I start "College" in a week!

[niterydr]

Snap-on and Matco offer deals to students, usually 25% off or something along those lines.
If you plan on making your living off your tools, buy good ones. The saying goes "take care of you tools, and they'll take care of you."
good luck w/school!

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I only have a week to come up with any sort of money for tools lol. The school has all of the major companies come to the school and offers a very good discount. I think its a tax write off for them. I was curious about what tools are more important to be quality. For instance, is it worth buying a snap on ratchet over a craftsman? Torque wrenches, best bang for the buck? I will make some sort of living off my tools someday, but there is always another day to buy more and better quality stuff.

I guess this is more of a question for the shops. Most ppl dont have the time or the money to have a huge amount of tools. So how would most of us know what is worth spending the big cash on?