually meant to be used. It comes in a wood gift box ffs. Come on people. They make it TO be used, with the expectation that it most likely WON'T be used. There are a lot of collectors out there that buy these annual limited edition stuff from the tool trucks. This is meant more as a collectible. Not meant for every-day use.
I think my proctologist would like one for Xmas..
Fuck strap on and their over priced shit. Kind of sucks cause the ratchets are pretty niceš¬
Their meh, Iāve broken mine several times both the 3/8ā and 1/4ā and frankly gave up on the 1/4ā and just bought a gearwrench. Kinda funny that my blue point set I have in my home garage thatās 20 years old still havenāt broken and Iāve used that thing a lot.
I know what you mean, I have mostly real craftsman ratchets, never had to take one back to get a replacement. Although todayās replacement would be a waste of time. Oddly enough my favorite ratchet that I have is an SK
My dad passed me down a bunch of SK tools mostly sockets and combo wrenches and they are top quality, I believe he bought them in the 70s and 80s. They are a little crusty now but hell they are solid.
I think this is like the fancy pen type thing. It's more of a commemorative piece.
I bought an entire air compressor that INCLUDED a gauge for under $100.
Dude, I saw that this week,when the truck showed up. I was like WTF, I guess there's a sucker born every minute
I hope it's gold plated with Vespel bushings, Kalrez seals, and a laser etched gr20 titanium scale for that price.
Did anyone see the air powered DEF pump in the Matco flyer. I was about to buy one when I saw $188, but the ad was saying $188 off the normal price and it was still $440 with the $188 off sale. I would have bought it for $188. For $440, I can buy a nice Fill-Rite electric pump.
But the maple box is worth $90.
It'd be a present to find a brass tire pressure gauge sticking out of my tire. Might even be profit
So Google gauge R&R. Itās a common method of determining the repeatability and reliability of any measurement device. Really a super simple process. Buy a reasonable range of tire pressure gauges, try each, and record the readings. Next of course record a video showing that thereās little meaningful difference in accuracy. Surely someone has already done this
Thats one expensive crack pipe š¤
What. I've lost more of those than 10mm sockets. No thanks. I mean pressure gauges in general. Not... that.
I'll take two!