[TheForge] Cordless drills

[Kevin Donahoe]

Says a lot, like you can count and remember A LOT better than I can, ha!

  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
  >[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ralph Sproul
  >Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:40 AM
  >To: Sponsored by ABANA
  >Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cordless drills
  >
  >
  >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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