On 12/28/2011 10:23 AM, Jim Yanik wrote:
"Existential Angst" wrote in
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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On 12/27/2011 10:58 PM, oldyork90 wrote:
I'm reading bad news about Sears/KMart. If Sears goes tits up, I hope
they hand off the Craftsman line. I always had good luck with their
hand tools.
Don't worry, some Chinese holding company will buy them out. The new
stores will be Shears and Claymart. ^_^
Or, equivalently, HF will expand.....

Craftsman tools come from some other toolmaker anyways. their manufacturer
has changed over the years,I can remember when they came from JH Williams.
that's why their quality has changed.



I bought a big Craftsman tool set a year ago. The quarter-inch ratchet
didn't ratchet. The 3/8" open-end wrench was too small to fit around a
3/8" hex. The rolled label on one of the Torx bits was all messed up.
The labels on the sockets are barely readable.