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On Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:14:19 AM UTC-5, CW wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message

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-MIKE- wrote:

On 5/7/13 2:29 PM, RonB wrote:




I got another email from the guy at Kreg over the weekend. He


maintains they haven't had much trouble with the new screws - BUT


they are going back to their traditional square-drive screws.




RonB






Wow, now that's some clever marketing-speak.


"We've had so little trouble with the new design that we're going back to


the old design."




Yeah! LOL we'll do what ever it takes ! To **** y'all off.

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I'll bet that the new ones are cheaper. They changed to increase profit.

They seem to have found out that you get what you pay for.


Reminds me of the Coca Cola snafu ... new Coke (yuk) vs Coke Classic. "New and improved" usually means that someone forgot the old mantra: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Larry