Originally Posted by
Brian Hjelm
When I was an apprentice and young tradesman, all you had to do was preswent the broken bit to the Sidchrome rep. who used to call around in a van full of stock several times a year and he would replace it without question. Times have changed. Sidchrome is now just another cheap brand name made in the mystic east by a multi-national owner. Snap On were always grossly overpriced in my opinion. This is a result of a barely legal franchising/pyramid marketing scheme that has numerous levels of profit taking between the manufacturer (often not Snap On, but someone unnamed who puts Snap On brand on their product) and the retailer in the van. Top quality hand tools are Armstrong, Allen, Proto, Britool, Beta, Dowidat, Stahlwille, and Gedore.
