Tom,
We are very happy about being a sponsor of TBN, it allows us to be involved with this great community of tractor owners. I wanted to take the time to respond to your post about a couple items that you are pricing and comparing to your local dealer.
At Everything Attachments, what we try to provide is the best value. In the case of the carry all, you have chosen one of the lightest, largest to ship, and cheapest items on our entire site out of 1500 attachments we have available. I wanted to check other competitors so I went to Tractor Supply and found this same piece for $129.99 available in store only, and at Northern Tool for $119.99.
The example I am about to give you applies to your particular location (and some customers may have to drive further). If you take out the 36 miles that you didn't have to drive, that is at least $10 dollars worth of gas, and the hour you spent driving from start to finish (and I hope your time is worth at least double when you are not at work), there is another 30 dollar savings or more.
When you call here and need help you will find a friendly knowledgable staff to answer your questions, as well as "How To" videos that we have spent a lot of money and time to produce that show how to use and adjust most of the attachments we sell. We are working on making more weekly. I think that once you take these factors into account, that the prices get a lot closer.
In the case of the 6ft. box blade, if you are talking about a United blade, at $450 your local dealer is either losing money or maybe has a blade that is aged inventory that has been out in the weather for a good while, because I know what these blades cost. Ours will come to you in new condition with free shipping to a business or freight terminal within 1,000 miles of Newton NC.
As for the Smart Farmer, the prices you see on their website do not include shipping. You still have to add in your freight cost to ship it to you. Items like post hole diggers come with no gear oil in them (which costs you an extra $20 and a trip to the store), and are not available to be shipped UPS ground to your front door for your convience.
We may not always be the cheapest (although we do our best to be very competitive on our pricing), but when it comes to offering value, great customer service, "How To" demos of our equipment, and providing freshly manufactured products, we hope that you will find that we are the best place make your purchase. We appreciate your support, and hope that we can make you a customer in the future.