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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 333 Joined: 12-May 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 684 Region Association: South East States ![]() |
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This pisses me off. I've bought a bunch of their pliers and really like most of them. I for one won't be buying them anymore. Now if I manage to break one they're going to give me a china made replacement. If anyone wants to send them feedback here's their page http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/contactUs.jhtml I sent them a letter myself. John |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 344 Joined: 10-January 07 From: Highwoods, Saugerties, NY Member No.: 7,445 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
I bought some valves for a 912 said Germany on the box inside on the valve was a little sticker that said South Afrika. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) Volkswagen has been building cars and vans in South Africa since the 1950s and the quality of the vehicles is very high. They are very resourceful- for instance they installed water-cooled VW Golf engines in their local version of the Vanagon and it was considerably more powerful than the US version. Mercedes builds most of the right hand drive C Class MBs for Britain, Australia and Japan there. I have a great Vise Grip that I discovered risted solid to the trunk of a 914 parts car I bought. Freed it from the trunk, soaked in it PB blaster for a day and it's been fine since then. Made in the USA 30 years ago. Have to agree that people that use tools to earn a living tend to buy US and European manufactured because of the quality and those that plan to use that screwdriver twice a year buy Asian. My business inviolves working with wood and most of our tools are German, Italian and US built. Even Japanese tools, while reasonably good and very reliable, don't have the out and out quality of a German tool. Chris |
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