Read carefully, I will write this only once

Aug 28, 2008 29 Replies

I was accosted by a person of the French persuasion as I left a job today. He'd seen the van & waited for me.



He worked for a French company called MACC

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chap, he had a mobile showroom van, bit like Snap On.



Showed my 4 items. Escamac a multi function ladder, very impressive & well built, but didn't do anything my Wickes jobby doesn't. Modulmac a shelf unit with 7 organisers in, again nice, but 7 organisers and some ply could achieve the same. A cantilever toolbox and a set of folding saw horses, very clever design, but I don't use them.



I asked on a few occasions how much these things were & he avoided the question, rabbiting on about quality instead. IME people afraid of mentioning price are selling stuff that is silly money. Give me the hump to be honest.



Eventually he gave me a price for the four items, mentioning that I could have 90 days credit & pay in three instalments.



So, how much for a multi purpose ladder, a storage system, a tool box & a pair of saw horses?



Nearest answer wins a fridge magnet :-)



Where would we be without rules?



We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like:

Five hundred and twenty four pounds, nineteen shillings and threepence ha'penny.

If he was so evasive then I'd say... £600

Si

I would punch a Frenchman if he accosted me. If that did not work I would invade his country.

As for the free magnet I will guess at £110

Adam

"The Medway Handyman"

Thats some multi purpose ladder.

Why would I want to attract a fridge?

Getting the friggin length wrong.

Heh, their UK office is just down the road from me ...

Would that be Mr Beko or Mr Electrolux?

Ladder = £100 Toolbox = £40 Storage crap = £80 Saw horses £1.99 ea in B&Q so good ones will be around a fiver each, ergo = £10

GRAND TOTAL = £230....if he was asking any more than £300 he should have been kicked in the bollocks, very hard.

£570

ou equivalente dans eureaux.

Owain

GBP 700 + vat

Is that a *genuine* collectible Medway Handyman fridge magnet?

Andy Hall would probably expect to pay at least £2000 ...

(provided that he's tried them out at an international tool show).

Limited edition :-)

Are you going to tell us or are we to be kept in suspenders all night?

You should be so lucky...

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