[Shotimes] RE: (OT) Cheap Torque Wrenches

[Kerby Haltom]

China may be around longer that Sears, but I doubt Harbor Freight will be...

The difference in warranties, is with Sears, you don't need a 
receipt.  Take it to any Sears, anywhere, and a covered tool will be 
replaced.  With HF you must have the receipt and one where you are.  I can 
get a Craftsman wrench replaced in East Bumhell Nowhere, but not so with a 
HF tool.  Even if I had the receipt with me.

Then again, the HF tool is probably so inexpensive, I don't care!

Kerby

At 09:02 PM 10/4/03 -0500, Tom Leeth wrote:
>Harbor Freight honors the warranty.  When the chrome plating peeled off my
>3/8" drive Harbor Freight wrench, I took it and the sales receipt back to the
>store I bought it from and got a new wrench off the display rack.  The process
>took about 60 seconds.  I agree that the Chinese made torque wrenches are
>accurate to within the advertised +/- 4%, at least if you don't get too near
>the bottom end of the range.  I also agree with Ron that Harbor Freight will
>likely be around longer than Sears, not that it makes me all that happy.  I
>have some broken "PowerCraft" tools with a lifetime warranty but Montgomery
>Ward is no more!!
>
>Tom Leeth
>'93 Silver ATX
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