# Employee Discounts at Part/Tool stores? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889 "2022-10-15T00:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/21 "2022-10-16T21:09:50Z")
I did that with my welder and still feel guilty. I think I had a $50 discount card or something but they still had the sale tags on the welders from the week before, so I got both. The manager had to ok it. Not my fault I guess they don’t pull the old tags, still I know it wasn’t right. I think I got $80 off instead of $40. I guess I was a male Karen but I didn’t make a fuss, just asked. It was a $500 welder though but don’t tell my wife. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/22 "2022-10-17T00:17:26Z")
Wow, i can still remember going to A&S in downtown Brooklyn with my mother. We’d take the Brighton Line and have lunch at Junior’s. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/23 "2022-10-17T09:42:36Z")
In 1976 I had an addition put on my home and was looking for a dining room tablem hutch and chairs. I found a set by Richardson brothers that I liked at a local furniture store for $2000. I went to a firnoture dea;er I used to de;iver for and he did npt carry that line and hhad never heard of it, but said he would order it for me at his cost. It was $710. Pretty good ex-sort-of-employee discount. I worked for an independant trucker who delivered his furniture. A lot of markup on furniture. Back in the 50s and 60sm furniture stores would sell appliances for very little above cost just to get you in the door. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/24 "2022-10-17T11:41:12Z")
Off topic, but I was sad to see Dayton’s go. Found the history interesting that Dayton’s bargain basement became the inspiration for Target. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/25 "2022-10-17T18:09:49Z")
Yeah that’s where you got tickets for concerts and teen events, and a good clothes department. Always had a daytons card. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/26 "2022-10-17T21:55:04Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > Yoshi says he wants the discount so he can buy tools and cabinets . The auto part stores near me have very limited supply of tools, and I’ve never ever seen Cabinets. Best place for tools and cabinets is Lowes or Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/27 "2022-10-17T22:39:46Z")
Nothing against snap on and metal cabinets but for a home owner, I made wood cabinets. I made them to fit what I store with roll out shelves on most of it. Seven foot high and three foot wide modules across the back of my garage. I have a spot for one metal tool cabinet. I don’t know what it cost but not as much as pro cabinets. Now if you are a pro and need to roll them to a new work place, won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/28 "2022-10-17T23:45:50Z")
I think working at a parts or tool store could be quite valuable training for someone seeking a scientific or engineering related college degree. For one thing, you’d discover folks coming into the store have a lot of misconceptions about how scientific gadgets work. And that folks get confused about things seemingly impossible to be confused about, were a little common sense applied. For example, that a 1/4 inch ID tube looks much different than a 7/8" ID tube. In other words, just b/c a tube came from a bin in the store that said “1/4 inch ID”, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is actually that size. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/29 "2022-10-18T13:54:01Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Nothing against snap on and metal cabinets but for a home owner, I made wood cabinets. Those must be extremely heavy. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/30 "2022-10-18T18:21:32Z")
Built in, fastened to the wall. Not movable. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/31 "2022-10-18T21:49:03Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Nothing against snap on and metal cabinets ![312051397_57109995](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/2/a2ba01e00d4ea77eec00e8683fc954d7ea5848d7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889/32 "2022-10-18T22:09:46Z")
Heh heh, I don’t know how to do pictures. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/employee-discounts-at-part-tool-stores/186889.md?page=1)