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Going out on a limb here, but Milwaukee was never known for their hand tools, because they never made up till about 15 years ago, which is kind of late for anybody to get into that game.

I can get milk and chicken salad same day from Amazon? :headscrat Amazon is filled with brand names, but go figure, they’re Chinese brand names. Fwiw just like Detroit in the 1970s going into a fast food restaurant all the help was behind bulletproof glass, in this great nation I wouldn’t be...

Milwaukee probably warranties plenty of items, but it does not seem realistic to assume it’s 100% Is it fair to judge them just on one item?, that they felt didn’t pass the smell test?

He’s like family

China outsources some manufacturing now

It’s 10 bucks buy it and if you don’t like it, return it? :dunno: Probably not too many new ones sold because everybody has the same ones that were made 40 years ago

Why not?

Surprising, that this thread has morphed from tools Walmart, “making it about themselves” on their store security The way things are going in this economy, with Walmart going to their buy online and pick up. I would be surprised to see stores go total” service merchandise” someday. Order it...

Go shopping Ace Hardware not like their stuff isn’t nailed to the wall My HF store someonecomes by about every five minutes and see if I need help

Maybe they figure more people will steal a $50 set of Chinese. Wrenches than buy them. Scaring off impatient customers is a risk they’re willing to take apparently

OK, but I thought we were discussing wrenches.

That makes it even more sad Nowadays, that everything is computerized it’s pretty easy to tell which items are leaving the store paid for and which ones are not There was some hand ringing sometime back about Walmart locking up Haynes T-shirts they are not overly expensive, but apparently...

I’m sure they do people steal stuff from everywhere big time If you think the number of and type of people who go to Walmart is roughly the same as that go to Staples, there’s nothing I can say to change your mind

You’re not missing much, maybe with the exception of slightly lower prices Otherwise, they more or less sell exact same stuff everybody else does

Where is the high end market? :dunno: Do we really think adding more also highly competitive products, would have been their saving grace? Surely they considered this. Again, is there a large profitable market out there somewhere, for measuring tools? One can buy pretty decent digital calipers...

maybe they are just not as good as you. The last time I purchased tires, vehicle batteries, TVs, microwave ovens, food, dog treats, medical items? Never purchased any of their tools, but they look like usable tools.

Digging a little deep, but ok. Could it be a different demographic (and number) of shoppers that frequent Walmart, than Staples? :rolleyes2 Even Harbor Freight has a number of grab-tags for secured items that are likely swiped often. Visiting the local Ace Hardware, nearly everything tool is...

Are they all locked up, or just the one's that are $45-50 pair? That usually seems to be the deciding factor for everything locked up - high price.

I'm a big believer in "AI" :rolleyes2 which states it is an open end wrench. Kind of makes sense, since earlier wrenches were opened on both ends.

For sure, Probably have to order on line and pick up when ready. Shoplifting is not just a Walmart problem.