Craftsman Warranty

[Bill G]

150-Year-Old Vaughan Plant Closing after Nixed Buyout

Local media cited financial troubles leading to buyer backing out of purchasing the hand tool maker's Bushnell, IL plant.

www.mdm.com

I remember the sounds of this plant very well.

 

[Bill G]

My ‘new’ Craftsman, replacement socket looks identical to a ‘DeWalt’ (slso owned by Stanley) socket I saw.

Both made in Taiwan.

Philbert

The big box farm store here sells "Craftsman". A couple years ago I had a Craftsman 8 inch crescent wrench wrench that I could not get to adjust worth a damn. I tried several different things with no success. I took it to the box store and asked if they got ored the lifetime warranty. The nice woman at the service counter told me to get either a Craftsman or DeWalt and they would honor it. When I went to checkout the young kid wanted to give me the old one back. I could have been dishonest and took it with me and had one of my sons exchange it again but I didn't

 

[OnlyStihl]

Buy quality. I've socket sets now over 40 years old, and they get used a lot. Amazing, cause sometimes I will use my old regular Husky sockets with the impact driver cause I'm to lazy to get up and get a proper impact socket.

 

[Bill G]

I remember when something 40 years old seemed ancient. Today 40 years old was yesterday......1986.

 

[Wilhelm]

It is the stock market that skyrockets product prices and causes production cost cuts to make the shareholders happy!
And CEO paychecks and bonuses, obviously.

The rich won't ever have enough, and the working class isn't unanimous enough to fight their greed.

 

[Bill G]

I would still like to hear from someone that worked in the US auto, agriculture, or construction equipment manufacturing business om the 1970's and 1980's