Craftsman 12-PC Deep IMPACT SOCKET SET : $39.99

[Tarheelgarage]

These are the good, USA made sets which retail for $89.99.

Sale price is 39.99 for Craftsman club members, one week only, June 3-9.

SAE set: 00915886
Metric: 0915887

Don't miss out on these great sockets; I use them professionally daily and they have never let me down.

 

[jim2664258]

Picked mine up awhile back when I think they were $45. Curious, if you can reveal your sources, how do you come to know about a sale like this in advance? And how do you know they are the US ones? If you can't answer, that's cool.

 

[Link-Belt]

Is this online only or can I jump in my hustle bucket and row my *** over to Sears and pick them up?

 

[Tarheelgarage]

Picked mine up awhile back when I think they were $45. Curious, if you can reveal your sources, how do you come to know about a sale like this in advance? And how do you know they are the US ones? If you can't answer, that's cool.

I received the CMAN club flier in the mail. Check the number in sears.com and they are listed as USA (which I know is correct)

Also, you can shop on line or store pickup.

REMEMBER: Sale is only from June 3-9

 

[volunteers]

I ordered Metric set last month, and it is NOT made in U.S.A anymore.
Maybe there are some old stocks left.

I received the CMAN club flier in the mail. Check the number in sears.com and they are listed as USA (which I know is correct)

Also, you can shop on line or store pickup.

 

[jim2664258]

I received the CMAN club flier in the mail. Check the number in sears.com and they are listed as USA (which I know is correct)

I get like one flyer in the mail every 2 years so I hadn't even considered that possibility. And when it comes, it is addressed to my wife for some reason.

Not sure on the USA thing, I would do store pickup and see what they have.

 

[Link-Belt]

Yup I will be getting mine

 

[nahudson]

I get like one flyer in the mail every 2 years so I hadn't even considered that possibility. And when it comes, it is addressed to my wife for some reason.

Not sure on the USA thing, I would do store pickup and see what they have.

WHAT??? Flyers??

I have not gone one in probably two years, but I am a member

 

[wrh3]

Some of the reviews state they are now made in China....

 

[shoturtle]

They are made in China now. I was just at sears.

 

[Link-Belt]

I was just at my local ACE hardware store and they had USA. Wonder if they will honor Craftsman Club prices?

 

[Terra Nova]

Thanks for the heads up.

As mentioned they are China made now but you can find USA made ones in the store still. I know my local sears has a couple left. Only thing I don't like are all the sizes it skips and Craftsman doesn't sell individuals to fill the holes.

I picked up the SAE set last time they were $45 and plan to add a couple Armstrong sockets to fill out the top end since they look pretty much the same.

 

[Tarheelgarage]

I was at my local Sears tonight and everyone on the peg was USA; not a chinaman in the bunch....

 

[wrh3]

I guess we can order and return if we don't get the USA set, like the other deals that occurred during the USA to China transition- thanks for posting the deal

 

[wornoutoldman]

I stopped by Sears in Gurnee Mills (IL) last night they had them in stock and made in USA. Other Craftsman tools China & Taiwan. Depressing...

 

[kc-steve]

Unlike others, I think I'll thank "Tarheel" for his great information.

THANK YOU!

Steve

 

[MrSnicks]

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered mine for in store pickup.

Patrick

 

[adamsredlines]

I got the last USA made standard and metric at my store last time they went on sale.

If its in a big blow-molded case, its foreign. If its in a regular plastic case like shown, its USA...FWIW.

 

[kc-steve]

I went to my local Sears and bought the LAST 2 USA-made metric deep impact socket sets they had. The rest were all Chinese, both SAE and metric.

Thanks again Tarheel.

Steve

 

[Terra Nova]

Just hit up my local store. They still had a couple USA made Metric and SAE sets. Grabbed one metric since that's all I needed. Was going to get some extensions too but they were all Taiwan made.

Kicking myself for not picking up the beam torque wrenches earlier, the ones there now were made in china. Definitely not as nice as the previous USA made ones.

 

[bowzer]

Picked up a metric set over the weekend. Sadly in Des Moines they are the imported, but for $40 I couldn't see going to wrong.

 

[gsmornot]

Anyone see a reason to get rid of my HF sockets and replace with these? I like Craftsman more and they look nicer but really I have not had any problems with the HF sockets. Serious question. I think I gave $10 for each set of 13 from HF.

