Hi Tod, Picky, picky, picky! A tool box for probably under $10, and you are worried about the quality of the hardware? If it is just plated steel, and rusts out after 10 years, then the tool box has cost you $1.00 per year for operational costs. After five years of use mine shows no rust spots at all. Do you leave it out in the cockpit overnight? Martinis cost $5 and up these days, so the tool box depreciation represents 1/5th of a Martini per year in cost. An acceptable price to pay for excellent utility. Connie
On Aug 18, 2005, at 10:16 AM, chbenneck@juno.com wrote:
Hi Tod,
Picky, picky, picky!
A tool box for probably under $10, and you are worried about the quality of the hardware?
I'll have to admit that I'm guilty of the same pickiness :-) I passed up a couple of simple (no compartments in the lid which I didn't want) toolboxes as well because they had cheapish metal hardware and I hate rust. Of course all the (similarly inexpensive) ones with the compartments taking up the lid space had nice plastic latches! But now, Connie, I see your handy amortization formula! So I guess I could get the one with the metal latches after all... Only difference being that I will have to "price" the box in something like iced lattes or Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt ;-) --- Rachel
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