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slowbubblecar
10-01-2005, 09:12 AM
I thought it was a merger, not one company buying the other out. Kmarts are shuttng down all over, I doubt they are buying a good portion of sears.

As far as tools go, I do not think craftsman is any better than the rest of them. I have broken probly 5 rachets now (3 1/2 drive, 2 3/8 drive). Any good hardware store will warranty their products. Ace Hardware carries a lifetime warranty on all ACE tools also. I cannot speak for the rest of the smaller hardware stores but we do not carry any cheap tools. The last thing you want to do is get your name behind a crappy product. The larger stores carry bigger lines and will stock cheap-crappy tools (Menards for example with their tool shop brand). Sears is a larger company with more of an advertising budget that is why nobody knows about the smaller stores like ACE having the same warrantee. This is John under James' name...

slowbubblecar
10-01-2005, 09:14 AM
Oh and as far as snap on, mac and the other high buck tool manufacturers go, they warranty tools in a commercial workplace. Sears only warranties tools for residential use, not commercial. That is why mechanics swear by the better names and hate craftsman.

AJ
10-01-2005, 09:35 AM
The Merger happened in late 04, and it was Kmart picking up Sears for 11 billion.

http://stocks.about.com/b/a/126621.htm

So why not sells Craftsmen in Kmart? It's a big seller for Sears and if it can be made available in Kmart and bring in a few different types of customers then it's a good thing.