I second that. I still have one sitting on the shelf cause the little piece of metal that was attached to the door fell off. I can't recall if it is the exact same brand, but certainly has the same voice. On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Matt wrote:
> Well, you are tenacious. > After I bought my first one and it didn't last long, I gave up on > them all together. > Too much money for something which didn't work. > But I loved the idea of it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: handyman-blind > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:06 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] talking tape measure > > Well, I am quite upset with the cobolt talking tape measures. About > a year > ago I was in the middle of a project and my talking tape measure > went South. > So I ordered a replacement and sent the broken one across the big > pond for > repair. When it came back I just put it away for a backup. Well > today in the > middle of another project the second unit totally went goofy. I > replaced the > battery and it worked for a while. Then I had the tape out about 15 > inches > and the unit told me 4 and 3/8 inches. Left it shut off and then > pulled out > the tape a few inches and was told that it is 1/4 inch. And now it > won't > talk. So I pulled out the one that was repaired and it does not > talk, that > is what I sent back to have fixed. I guess I will purchase another > and send > these two back for repair. > When I send them back I will send them free matter. That is the way > that the > last one was sent to me. Once before I had the first unit repaired > and it > cost me $35 for shipping. So this time I will use the free matter as > I did > the last time. It did not add that much time and I am in no hurry to > get > them back since I will have one shipped secondday. > --- > Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and > humorous > with many resources for the blind. > http://www.lennymchugh.com > Lenny > Please Copy and Paste into New Message to pass along. Use BCC line > when > addressing. > Help stop identity theft. > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > Man list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