 

[Terra Nova]

I wouldn't bother. If these hadn't of gone on sale and I was able to find NOS USA ones I was going to buy the HF Pittsburgh Professionals.

 

[Syndicate]

There are some USA sets here in OKC if anyone was wondering. Sad to say though, there are also some non USA made sets in the bunch. I went Saturday looking for a particular wrench, they did not have it so I snooped around the tools a bit. Interesting to see over 80% non USA. Been a long time since I shopped at Sears.

 

[coolformula]

What makes me sad if one breaks or somehow it gets rusted up and you take it back in 10 years, your going to get a chinese socket, even though you paid for USA socket today. That kinda urks me about them. Its not apples to apples.

Is craftsman tools went down any since their being made in china now? I would think they would have to lower the price to compete with HF/Northern Tool etc. If its the same chinese socket from the same factory, they might just go out of the tool bussines if the prices don't get lowered.

 

[shoturtle]

you really have not looked at sockets form sears, they are generally cheaper then Lowes and HD for individual and are made in the USA. And When brought in the master set, you get more for your money. The asian sockets are prettier.

Their evolv line is made in china, but are decent quality. The craftsman are a mix bag with COO, all chrome sockets are still us made with their breaker bars. wrenches, RP are US made, their polish is asia.

All their new stuff are made in china or taiwan except for their 84t ratchet.

There is really no evidence that US made craftsman are made better then the asian ones. As long they maintain the quality standard they had for the US made ones form their asian suppliers. They will last as well. I might not like to see made in china on craftsman tools, but the reality is they are still good quality tools. You do pay a little more for brand name. Craftsman is consider a higher end brand then husky and kolbalt. The husky and kolbalt tools that compete directly with craftsman are just a few dollars cheaper. The ratchets are are about 2-4 dollars less only. That is the same for a pair of gaps jeans vs levis.

HF competes with the evolv line and the workforce from hd and task force form Lowes. Some of the stuff are decent, some not so much. And if you look, they are price very competitive of each other.

If you want to complain about US high end prices for asian tools, you need to take it up with Bluepoint, Williams and Mac.

 

[Link-Belt]

See the thing is I work in the steel industry. I know the best steel comes from the US but that's not what bothers me. What bothers me is I buy a Craftsman tool made in the USA to put food on an American families table and if I have to trade one in I still want to be helping out an American family. I am a firm believer in you must take care of your own before you take care of others. Not saying though that would mean if America was thriving I'd buy anything but made in USA

 

[HaroRider]

Going to pick up a metric set this weekend. Thanks!!

 

[kc-steve]

. . . There is really no evidence that US made craftsman are made better then the asian ones. . .

See the thing is I work in the steel industry. I know the best steel comes from the US but that's not what bothers me. What bothers me is I buy a Craftsman tool made in the USA to put food on an American families table . . .

Shoturtle, isn't that like saying there is no scientific evidence of Big Foot but there's a bunch of people who have seen him? (just kidding)

I'm with Link Belt. Let's keep our fellow citizens employed if possible. The money will come back to ya sooner or later. If your money goes to China, it's gone.

When you "cast your vote" for USA-made products, by purchasing them, then you are sending a message to Sears management that you desire USA-made products more. One of these days they might get it.

Steve

 

[bcradio]

See the thing is I work in the steel industry. I know the best steel comes from the US but that's not what bothers me. What bothers me is I buy a Craftsman tool made in the USA to put food on an American families table and if I have to trade one in I still want to be helping out an American family. I am a firm believer in you must take care of your own before you take care of others. Not saying though that would mean if America was thriving I'd buy anything but made in USA

This doesn't make sense to me... If you are warrantying a tool because it broke, you are not paying anything out of pocket. How does this help a US family in manufacturing when no currency is exchanged?

Stumped me here.

Also, when I "cast my vote", I do so in the voting booth and vote for people who will work to make it cheaper to do business here so manufacturing can move back here.

 

[AgencyLife]

I "Vote" everyday!

When you "cast your vote" for USA-made products, by purchasing them, then you are sending a message to Sears management that you desire USA-made products more. One of these days they might get it.

 

[Link-Belt]

This doesn't make sense to me... If you are warrantying a tool because it broke, you are not paying anything out of pocket. How does this help a US family in manufacturing when no currency is exchanged?

Stumped me here.

Also, when I "cast my vote", I do so in the voting booth and vote for people who will work to make it cheaper to do business here so manufacturing can move back here.

