On 26 Apr 2003 13:11:26 GMT, wrote:
In misc.rural Maren Purves wrote:
Other Brother Kevin wrote:
I buy all my hand tools at Sears, NOTHING beats the Craftsman deal. I
bought a digging fork almost twenty years ago, last year I returned the
SIXTH one for a new one.

I'm on my third loppers (the ones with the yellow handles) since
Christmas ...

Am I the only one who buys better tools and doesn't have to return them
at all? I just don't get this whole "They break alot, and this is a
feature" sales thing. I'd rather have a tool that stands up to long
work and won't break 6 times.

I mean, 3rd replacement since December?

For sure. I'm still using some tools my grandfather bought (used) as
a young man. But frankly, all tools aren't like that. Some do tend to
get "used up" fairly quickly. You need to treat them as consumables
rather than investments.

Then there are the tools you can buy for $20 instead of $189 that
hold up much better than the price difference would indicate. I'm
thinking of the Horrible Freight angle grinders here. Quality they're
not, work they do. And I can afford to have spares if one does fail
in the middle of a job.

Buying quality (= expensive) tools isn't always the best thing to
do. I tend to look at value for the dollar. That often means cheap
tools, sometimes it means expensive tools, but rarely does it
mean Sears tools. They're neither cheap nor high quality. The
lifetime guarantee means an unexpected trip to town in the middle
of a job likely as not.

Gary