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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts about
heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to hide
it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but the
postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections with
BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause they
are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the Strathkelvin
retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a few of
you.

In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts about
heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to hide
it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but the
postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections with
BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause they
are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the Strathkelvin
retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a few of
you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me unless
it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .
--
fred

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about
heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide
it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but the
postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections with
BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they
are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin
retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a few
of
you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me unless
it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .
--
fred

Unless your B&Q is different to mine, I would trust them to hold one for me
or to tell you the correct facts about how many are in stock.

Peter.

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

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Grunff wrote:

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?

More than likely! Having bought one or two items from their PP range, and
having had to take them back because they were DOA, I've come to the
conclusion that PP stands for Pretty Pathetic!
--
Cheers,
Set Square
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"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about
heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide
it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but the
postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections with
BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they
are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin
retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a few
of
you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me unless
it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .
--
fred

There were about half a dozen on the shelf yesterday morning.

I may nip around on the way home and check if they are still available.

cheers

David

"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.

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.

cheers

David

In article , David
writes


There were about half a dozen on the shelf yesterday morning.

I may nip around on the way home and check if they are still available.

cheers

David

Decided to chance it, drone said she couldn't find any, but there was a
rack of about 10 within sight of the checkouts. All boxes looking pretty
grubby & some with split cases/catches but I decided to take it as a
disposable item.

In case anyone else is interested, it is a 620W sds plus 4.6kg with rotary
stop & hammer on/off. Comes with 8, 10 & 12mm drill bits & a 22mm
chisel bit.

Confirmed as ONLY Bishopbriggs store, on clearance as they are closing
down in prep for a new warehouse store.

Thanks again Dave

ps: You might want to add _nospam_ or similar to your email address to
save it being harvested by spambots.
--
fred

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:23:21 +0100, "Set Square"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Grunff wrote:

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?

More than likely! Having bought one or two items from their PP range, and
having had to take them back because they were DOA, I've come to the
conclusion that PP stands for Pretty Pathetic!

Are PP any better or worse than other cheap drills?

I have a PP impact drill which has been giving me some excellent, and
uncomplaining, work recently. Perhaps they're one of those makes
whereby you either get a good one or bad one - good ones being quite
good and the bad ones being terrible(?).

"Snowman" wrote in message
...

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about
heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide
it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but
the
postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections
with
BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they
are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin
retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a
few
of
you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me
unless
it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .
--
fred

Unless your B&Q is different to mine, I would trust them to hold one for
me
or to tell you the correct facts about how many are in stock.

Peter.

Wow - what a typo - I meant to write ... "... I wouldn't trust them..."

Peter.

In article ,
Snowman writes


Wow - what a typo - I meant to write ... "... I wouldn't trust them..."

Peter.

Don't worry, I think we got your drift ;-)

Like I said, "sorry, none left" . . . . "but what about that full rack over there"
.. . . "oh, yes" . . . .
sigh
--
fred

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David

Decided to chance it, drone said she couldn't find any, but there was a
rack of about 10 within sight of the checkouts. All boxes looking pretty
grubby & some with split cases/catches but I decided to take it as a
disposable item.

In case anyone else is interested, it is a 620W sds plus 4.6kg with rotary
stop & hammer on/off. Comes with 8, 10 & 12mm drill bits & a 22mm
chisel bit.

Confirmed as ONLY Bishopbriggs store, on clearance as they are closing
down in prep for a new warehouse store.


Glad someone could take advantage of them / it

Thanks again Dave

ps: You might want to add _nospam_ or similar to your email address to
save it being harvested by spambots.
--
fred

This e-mail address is effectively dead and buried, but I've never bothered
changing it. I thought I'd leave it open as a wee experiment, It gets about
150-200 spam messages a day when I last checked.

cheers

David

"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?

Definitely. But I have to cut a trench in the concrete floor of my garage
and destroying one of these disposable items doing it rather than wearing
out my DeWalt seems a good move.

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






..andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl

Andy Hall wrote:

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.


Yes, I've used a Skil circ saw and was quite impressed with it given the
price. As you say, no frills, just solid and powerful.

--
Grunff

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:07:20 +0100, "David"
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.


At a five minute walk its not a great hassle getting back to the shop, I
often nip around that way when taking our youngest out to try and get her
asleep in the pram.

The main reason I won't be getting one personally is that It will probably
never come out of the box as I'm happy with the SDS that I have and even for
breaking jobs I don't fancy having the extra couple of kg of the PP model to
haul around.


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.


I have a Skil drill, thats now 11 years old, but it only gets used for
mixing small batches of plaster or cement. It always felt a bit under
powered, but then again I'm sure that it would have been abudget model when
I bought it.

I'll have a look at the circular saws next time I pass by though

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

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:08:30 +-0100, "G&M"
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 +AKM-30 going for +AKM-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?

Definitely. But I have to cut a trench in the concrete floor of my garage
and destroying one of these disposable items doing it rather than wearing
out my DeWalt seems a good move.

I just used my 17 quid 'Challenge' SDS drill to cut a 50mm (core)
drill hole through an 18" external office building wall. It was heavy
and did get hot after a while (so I gave both of us a rest) but it did
it and was probably cheaper than the core drill bit!

I'd love the Hilti (sp?) the 'Sparks' was using but I noticed the
front handle had broken where the plastic part goes round the 'nose'
of the drill. My Challenge has a steel part .. ;-)

All the best

T i m

"Snowman" wrote in message



"Snowman" wrote in message
...

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but
the postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections
with BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a
few of you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me
unless it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .

fred

Unless your B&Q is different to mine, I would trust them to hold one for
me or to tell you the correct facts about how many are in stock.

Peter.

Wow - what a typo - I meant to write ... "... I wouldn't trust them..."

Peter.


"Snowman" wrote in message



"Snowman" wrote in message
...

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but
the postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections
with BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a
few of you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me
unless it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .

fred

Unless your B&Q is different to mine, I would trust them to hold one for
me or to tell you the correct facts about how many are in stock.

Peter.

Wow - what a typo - I meant to write ... "... I wouldn't trust them..."

Peter.


"Snowman" wrote in message



"Snowman" wrote in message
...

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , David
writes
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.

Even though I'm very happy with my current SDS I'm now having thoughts
about heading around there tonight and stocking up on one, I'll just need to
hide it in the garage for a while, or maybe sell it on e-bay for £20?, but
the postage on this thing would probably double the cost.

usual disclaimers, blah, blah,... and I've absolutely no connections
with BnQ, other than giving them more money than they deserve, just 'cause
they are 200yards round the corner.

cheers

David

PS For those interested the store that I saw this in was at the
Strathkelvin retail park, (north of Glasgow) which may rule out a quick trip for a
few of you.

Thanks, did you notice how many they had?, it's a little far for me
unless it's a cert . . .

Also, have you got a model no., I could give them a call to hold me one.

diy.com is useless again of course . . .

fred

Unless your B&Q is different to mine, I would trust them to hold one for
me or to tell you the correct facts about how many are in stock.

Peter.

Wow - what a typo - I meant to write ... "... I wouldn't trust them..."

Peter.


yes.