Find a good welder.Another is Ridgid
Broke a 36 “ pipe wrench
Warranty sticker is still attached
Local rep would not honor it
Had too many nicks in the head piece
(Lost handle in waste water clarifier @ paper mill). No luck with factory also
2 years later found handle when we drained the clarifier
Kept it as a souvenir lol
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Back probably35-40 years ago, when my Sears rachet wrence broke and they wanted to give me a repair kit... was when I bought my LAST Sears product. I take full credit and responsibility for them going broke and selling their chit to Lowe's!!
Same thing they did to me, it was a long, long time ago but still remember it.Back probably35-40 years ago, when my Sears rachet wrence broke and they wanted to give me a repair kit... was when I bought my LAST Sears product. I take full credit and responsibility for them going broke and selling their chit
I spent 3 decades in the tool business. I have seen pretty much everything. The reason why the manufacturers change the warranty is because of abuse and misuse. You also can't print all the warranty guidelines on a small sticker on a hand tool. You guys are lucky no one got hurt when that thing let go.@toolmanmike I agree if the warranty stated that misuse wasn't covered but the warranty label only states if the handle distorts or breaks, they will replace it
plus I didn't have the handle at the time.
But yeah, we were working on an old steam line trying to replace a threaded flange around 10 ft in the air, we put a 6-8 ft pipe on it and pushed it with a forklift.
It got the job done, mill kept running, boss was happy. We never told him how we did it though. lol
It appears you might be a little hard on measuring tapes.Ugh, Blowe’s……
I must show a receipt or photo ID to exchange a Kobalt tool. When I point to the “Hassle Free” warranty sign, I’m being told that they don’t know if I bought the tool at Blowe’s. Despite my attempts of showing them it’s got Kobalt written on the tool… So, after exchanging a few broken tools throughout the year ( and showing Photo ID to complete the transaction) I get Red Flagged in their system and am actually denied future tool warranty exchanges….. My local Blowe’s has also changed their Lifetime Warranty to a Limited 90 day warranty on certain tools like tape measures. Any attempts to exchange a broken Kobalt tape measure that I purchased when the Lifetime Warranty was in effect on said item, results in an argument between myself and the Blowe’s employees as their warranty policy has changed ….
Needless to say, Blowe’s will honor and exchange Craftsman, Lufkin, Crescent, tape measures with Lifetime Warranty for another tape measure with a Lifetime Warranty.
How is it that Kobalt is Blowe’s line of tools and Blowe’s changes their own Lifetime Warranty on THEIR own products?