Forgive me, for I have sinned!

[so2315]

I was at the local Sears store and I have been in need of some 1/2 drive metric impact sockets. They were on sale for $69, plus took another 15% off for some club. These were NOS made in the USA so I bought them.
I started buying Craftsman when I got out of High School in the 80's and none have failed me so far as home use. I must confess that in my age the only stuff I have been buying is used Snap On. I refuse to buy Chi-Com **** labeled Craftsman. If one breaks, it will be replaced by Snap On.

 

[shoturtle]

The 1/2 impact they have under the craftsman brand were all US made when I was at sears yesterday, only the evol line are chinese.

 

[twincam00]

always nice to find nos usa stuff

 

[chris142]

Yup I bought a meteric deep impact set yesterday all made in usa.

 

[so2315]

Of the three Sears Stores within a 50 mile radius, all are Chi-Com impacts. I did see some locking flex ratcheting full polish wrenches here that were still US made. Thinking an picking those up too.

 

[djkeev]

Funny how a simple forum such as this can make you feel like a schmuck for purchasing a product!
I too "sinned" last week and purchased a 2nd set of 3/8 drive metrics for my garage tool box.
Like you, I too have been using a lot of Craftsman since the 1960's and my father did so before Me, all with an extremely good service record.

You are forgiven my son. (at least by me)


Dave

 

[so2315]

The sinning part is this: 1 USA made set gone, to be replaced by a Chi-Com set. I feel bad for doing it because I know Sears will replace it with Chi-Com stuff.
I have always looked at Craftsman at a high to mid level tool. Not on par with the truck brands in price, but far ahead of the Great Neck or Buffalo tools from the 1980's China.
I gladly paid more for it. Now I will pay more for the truck brands.....

 

[obsessive]

By buying all the US-made sets and leaving the non-US made tools on the shelves collecting dust, we are sending a message to the decision makers at Sears.

Thank you for your support.

 

[toolmaker1]

By buying all the US-made sets and leaving the non-US made tools on the shelves collecting dust, we are sending a message to the decision makers at Sears.

Thank you for your support.

Yep - I got the last USA deep sets my store had and now they are all chineese so I guess I timed it right. I also got them at about 50% off so no complaints here.

 

[NUTTSGT]

By buying all the US-made sets and leaving the non-US made tools on the shelves collecting dust, we are sending a message to the decision makers at Sears.

Thank you for your support.

By filling out their surveys on the website is a smart thing to do. I filled one out yesterday and it was way more indepth about Sears than before. Maybe they are starting to listen.

 

[Holt]

By buying all the US-made sets and leaving the non-US made tools on the shelves collecting dust, we are sending a message to the decision makers at Sears.

Thank you for your support.

I'm not trying to disappoint you hear but but we are not really selling a message. Say there are 4 of the same products on a shelf. 1 usa, 3 china.
Say at the end of the month 2 china is gone and that leaves the 1 usa and 1 china. Stock get reordered and when the stock get replace the USA one get moved to the front. End of the month 3 are gone. 1 china is all that is left and 3 china ones get restocked. Point is Sears doesn't car about the COO, they care about moving the product. I wish this wasn't the way it is but its business and money talks. If you really want to send them a message what we could really do is everyone on the Garage Journal could send them a message in 1 Day and show or disrespect they have to the Craftsman brand.

 

[bobcatdan]

Sockets are one thing craftsman has always made good. Their chrome to this day in my book are good sockets. I use to have craftsman impacts and they where tough sockets, maybe a little on the thick side. Never broke one. I made the ulimate sin, I sold them to my buddy and replaced them with sunnex. My biggest complaint with craftsman is the limited size range.

 

[Danglerb]

I think yall are missing all the fun aspects of sin with this COO COO stuff.

 

[MN Falcon]

I bought a couple of Craftsman 18" half inch drive breaker bars recently, NOS so still USA
I just wanted to have the extra 3" from most of the others in the price range that I can get ie Allen is only 15". Got one for my older son and one for my younger, still contemplating getting a third for my road box. So forgive me also

 

[pipsters]

I buy all the US made Craftsman I can. Bought a lot in the past 15 months. Eventually everything there will be import and I won't buy any more.