Should call it the quality killer . False economy at it`s most perfect incarnation.
not picking a fight cuz i don't want one. i value your opinion as much as anyone's but i don't get what you are trying to say.
it's not been until i have gotten older that i have realized how important it is to save for the future. i figured it out about 10 years too late and about 10 years sooner than many people my age.
guy number one spends 100 bucks a week on the truck and saves little or nothing. at the end of his career he sells his tools at 75 cents on the dollar and has very little saved.
guy number 2 spends 50 bucks a week getting the best bang for his buck no matter what the brand and invests 50 bucks a week. at the end of his career he sells his tools for 50, 25 or even 10 cents on the dollar along with what he has saved.
which one of those guys has a false economy?
now i love good quality american made steel as much as the next guy and will buy it as often as i can. i also despise shitty cheap junk made in china and avoid it as much as possible. saying both of those things, someplace in the middle there is the good stuff that is good to excellent quality at a fair price that is made in all corners of the world and sadly some of it from china.
again, i am not saying any of what is happening is right or wrong because that is debatable. what i am saying is i watch my wife and kids order things on their phone and most often in a day or 2 it is on the doorstep. i think not that long ago the trucks were chuckling as sears, one of their main competitors slowly slid away. the tool trucks are going to have to figure out how to deal with hf because hf is not going away. it is one of the few retailers that is growing and growing fast. not because of the crap the are offering because much of it is still there but along side of it are products that are getting better every day. and not just a little better, a lot better.
refusing to see what is happening in plain sight won't end well for the trucks.