[TheForge] Cordless drills
Ralph Sproul
brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com
Thu Jan 27 21:54:52 EST 2005
You know me better than that! :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Donahoe" <flyinpig at go-concepts.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Cordless drills
>
> 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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