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Story about home power tools mm 03-24-2008
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Posted by marson on March 25, 2008, 7:27 am
>
> > Heard on the radio just now -- heard it before too -- that there was a
> > big influx into Baltimore of workers from West Virginia and Virginia
> > and Carolina during the war and maybe other times, and Black and
> > Decker used to rent power tools to the shipyard(s?) here. =EF=BF=BDAccor=
ding
> > to someone quoting Mr. Decker, he noticed -- didn't say exactly when
> > -- that people were taking the tools home and bringing them back, and
> > he asked them why, and was told "I can get so much done with these
> > things at home." =EF=BF=BDAnd after that, Black and Decker started selli=
ng the
> > tools through hardware stores.
>
> sad they cut to junk quality, B&D is known as disposable tools

Yes it is sad. They took the B&D brand name and used it to sell
garbage to make the most profit in the short term. If the B&D brand
is on ANY quality tools anymore I haven't heard of them.

Posted by George on March 25, 2008, 9:56 am
marson wrote:
>>
>>> Heard on the radio just now -- heard it before too -- that there was a
>>> big influx into Baltimore of workers from West Virginia and Virginia
>>> and Carolina during the war and maybe other times, and Black and
>>> Decker used to rent power tools to the shipyard(s?) here. �According
>>> to someone quoting Mr. Decker, he noticed -- didn't say exactly when
>>> -- that people were taking the tools home and bringing them back, and
>>> he asked them why, and was told "I can get so much done with these
>>> things at home." �And after that, Black and Decker started selling the
>>> tools through hardware stores.
>> sad they cut to junk quality, B&D is known as disposable tools
>
> Yes it is sad. They took the B&D brand name and used it to sell
> garbage to make the most profit in the short term. If the B&D brand
> is on ANY quality tools anymore I haven't heard of them.

Or it might be said they they responded to the big box cheap, cheap,
cheap is all that matters syndrome.

Posted by Red Green on March 25, 2008, 9:43 pm

>>
>> > Heard on the radio just now -- heard it before too -- that there
>> > was a big influx into Baltimore of workers from West Virginia and
>> > Virginia and Carolina during the war and maybe other times, and
>> > Black and Decker used to rent power tools to the shipyard(s?) here.
>> > �Accor
> ding
>> > to someone quoting Mr. Decker, he noticed -- didn't say exactly
>> > when -- that people were taking the tools home and bringing them
>> > back, and he asked them why, and was told "I can get so much done
>> > with these things at home." �And after that, Black and Decker
>> > started selli
> ng the
>> > tools through hardware stores.
>>
>> sad they cut to junk quality, B&D is known as disposable tools
>
> Yes it is sad. They took the B&D brand name and used it to sell
> garbage to make the most profit in the short term. If the B&D brand
> is on ANY quality tools anymore I haven't heard of them.


> If the B&D brand
> is on ANY quality tools anymore I haven't heard of them.

Are you kidding? Just go to WalMart. They have all the B&D stuff! :-)

Regarding old B&D, I have this 7 1/4 circ saw I bought in 1981. It just
won't die. You can hear the bearings rattle even. It started doing that a
year ago. Never put brushes in it. Can you imagine.



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