Dollar Tree pliers
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MagnumForce
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You can't even get a pack of gum for a dollar
PBCampbell
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Haha, I think I have those same pliers right here. One of the great nieces bought them for me at her schools Santa's workshop this past Christmas. I've not been brave enough to actually try using them.
bobbycos
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take them back for lifetime warranty
i did that with a hammer my mom bought a a dollar store, and she still had the receipt
i did that with a hammer my mom bought a a dollar store, and she still had the receipt
southalabama
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I've got a dozen of them and a dozen of their dykes.
I use them in the tackle box to crimp split shot and cut fishing lines. They work well.
Some batches are equivalent to a five dollar pair of pliers elsewhere.
For what I use them for they work great. Certainly not gonna let the nephews loose with kleins or Knipex down by the pond.
I use them in the tackle box to crimp split shot and cut fishing lines. They work well.
Some batches are equivalent to a five dollar pair of pliers elsewhere.
For what I use them for they work great. Certainly not gonna let the nephews loose with kleins or Knipex down by the pond.
carterbeauford
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I literally walked out to my garage, opened a drawer, caressed my Talon Grips, and came back inside.
MagnumForce
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COO could be the US or Germany... they still cost a dollar and you get what you pay for.
Ign
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Take a look at some of their dust pans and then compare to Lowes. I found the identical pan once, has lasted me 5+ years in the shop
bobbycos
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COO is possibly Myanmar or Madagascar
sad to see that the pliers never even got to complete a task before "dying"
nicksnothereman
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I'll use the cutters and needlenose because I'm cheap as f-all; I own slightly better but nothing much better because I can't break the chinese normal retail ones (3-4 bucks). Actually the 99 cents only indian needlenose aren't bad at all just a bit too tight.
I bought a pair of micro cutters with wire from 99 cents only (made in germany mind you) and snapped on first use. I thought it was funny. The wire was probably worth a buck so no big deal. The wire was good too!
I bought a pair of micro cutters with wire from 99 cents only (made in germany mind you) and snapped on first use. I thought it was funny. The wire was probably worth a buck so no big deal. The wire was good too!
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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Occasionally I'll buy tools from a resaler that has all sorts of stuff. Amazingly, sometimes they have really low priced tools that are actually very good quality. Of course most of them are ****, so it comes down to how well you can discern quality.
1950mercury
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Ive had that happen yo channel lock pliers as well could ne a fluke bad pair
IFMJohn
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Two words: Muffin Pans.
COO for these pliers is China
G_P
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Yup. Those bottom of the barrel Chinese pliers are great for fishing use. I dont even bat an eye if they get kicked off the dock or dropped overboard.
They have probably rusted away to nothing before they even hit the bottom of the lake anyways!
tribbles
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You can barely get a Hershey's bar for a buck nowadays. But the chocolate would have probably held up better.
7th Kahuna
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How do you even arrive at a dollar pair of pliers? 
Is there actually a company in China that advertises pliers for say 20¢ each or did some wholesaler with a Dollar Store contract approach a Chinese foundry and say 'we'll buy 80 thousand pair if you can make them for 15¢ each'? Were just lucky it wasn't two for a dollar I guess. 
Is there actually a company in China that advertises pliers for say 20¢ each or did some wholesaler with a Dollar Store contract approach a Chinese foundry and say 'we'll buy 80 thousand pair if you can make them for 15¢ each'? Were just lucky it wasn't two for a dollar I guess. bobbycos
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How do you even arrive at a dollar pair of pliers?
you answered your question
Wal-Mart does the same thing
"we'll buy not 500 pair nor 5000 pair but 500,000 pair BUT at our price"
3baygarage
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Scary stuff at dollar stores. One here had little wood handle ball peen hammers made in India. The heads looked like they were cast inside sinker molds, they were the most crude new tool I've ever seen in my life. The metal had sharp ends and the head was loose on every single one. I'd be reluctant to sell one to a customer. 
Whenever the old lady takes something out of my home box, I go get her a version of her own so that she'll leave mine alone. She grabbed a pair of nearly-new 1940s Champion–DeArment needle noses for god-knows-what, so she earned herself a new pair.
This thread inspired me to stop at Dollar Tree today. They had about 30 pairs out.
Some of them...you couldn't touch the tips together,
Some of them...you could touch the tips together, but they were ground to different sizes i.e. one tip twice as big as the other.
I guess you could take the ones in the second group and re-grind them yourself to make them right, but exactly zero pairs would have passed the quality control station if that factory had one. Ended up getting her a fancy-shmancy "expensive" $3 pair of Pittsburgh Pro.
This thread inspired me to stop at Dollar Tree today. They had about 30 pairs out.
Some of them...you couldn't touch the tips together,
Some of them...you could touch the tips together, but they were ground to different sizes i.e. one tip twice as big as the other.
I guess you could take the ones in the second group and re-grind them yourself to make them right, but exactly zero pairs would have passed the quality control station if that factory had one. Ended up getting her a fancy-shmancy "expensive" $3 pair of Pittsburgh Pro.
4x4gearhead
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I think the time and dollar it takes to buy it the first time should just be the cost of the lesson you learned!
redwrench60
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That's what happens when pliers are made from injection molded dog ****.
Seeing those reminded me of a cheap pair of slip joint pliers that I've had for years. I've had these ones for so long that I can't even remember where I got them. (Though I think they may have came as part of some kind of cheap crappy little tool set, the rest of which has long since evaporated.)
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How do you even arrive at a dollar pair of pliers?
Sometimes the situation is somebody miscalculates and is cutting their losses. Money was lost somewhere. It wouldn't surprise me too if somebody in China said I'll give you 50 million pliers in exchange for backing my xyz project....
bczygan
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You are lucky!
You have one of the first examples of the new "SAFETY" pliers.
These pliers, after decades in the federal approval process, allow you to avoid injury due to clamping parts of your body between the serrated jaws.
This new design avoids that costly and painful mistake by keeping those dangerous jaws from ever meeting.
Pliers like this should cost hundreds of dollars, but you got them for just a buck!
Lucky YOU!
That dollar spread pretty thinly among the retailer, shipping employee, shipping companies, manufacturer employee, manufacturer, steel/plastic employees, steel/plastic manufacturers, custom duty to US, and tax to Chinese government.
lotsoftools
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Don't throw them away! Keep them on hand for the next time Lowes or some other place has a 1 for 1 swap on the Irwin's.
Onedivinehammer
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Pics?