ot: sears sucks!, got the high hard one from sears... Options

[Joe Bob]

Buy another one...wait a week return the crappy one. Keep a copy of the receipt for your records....if the new one fucks up too....ya still gotta receipt.

Not like your out any money....you gotta buy one anyways right?

[John]

Get a Dot Matrix Font and print your own damn reciept.

[sk8kat1]

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Feb 13 2006, 07:53 PM)

this doesn't help you, but i've had the same 2.5 ton craftsman floor jack for 16 years. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)

but this is exactly the issue.... they used to make good quality tools now new items are questionable ...

and now that the tools are loosing quality they are tring to wash their hands of the resulting issues by finding new ways to not back these products that have become (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif)

[SirAndy]

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Feb 13 2006, 03:26 PM)

by another one and return the used one with the new receipt (within 30 days) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

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[Porcharu]

Yep it sucks at Sears. The jacks and many things are now "made in mainland China" crap like you can buy at any of the cheap ass big box stores. I looked for a good jack when I needed one (still do) and could only find $400 plus ones online. I need a 2 ton jack that will actually lift 2 tons to work on my big ass truck, the POS 4 ton jack I got at sears leaks but works. I still want a decent jack. I think I will just go ebay and get a 40 year old good ol' US made jack that still has 100 years of use left in it.

[GTPatrick]

The so called lifetime warranty for Sears tools was for their hand Craftsman hand tools only. Anything powered, electrically, gas, or hydraulic was usually for one year only. In other words, if it had moving parts other than a ratcheting socket handle, you were and are still out of luck. The name Craftsman on any tool did not guarantee that , that toold had a life time guarantee. It pays to RTFM and the fine print. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blowup.gif) Never assume anything when you buy it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/jerkit.gif) If it was still under the warranty of say 1 year, you still had to have the receipt. I found out myself about 15 years ago on a Craftsman power tool when I tried to return it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

You can also thank those ass holes (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif) who broke their hammer handles on the curbs or other rip off schemes for this BS. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/Yack.gif) They ripped off the stores and we the honest consumers have to pay for this BS. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sheeplove.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

Unfortunately sometimes tools break, abuse or no abuse they will break at the time you can least afford it. The only thing that is 100% guaranteed in life is that you will be screwed in divorce court. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sheeplove.gif)

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[sk8kat1]

if you are still looking for a good jack look here I posted a link earlier but they have different brands all looking really good and all appear to be rebuildable if something breaks...


floor jacks

[NoEcm]

QUOTE (GTPatrick @ Feb 14 2006, 12:25 AM)

You can  also thank those ass holes   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif)  who broke their hammer handles on the curbs or other rip off schemes for this BS. They ripped off the stores and we the honest consumers have to pay for this BS.   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sheeplove.gif)   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

Ever hear about the 2 Sears customers that:

#1 Used his gas lawn mover for a hedge trimmer. I guess the guy started it and then grabbed the housing with his hands and raised it up to cut the top of his hedge. (this was prior to lawn mowers having the safety lever on the handle). Sued when he lost a couple of fingers. Claimed that the lawn mower was not designed safe enough.

#2 Man and woman trying to do something on top of a table saw they shouldn't have been. Not wearing any pants or underwear he got sliced pretty badly through the butt by the blade when she accidently tripped the on-off switch. Funny thing, the blade was below the top of the table saw and one of his bare cheeks was squished through the blade slot. You'll have to imagine yourself what they were doing at the time. Sued because the safety switch was not safe enough.

I never heard the outcome of either case.

[dlo914]

Other than purchasing tools from Sears/Home Depot. I'm biased to my workplace (Autozone) the tools are quite durable, and they all have a lifetime gurantee. No receipt is ever needed for exchange. And since i get a discount i dont bother going anywhere else. Just recently we had a special on a 2Ton floor jack + 2 jackstand combo for $26.99.