No, Mike. I am saying your joy is finding, getting the low-cost tools. My joy is finding the quality tools. I look at cost if I find several quality tools. I refer to tools that are important to me, in professional pursuits where my reputation and my time are on the line or a serious hobby. I would much rather have a quality tool that can save me time while increasing my chances at a quality result than to get the big bargain tool that I grumble using while scrambling to get professional results.
However, I do not drive super-quality or fancy cars. I found enough quality in a truck that now has over 200K miles. It has little to do with my job or any of my passions, but it has what I needed when I bought it. It may well be crap to someone who depends on a vehicle for professional reasons, though. For example, I can only picture a real estate agent getting value from it to repair property, not to show property. Please note that getting quality tools does not necessarily equate to high costs; nor do crappy tools always equate to low costs. Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- Are you saying there are no quality tools that are low cost? Perhaps you just aren't a good shopper. I never said a 'reasonable job', but I don't need a 25 dollar hammer to hang a picture as I said. By your logic, your 25 dollar hammer, would do better than a 5 dollar hammer at putting a nail in drywall to hang a photo. I don't need snap on tools to do brakes on my car, or change the oil, or replace a radiator. My joy as it were, does not come in a mass of low quality tools, but in being sharp enough not to spend $$$ when it only costs $. I look for the least expensive tool that can do the job RIGHT. Isn't that what you do? If you have two equal quality tools for a job, you don't buy the most expensive one do you? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
