[TheForge] Re: A real Deal at HF...

[Jerry Smith]

I wish people would send me their broken HF tools (or
Busy Bee or Princess Auto), I would turn them into
lawn ornaments that look like critters around her.

Jerry

--- Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
wrote:

> My general experience with HF is that on the average
> i've paid 
> about as much as i would have for a decent quality
> tool, in the 
> long run. Some of them are OK ( i've done well with
> their cheapie 
> air hammers for example). Many other HF tools didn't
> last through 
> a single job. There's a pile of dead ones in the
> corner shelf.
> The loss is in your time coping with the failures.
> It's a gamble, 
> and i suspect the house always wins, like usual.
> I'd much rather buy quality old overweight tools,
> once.
> When they fail they are often fixable and still
> worth fixing.
> What's the value of frustration?....pete f
>