An alternative title could be ’spend a little more to save a lot of money’, and it’s very relevant now when everyone’s personal and business budget is being squeezed. It’s a piece of advice my father gave me about buying tools - don’t buy the cheapest offerings which are made to look like the quality brands, buy the real thing - and in my case I take it a little further and prefer to buy my quality tools at a specialist ‘mom and pop store’. It might cost a few more dollars, but that’s cheap compared to the advice you get in choosing the exact tool for the job, and more importantly the long-term relationship you build up with the store owner.

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