"the garage of knowledge"

jbear wrote: No guys like eric in Belguim?

Of course John... I'm one of them LOL

eric lavine wrote: Kris, do you mean fukum?

Eric, good to know some things will never change in this world, like for example your witty replies...

The last time I took a (used up) Craftsman ratchet to Sears (probably 10 years ago now), they still replaced it (back then), but the replacement had a plastic piece where there had been a metal piece on the old one. Not that that's always a bad thing I guess (plastic vs metal) but it seemed like an indication that they were sort of cheapening things up even then rather than "replacing what you had."

That's a good idea...

...I'll suggest that!

Pete,

Like your joke about the wrench, I was going to say, their "improved" screwdriver would be one with an added 1/16" to the handle diameter (so they could claim "more gripping surface" for your hand)!   BUT I think I like Buffalo BFN's "improved screwdriver" better!

It all reminds me of the other day, I was at one of these "elcheapo" tool isles at a bargain store here called Ollie's (anybody know Ollie's?) and I needed a pair of small channel locks so I picked up these cheap ones that had rather "girly looking" (oh now I'm in trouble) purple rubber coated handles. I figured I'd get them anyway (even though they were all purply) because they were real cheap when my wife pointed out that they were in a whole section of tools with purple rubberized handles actually made specifically for women called "Chicks can Fix."

I got a kick out of that. Did I buy them anyway? Sure, they were cheap!

Of course they keep disappearing from my tool box...

Pete, out of all the re-invented wrenches i grab for, its always the 90 degree swivel gear wrenches made by gear wrench, if i need more torque I'll put the box end on the open end and double the length

Kris, do you mean fukum?

Dave D. wrote: I bet their marketing department could sway the election, LOL!! That's hilarious. My brother in Galveston lost a huge pile of tools to Hurricane Ike several weeks ago and luckily his insurance company is going to pay to replace them. I asked him if any of the tools were Craftsman and told him that he could just bring them back to Sears to swap out for brand new stuff. He says they don't have that policy anymore. I was shocked to say the least. I guess they were loosing money and needed to save some to pay their crackerjack marketing folks...

Really? I just exchanged a tool about a month ago, no problem. It must have happened recently. I thought the ads were still claiming "gauranteed for life" as well?

Darn...with this title I thought I might be able to go to this place, learn a bit, and grow up to be like Pete.

john

I bet their marketing department could sway the election, LOL!! That's hilarious. My brother in Galveston lost a huge pile of tools to Hurricane Ike several weeks ago and luckily his insurance company is going to pay to replace them. I asked him if any of the tools were Craftsman and told him that he could just bring them back to Sears to swap out for brand new stuff. He says they don't have that policy anymore. I was shocked to say the least. I guess they were loosing money and needed to save some to pay their crackerjack marketing folks...