Snap on prices are out of sight.

[Chris142]

Always been expensive but are now absolutely stupid high.

Where is the value in this?

 

[SC Maintenance]

Sign of the end maybe? Only the complete faithful would pay that for one spark plug socket.

 

[JoelB]

The same reason women buy Coach purses. For the appearance of wealth.

 

[JayhawkRoy]

t My grandson is a newly minted Ford Tech right out of school. The instructors all recommended snap on for tools, but the cost was way too expensive. He worked previously at a shop who used NAPA as their main supplier and NAPA store owner got him all he needed for half price or less. Still not cheap but the tools still work just fine for him right now. Good lesson to learn early.

 

[Ausfahrt]

I wouldn't want to be the owner/operator of a Snap-on truck in todays world.

 

[nomas]

I've heard every explanation and excuse they can come up with . None of it justifies those prices .

 

[JWC86]

Sign of the end maybe? Only the complete faithful would pay that for one spark plug socket.

Or someone young new tech racking up dept to a franchise that he will pay into every 2 weeks for the next 30 years without giving it the thought it deserves.

 

[spasm3]

Look at nepro for that magnetic socket.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Gotta havit.

 

[wavinwayne]

I've said it before, but I can't imagine being a mechanic who owes their soul to the Snap-On truck.

 

[Chris142]

t My grandson is a newly minted Ford Tech right out of school. The instructors all recommended snap on for tools, but the cost was way too expensive. He worked previously at a shop who used NAPA as their main supplier and NAPA store owner got him all he needed for half price or less. Still not cheap but the tools still work just fine for him right now. Good lesson to learn early.

Smart move. If a tool fails to do a job he can upgrade to a more premium brand as needed. Im sure he wont need a $100 plug socket.

 

[dogememe]

You can buy a 14mm plug socket at the auto parts store with lifetime warranty for like $10. You can exchange it anytime at 6,000 places in the country. I see zero additional value in that Snap-on socket.

 

[Urshurak776]

Ridiculous. I hope they sell ZERO of those. Anyone buying it is just contributing to the issue. No need of that.

 

[Mechanician]

It must use a rare earth magnet.
Online Inflation calculator shows 1975 (my time frame) to 2026 - $103 would have been $16.50.

 

[97prizm]

Sign of the end maybe? Only the complete faithful would pay that for one spark plug socket.

I suppose if you bought it and it waa the last spark plug socket you'll ever need.

 

[JavierH19]

It's just a spark plug socket. I understand buying their impacts but if a spark plug is tightened enough to need a socket be made out of the best steel so it doesn't break then you have much much bigger problems.

 

[k1xv]

That price is so out of sight, only Stevie Wonder would pay it.

 

[k1xv]

The same reason women buy Coach purses. For the appearance of wealth.

Who walks around in public places so that others can admire their Snap On spark plug socket?

 

[SC Maintenance]

I suppose if you bought it and it waa the last spark plug socket you'll ever need.

Lots of lifetime warranty stuff out there now.

We’re also assuming snap on stays in business which they won’t once even the faithful move on and the EV mechanics buy from Fluke.

 

[97prizm]

Lots of lifetime warranty stuff out there now.

We’re also assuming snap on stays in business which they won’t once even the faithful move on and the EV mechanics buy from Fluke.

I will say that at some price point that even diehard Snapon customers will be hesitant to buy. I'm not familiar with fluke. I thought they made meters etc.