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...
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...