> I don't want to use bad language...but think what I thought
>  about Makita when they ask for this outrageous price....

Perhaps it's like that deal with printers - you can get a
very reasonable printer for good $$$, but they get you
on the ink cartridges (and especially now that cartridges
have built-in smarts that defeat refilling). Maybe it's just as
simple as economy of scale, although you'd have to wonder
about the profit margin on a $49.95 drill. I did pick up some
at a local builder's merchants when they had a sale, which
I have to say is against my normal practise of buying the best
tools I can afford - but $50 vs $250 is very very tempting

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