On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:07:20 +0100, "David"
wrote:


"Grunff" wrote in message
...
David wrote:
I'm not sure if this offer is widely available or not, but I thought
that a
few of you may be interested to know that my local B&Q (who are in the
process of relocating/ upgrading to a warehouse) had their PP SDS drill,
the
one at £30 going for £15 at the moment.


Doesn't that strike you as just a teeny bit suspicious? Could there
possibly be a reason why they are selling them so cheap?

--
Grunff

As I mentioned above may well just be a local offer, they have had a lot of
the stuff reduced at the moment. I reckon that this is because the move to
their new warehouse store, a 100yards down the road, is imminent. I think
others here have mentioned that they come with a 3year gaurentee whihc
makes them look fairly interesting.

Not really. It will cost you more than you are saving in cash and
time to return the thing when it breaks. There are no spare parts, so
you should treat the item as a write off after the warranty.


A fair number of the PP tools have been half price over the last month or
so, and while generally I have never looked all that closely at them this
one caught my eye on the way past. What I could really do with though is a
decent circluar saw.

If you want a decent but inexpensive circular saw, then a good option
is Skil. Their products are trade workhorses, not fancy but very
solid and have been around for donkey's years.

The PP stuff is generally absolute junk sold on a volume basis with
the store doing the sums on a return rate. The prices are dropped
when they have ended their run with one supplier and are going to move
to another.


cheers

David






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