I was talking to my snap on dealer today when i went to have him deliver my new box. Any ways we got onto the conversation of tool defect that get sent back. I would figure they would recyle them or melt them for scrap. Aparently not from what he told me they are buried in a secure landfill surrounded by a fence with armed gaurds and barbed wire. just wondering if you guys have ever heard this.
broken snap on tools
- Thread starter thump186
- Start date
Luckydevil
Well-known member
He's full of ****. No company would just throw money away like that nowadays.
It's no BS guys, totaly true! You can read about it on the website: www.whathappenstobrokenSnapontools.com
DON'T TELL ANYONE.
DON'T TELL ANYONE.
eschoendorff
Well-known member
Smarta$$!Brian said:
chrislib
Well-known member
I have heard the exact same thing from my dealer, can`t say how much truth there is to it, but the guy has no reason to BS me. I thought it was strange myself but whatever.
dreamingmuscle
Well-known member
I don't know about Snap on. But my brother in laws neighbor works at a county land fill that service's several retailers. He is always bringing home tools that someone has returned. Most just need some minor work to fix.
He has giving him several cordless dewalt tools, small trailer (not a lawn mower trailer either) chain saws (clogged carbs), socks etc. that just had the package opened and couldn't be sold at wally world, all kind of stuff like that.
He kept a cement mixer for himself just needed a switch to work.
The store just tosses them in the trash. Go around back and you will find a locked dumpster for returned merchidice that can't be resold but they don't want someone digging in and trying to return them again. A friend that works a Home Depot told me about this. They toss returned tools including sockets sets with missing items in the trash. They say it cost more to sort, repair and send items back then to just trash it.
I road with Cornwall tool dealer one time and he said some airtools are repaired and returned at the request of the dealer.
Glen
________
Rolls-Royce 20/25
He has giving him several cordless dewalt tools, small trailer (not a lawn mower trailer either) chain saws (clogged carbs), socks etc. that just had the package opened and couldn't be sold at wally world, all kind of stuff like that.
He kept a cement mixer for himself just needed a switch to work.
The store just tosses them in the trash. Go around back and you will find a locked dumpster for returned merchidice that can't be resold but they don't want someone digging in and trying to return them again. A friend that works a Home Depot told me about this. They toss returned tools including sockets sets with missing items in the trash. They say it cost more to sort, repair and send items back then to just trash it.
I road with Cornwall tool dealer one time and he said some airtools are repaired and returned at the request of the dealer.
Glen
________
Rolls-Royce 20/25
Last edited:
stimpy
Well-known member
when s-k used to make there tools in chicago there rejects would go to a steel mill out in lemont il to be turned into rebar , as the scrap company that handled s-k was there neighbor ( funny howmany used tools where for sale around this town till the mill closed down ,)