Let me clear your mind my friend. When trading in a broken USA made tool it doesn't matter if money is exchanged between you and the retailer. The money still has to be pairs to the employ from the manufacture for that employs time and skill put into the making of the replacement tool. Thus keeping the money in the working Americans pocket and food on there tables. To quote a line from an American cult classic "Damn the man save the empire."

 

[bcradio]

Let me clear your mind my friend. When trading in a broken USA made tool it doesn't matter if money is exchanged between you and the retailer. The money still has to be pairs to the employ from the manufacture for that employs time and skill put into the making of the replacement tool. Thus keeping the money in the working Americans pocket and food on there tables. To quote a line from an American cult classic "Damn the man save the empire."

Oh I got it.... rob Peter to pay Paul.

 

[shoturtle]

At the end of the day, the warranty tool is already in the us. It has been paid for already. That tool pays the dock work that unloads the boat, the truck driver that delivers it to the warehouse. Also pay the warehouse guys that sort and sends it to the store, and the store guys that sellers it and restock the shelves.

If you don't like Asian tools, buy US made tools, armstrong, snap on, proto, wright and cornwall all have good us made tools. At 10 dollar a socket vs 4 dollars. You will help those companies bottom line, and you get an excellent tool.

 

[Link-Belt]

Oh I got it.... rob Peter to pay Paul.

Don't know how you came up with that. But I truly think you need a
lesson in economics. With your way of thinking all the illegals at the corner store would be working for pennies on the dollar while the legal working American citizens have to fight for a fare wage to keep up with inflation. Inflation is caused by corporations not by the workers.

 

[bcradio]

Don't know how you came up with that. But I truly think you need a
lesson in economics. With your way of thinking all the illegals at the corner store would be working for pennies on the dollar while the legal working American citizens have to fight for a fare wage to keep up with inflation. Inflation is caused by corporations not by the workers.

Wow... thats all I can say here. I'm simply restating your logic so if it's flawed economics, then that's coming from you. Read Shoturtles post to see who gets employed via import tools.

To quote something I said before:

Agree here for sure... Every time i buy a taiwaneese tool, i support tons of US workers... The shipping crew who brings it here, the dock workers unloading it, the truck driver who brings it to the distribution center, the warehouse worker who sorts it, the other truck driver who brings it to the store, the stock room employee who puts it on the shelf, and finally the sales clerk who rings me up. Got it? Good!

As for the OP, i would also do the SK set with another ratchet

 

[shoturtle]

The reality of economic in the US is that if you can not sell a tool for less money, you limit yourself to a very close segment of the tool buyers. Industrial or pro buyers only. Except for the us made craftsmen and channellock all the other tools made in the us are hard to get locally. If you want lower costing us made tools. You really need to make it cost effective to build them in the US. And majority of the tool plants are not in right to work states. And doing business in those states non right to work states are very expensive. That is covered in globalization economics 101.

Also you need to adjust the us consumers thinking of finding the lowest cost items. Stop buying at big box stores and walmart and pay more at the local store.

 

[bcradio]

Also you need to adjust the us consumers thinking of finding the lowest cost items. Stop buying at big box stores and walmart and pay more at the local store.

Unfortunately, I do not think this will ever happen. It seems too engrained in peoples thinking. Especially with tools. The fact that more and more people just throw things away or hire people to do work for them instead of using tools and doing it themselves.

To sum it: people are spending their money on people to fix things or just buying new instead of spending money on tools and fixing it themselves. Therefore if they do buy tools, its the cheapest they can find since it'll see little use. Of course this doesn't apply to everyone.

 

[Link-Belt]

At the end of the day, the warranty tool is already in the us. It has been paid for already. That tool pays the dock work that unloads the boat, the truck driver that delivers it to the warehouse. Also pay the warehouse guys that sort and sends it to the store, and the store guys that sellers it and restock the shelves.

If you don't like Asian tools, buy US made tools, armstrong, snap on, proto, wright and cornwall all have good us made tools. At 10 dollar a socket vs 4 dollars. You will help those companies bottom line, and you get an excellent tool.

I can see now that this is going to be a long and drawn out lessen in economics and this is not the forum for it so I'll quote one Las thing here and then open A thread in a general discussion forum so this can be cussed and discussed. Be aware though it will get heated at times and fellow GJers will get mad but I am not affraid of Pandora's box.

ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
These words have never rang louder then they do now with this conversation.

 

[shoturtle]

I have done tours in 3 combat zones for my country. I do not need to be lecture jfk's comments.