Why people don't buy craftsman anymore

@RustyRatRod

I once bought tools off the truck. As a young mechanic you think you need the fancy tools like the big boys... now days I by just about all my tools at Orileys/kragen..


You know why? They are every where and when I destroy their stuff I walk in set it on the counter and grab another off the rack.

They scan it and Im back at work. Anywhere in California, where is the nearest sears? I have no idea.. Lowes... yeah thats almost an hour away. Orileys is 5 mineuts away from just about anywhere.

One time I was working on my old Toyota truck. I was doing a clutch and the dang flywheel bolts would not come off.

14 mill socket, half inch breaker bar, meet long pipe.

After snapping like 4 sockets the guy behind the counter walks over grabs a black six point impact socket and says. "Here, try this one" you could tell he knew I was doing something stupid.

No charge, he was just sick of me returning snapped 12 point sockets....

More recently its the 3/8s driver tips in my cordless impact guns. I snap one or two a month. Walk into Orily hand it over and grab a new one.

No questions asked. No waiting, done.