Well I have had a B&D jigsaw for about 20 years.

Same as me. They don't work very well, but the #@!$% thing just
wouldn't break. I hated to replace it when I needed the money for tools
I didn't have :-).

Yeah, mine wouldn't break either....might be because I hated it so much I just
didn't use it. Hard to break 'em if you don't use 'em and just can't bring
yourself to throw it against the nearest block wall a few times.

Dave Hall