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From: barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: The Sears Philosophy, My View
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 11:31:27 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 11:31:27 1985
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With all of this dicussion about Sears' no questions asked, replacement
policy on their Craftsman tools; nothing has been said about the wastefulness
of this.   In a world short on resources, it just doesn't make sense to
buy something just because "if it breaks they will replace it - free".
Free to whom?  Obviously Sears is not loosing money on their tools.  I
hate to think of all of the land fills piled with old Sears tools that
met an early demise.  Sounds like a terrible attitude toward tools in
particular, and resources (including money) in general.

I prefer (after learning the hard way by buying lots of Sears tools) that
buying a good quality tool (or anything) is ALWAYS cheaper in the long run.
Not to mention that you have the pleasure of using that tool (or whatever)
throughout its life; which is often longer than the owner's.

Buy less of better quality.  I haven't regreted it once.  



barry steel

"He has many knives, none of them sharp."  -- ancient Chinese saying