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Get to know your Sears OEM companies
Talked to a guy today who had in turn talked to some Sears parts guys. They
told him that Sears will now only be carrying parts for future power tools up to 5 years. Existing parts support will not be changed that way. Better find out who made any Sears stuff you have. GTO(John) |
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Given present quality, five years is overkill.
"GTO69RA4" wrote in message ... Talked to a guy today who had in turn talked to some Sears parts guys. They told him that Sears will now only be carrying parts for future power tools up to 5 years. Existing parts support will not be changed that way. Better find out who made any Sears stuff you have. GTO(John) |
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"GTO69RA4" wrote in message ... Talked to a guy today who had in turn talked to some Sears parts guys. They told him that Sears will now only be carrying parts for future power tools up to 5 years. Existing parts support will not be changed that way. Better find out who made any Sears stuff you have. That assumes that the OEM will still support the tool. Given the way new models come out every year it is difficult to carry every part too long. Given the way people toss tools instead of repairing them, it makes little sense to stock much. Ed |
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:38:04 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote: Given the way people toss tools instead of repairing them, it makes little sense to stock much. Ed IMHO, this is sad. Things *should* be repairable. I wish the environmental crowd would pile onto the "everything is disposable" issue instead of screaming endlessly about some other things. Imagine if things WERE made to be repairable and didn't end up in landfills. Mt. Trashmore wouldn't grow as fast. I just hate that so much is disposable. |
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"Lazarus Long" IMHO, this is sad. Things *should* be repairable. I wish the environmental crowd would pile onto the "everything is disposable" issue instead of screaming endlessly about some other things. Imagine if things WERE made to be repairable and didn't end up in landfills. Mt. Trashmore wouldn't grow as fast. I just hate that so much is disposable. Often things can be repaired, but are just too expensive to do so. You can buy a household iron for $13. How much time can a serviceman put into it to make a repair worthwhile? We demand cheap prices, we demand the latest technology, thus, repairs are not feasible. Another is stupid design. I have a broken part on my car (heater for the seat). It should probably cost $20 if replaced by itself, but no, it is part of a $550 assembly that must be replaced. Make sense? I'm going to the regional office to see if I can get some help from GM. Ed http://pages.cthome.net/edhome |
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:07:24 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote: "Lazarus Long" IMHO, this is sad. Things *should* be repairable. I just hate that so much is disposable. Another is stupid design. I have a broken part on my car (heater for the seat). It should probably cost $20 if replaced by itself, but no, it is part of a $550 assembly that must be replaced. Make sense? I'm going to the regional office to see if I can get some help from GM. Ed This is definitely one of the things I mean. |
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Get to know your Sears OEM companies
"GTO69RA4" wrote in message ... Talked to a guy today who had in turn talked to some Sears parts guys. They told him that Sears will now only be carrying parts for future power tools up to 5 years. Existing parts support will not be changed that way. Better find out who made any Sears stuff you have. GTO(John) No problem, just don't buy any tools with tails from Sears. Screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, fine. But I will not buy a high priced power tool with the Sears name on the side. Greg |
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How do you figure out who made what for Sears? Is the serial number any kind
of clue? Rob |
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Get to know your Sears OEM companies
The prefix of the model number shows who made it. 315 is Ryobi, 917 is AYP,
etc. GTO(John) How do you figure out who made what for Sears? Is the serial number any kind of clue? Rob |
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Get to know your Sears OEM companies
So my wife's sewing machine wasn't made by Ryobi - good!
Is there an on-line reference anywhere that matches all the Sears code numbers to their corresponding OEM supplier. I seem to recall stumbling across such a site once, but I'll be darned if I can locate it now. TIA. Rob --------------- "GTO69RA4" wrote ... The prefix of the model number shows who made it. 315 is Ryobi, 917 is AYP, etc. |
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There are lots of different pages with numbers lists. They usually turn up with
lots of Google searching. Here's one of the more comprehensive lists that's been compiled: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...ht&th=dcf776f5 d7eb7f9e&seekm=38ab6609%40news.mho.net#s Watch out for the text wrap. GTO(John) So my wife's sewing machine wasn't made by Ryobi - good! Is there an on-line reference anywhere that matches all the Sears code numbers to their corresponding OEM supplier. I seem to recall stumbling across such a site once, but I'll be darned if I can locate it now. TIA. Rob |
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In article jEXmb.191893$9l5.174666@pd7tw2no,
Specter wrote: So my wife's sewing machine wasn't made by Ryobi - good! Is there an on-line reference anywhere that matches all the Sears code numbers to their corresponding OEM supplier. I seem to recall stumbling across such a site once, but I'll be darned if I can locate it now. TIA. Is this the one you're thinking of? http://www.oldwwmachines.com/Craftsm...ers-Prefix.asp -- Mike Iglesias Email: University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926 Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069 |
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Depends on the tool. Most of the tailed stuff they sell is crap, but some of
the Industrial or Professional tools are DeWalt or Bosch. Good value on the used market because the Craftsman name drops the price through the floor. GTO(John) No problem, just don't buy any tools with tails from Sears. Screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, fine. But I will not buy a high priced power tool with the Sears name on the side. Greg |
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Get to know your Sears OEM companies
In article , gto69ra4
@aol.com says... Talked to a guy today who had in turn talked to some Sears parts guys. They told him that Sears will now only be carrying parts for future power tools up to 5 years. Existing parts support will not be changed that way. Better find out who made any Sears stuff you have. That's easy. Nobody. (at least any Sears stuff I would consider having fixed) ;-) Somebody had to say it. GTO(John) |
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