Being as I buy commercial line trimmers, I don't have that problem. I go to one of the local shops to replace or repair what I can not do myself. I can get a new head for my Shindaiwa trimmer for around $40 and replace it myself. I have two heads now, one which feeds the line automatically without the bump thing; and the other, a bump head, which is the original and is starting to exhibit an imbalance, which means time for a new one. My Shindaiwa is like over 20years old and still starts on the third pull, and I have used it for doing lawns commercially. I have an Ariens 30" hedge clipper that I bought in 1988 and it still starts the third pull. Of course, I use Amsoil two stroke oil for lawn equipment... Other things, I usually buy commercial grade because I know that almost all of the merchandise they sell today is made mostly for the homeowner to use on a single job or two around the house and then sit and collect dust, until out of warranty, and then you use it maybe a year or two down the line and it gives up. WallyWorld does sell Stanley hand tools, which are good and reasonably priced, but the warranty thing is still the problem. I do not wear out tools like I used to, so the best bet for the money is the Stanley sets at WW or Pittsburg at Harbor Frgt. If you want a good small driver for working on computers all day I would get a Makita, Bosch, or Rigid, the latter which you can get guaranteed for life free online after purchase. Bosch makes some of their stuff in China now, but it must meet the German specs or gets rejected. A friend of mine who ownd a fastener business sell mostly US made, but deals with suppliers who buy Chinese, but to their specs. They have to inspect every shipment and if it doesn't pass muster they reject iot and send it back. Their Chinese suppliers have learned not to try to pass something off on them. In those cases, Chinese is grudgingly acceptable to my friend.
I have broken off or rounded out many screws or screwheads from Lowe's or home Depot, or WallyWorld until I found out he sells sheetrock, wood, and sheet metal screws: no more broken screws or rounded out heads.. And that's not mentioning the poor quality and ridiculous price for bits at those places... Stanley ________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 5:33:30 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] tool theft Bad customer service is usually the first sign that a nat'l chain is about to go under. They used to sell a small electric screwdriver. I've never seen another one that small and handy. Not much power, but perfect amount of torque for working on PCs. I was using one 8hours a day but they would only last around 4-5 mos. I'd take it back and swap it out. The third one they decided not to replace for me. They decided I was being too rough on it. I guess I wasn't supposed to use it to turn screws. I also had a Craftsman brand lawnmower that essentially was crap. Again same customer service problems, trying to get them to own up to their own faulty products. My favorite is that you can no longer get parts through their retail stores. You have to find one of their warehouses or repair centers which are always inconveniently placed. Why the !#$% can't I order another head for my weed eater where I bought it? Would it kill them to have it at the store the next day for me to pick up? Really? -Kyle On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:34 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: Was it Sears or was it K-Mart? Or did they just do a mutual merger? I never heard the whole story. But you're right, it's not the same, and they outsource their appliance repair now, and have sold off their fleet of trucks and vans. >I see now that you still have a choice between made here or made in China, >mostly in self-defense. But the China goods don't have the lifetime warranty. > >Stanley > > > > > ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 8:43:16 AM >Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] tool theft > > >Sears is not what it once was. Keep in mind they were bankrupt just a few >years >ago and now are part of Kmart. > >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
