"CJT" wrote in message
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| Fred wrote:
| In my experience over the past 5 years or so, Black & Decker haven't
made a
| decent electric tool/appliance. I have bought one of their small
drills,
| then returned it when the motor seized up after 2 months. The
replacement
| worked for a year, then the motor developed an open circuit. Same for a
| small jig saw -- the blade moved up and down at about a 5-degree angle
off
| vertical. The same for a small electric screwdriver.
|
| The company must have been taken over by some Wall Street group to suck
the
| assets out of it, I don't know. Their stuff used to be quite good, but
now
| I wouldn't touch any of their stuff, sorry to say.

| I quit buying their stuff long ago.

Is it a real company, or just a brand for "Made in China"?

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