On 26 May 2008 19:09:09 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:

In article , (Puddin' Man) writes:
| On Sun, 25 May 2008 16:28:24 -0700, Oren wrote:
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| On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:12:19 -0500, Puddin' Man
| wrote:
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| About 12 years ago I bought one of those "Best Buy" Craftsman garden
| hoses. The hose material itsownself looks like it might outlive me,
| but the threaded aluminum connector on the end is flimsy.
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| The unit hasn't been mis-used at all, but the connector is bent.
| It leaks a fair amount. It has a "forever" warranty.
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| If I drained the damned thing, packed it up, and brought it to a
| Sears store for replacement, what should I expect? Do they *really*
| honor their warranties?
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| To exchange a Craftsman hose under warranty; there NEEDS to be a clear
| marking on the hose, indicating the Craftsman brand. .
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| It's clearly marked "Craftsmans Best" or somesuch.

That's what the rubber one I exchanged a few years back said, and that's
what they wanted to see. Interestingly, they tried to give me a much less
expensive plastic hose that did not say Craftsman anywhere. I pointed out
that this would be an issue if I needed to exchange it again. There was
some argument that the hose I was exchanging was green while the current
rubber Craftsman hoses were black (and the plastic non-Craftsman hoses
green) but they did give me the Craftsman one eventually. I still have
one of the older green rubber Crafstman hoses; we'll see what happens if
it fails some day...

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com

I have a 50' Craftsman green hose connected to the black Craftsman 50'
black one.

The green one has a sleeve / collar near the hose bib end...with the
"marking" you'll be able to replace the hose if marked.