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 JM>> Cost about 800 bucks just to replace those. Good tools are not cheep.

 KW> My co-sysop a few years back bought an old beat-up
 KW> Craftsman tool set at a garage sale. He then proceeded to
 KW> the local Sears and replaced all the broken tools with new
 KW> replacements.

 KW> While more expensive on the replacement end, I wonder if
 KW> companies with simple, comprehensive warranties save money
 KW> in the long run.

 Years ago Sears came out with a line of cheap tools. The screw
 drivers had bright orange handles. They were well made and
 guaranteed. When I first saw them I bought the screwdrivers,
 mostly we would lose them far more often than break them. There
 were pits we weren't willing to dredge for lost tools, and if
 they rolled under a machine, unless you saw where it went, you
 might not find it.

 Or if you left it in a panel ... which sometimes happened.

 When I forst saw them I thought, who would buy them? Those
 orange handles screamed cheap tools, and who want's to be known
 for buying cheap tools? Then I saw a couple in the plant, and
 realized, those orange handles screamed advertising. Everyone
 sees them and gets the idea to look for them.

 I believe Sears dropped them long ago, probably because they
 cost them too many sales of their better tools.



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