[TheForge] Cordless drills

[Ralph Sproul]

You'll have to make it out here to a real hardware store some day!  :-)

I've got a 15 year old Makita that's on it's 20th battery......... does that
say anything?

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Donahoe" <flyinpig at go-concepts.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Cordless drills


> There's that soft thing again.  I know HD can be frustrating, but I'm
afraid
> I don't get any better service, often worse, at the local hardware!
>
> Thanks fellows.
>
> Kevin
>
>   >-----Original Message-----
>   >From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>   >[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Justin Fellenz
>   >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:50 PM
>   >To: Sponsored by ABANA
>   >Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cordless drills
>   >
>   >
>   >I suggest duct-taping pillows to all your tools.
>   >
>   >Seriously, about Ridgid. First of all, Home Despot has gone onto my
>   >do-not-patronize list because there's never anyone around and if they
>   >are they don't know anything, often including the language. Great for
>   >those folks for getting out and working, but it says that home depot is
>   >getting low low prices by paying slave wages. Theyre kind of harbor
>   >freight-like now. Lots of cheap stuff, no service.
>   >
>   >Anyway. I burnt out a brush on my ridgid chop saw the other day and had
>   >to send it back to Ridgid for warrantee. Seemed to me it would be a
>   >legitimate, well within warrantee period, I didn't drop it, it died in
>   >the line of duty. It came back 6 weeks later (if I'd made my living
>   >with it I'd have had to buy a new one the day it went out), the guy
>   >from home depot called me (see above description) and told me that the
>   >saw I had sent in for "repair" (not warrantee) had come back with a tag
>   >that said the brush would be $130 so I should buy another one. It didnt
>   >seem that he had any idea that it was supposed to be warranteed, so I
>   >dont know why or if ridgid said it was ineligible--maybe whoever sent
>   >it in said it was for repair. So now I have to go there, get the case
>   >number, call ridgid, find out why it wasn't covered, and then buy a new
>   >saw.
>   >
>   >Short answer, the tools are ok, but it seems that there's effectively
>   >no warrantee. So, pillows.
>   >
>   >JRF
>   >--- Dan Tull <dantull at numail.org> wrote:
>   >
>   >> Don't be so hard on em.
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> Ridgid
>   >> ----- Original Message -----
>   >> From: "Kevin D" <flyinpig at go-concepts.com>
>   >> To: "Theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>   >> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:55 PM
>   >> Subject: [TheForge] Cordless drills
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> > Folks,
>   >> >
>   >> > My cordless Dewalt drill took a three foot fall (on concrete)
>   >> yesterday
>   >> > and
>   >> > just pretzelled something bad.  I recall seeing some add for a
>   >> brand that
>   >> > was dropped from 12? feet and still useable.  Anybody remembers who
>   >> that
>   >> > might be, or have some recommendations?
>   >> >
>   >> > Thanks, Kevin Donahoe
>   >> >
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