On Fri, 29 May 2020 14:38:13 -0400, "Phil Kangas"
wrote:


"Clare Snyder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 May 2020 20:56:30 -0700, Corvid
wrote:

On 05/28/2020 07:40 PM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 5/28/2020 11:53 AM, wrote:
I have slowly been replacing my bits with ones from
DrillHog. The
Ebay store is less expensive than on Amazon. They are
claimed to be
made in the US and have a lifetime warranty.


Is a warranty useful? I assume that it would cover
breakage, but not
anything else. I occasionally break bits, but they are
almost
always the small, inexpensive ones.

Lifetime Warranties can be useless, covering only the
originally
purchased (and short lived) item, but *not* its
replacement. I learned
that scam with some ****ty headlights.
What lifetime?
Often "the lifetime of the original installation"
Translated as "untill it fails"? or the replacement is
"not the
original installation"?
Better is "the lifetime of the original owner"
Or "transferable to second owner with notice"
Or "Will be replaced if it EVER breaks"
Lifetime warranty against "failure of workmanship or
materials"
doesn't really cover much if they can get out of it by
saying it was
mis-used or claim "normal wear and tear"

Many years ago I bought a set of left-hand drills to try
removing broken studs. The first drill I tried was a 7/32
and it snagged in the hole and twisted into a right hand!
Junk.....
I have a couple left hand bits that started out right handed, of
course they don't have any relief on the lands either. they showed up
in boxes of miscellaneous "good stuff" during "Saturday morning
shopping"