carterbeauford
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I thought my winter project, a 1941 John Deere tractor, would be a good excuse to stock up on tools. it has been a frustrating experience.
I bought a $27 Blue-Point tubing cutter to do the crankcase vent line. it arrived with the sticker peeled off revealing it's an Imperial tubing cutter which sells elsewhere for $11. I paid $16 for a sticker. since I did not even get to enjoy looking at my expensive Blue-Point sticker, I got an RMA from Snap-On and mailed it back. 2 weeks later they mailed it back to me, citing "insufficient packaging" ...does anyone else buy from Snap-On.com? do they use packaging? every order I've ever received comes in a plastic bag inside a box. this really pissed me off. they eventually told me to keep the tool and gave me a credit.
I ordered a $220 Blue-Point service cart in October. it ***** trying to work on a narrow front tractor with nowhere to put your tools. I got ahold of the Snap-On truck that serves my area because I didn't want to pay $70 shipping. the rep was friendly enough and I appreciated him being willing to stop by my home shop on a Saturday to deliver the cart when it came in, as I'm never home during the week. a few weeks go by, no phone call. called him up, no carts in stock, due the end of October. no problem, I'd really like to rebuild my engine using this cart but I can wait. almost 2 months go by, I remembered hey, didn't I order a cart? called him up and they're due the end of January. cancel the order, I don't need it that badly.
I bought a $52 cylinder hone and it lasted 5 minutes. in those 5 minutes I was able to hone both cylinders, but it self destructed inside the #2 cylinder with a Milwaukee 14.4v cordless drill powering it. I paid more for the Blue-Point hone with the idea that it would last and I'd be able to use it on future tractors, these tractors have large cylinders and some standard size cylinder tools are too small. I made sure to include the plastic bag this time, I hope they don't mail it back to me.
I still hold that Snap-On tools are the best you can buy, but everything Blue-Point lately has been overpriced junk. I apologize for my bad attitude, but if you were me, would you keep buying from Snap-On? I try to buy made in the USA, but a part of my made in Taiwan Gearwrench ratcheting tap and die set broke, and after a 5 minute phone call I had a new one being sent out no questions asked.
I bought a $27 Blue-Point tubing cutter to do the crankcase vent line. it arrived with the sticker peeled off revealing it's an Imperial tubing cutter which sells elsewhere for $11. I paid $16 for a sticker. since I did not even get to enjoy looking at my expensive Blue-Point sticker, I got an RMA from Snap-On and mailed it back. 2 weeks later they mailed it back to me, citing "insufficient packaging" ...does anyone else buy from Snap-On.com? do they use packaging? every order I've ever received comes in a plastic bag inside a box. this really pissed me off. they eventually told me to keep the tool and gave me a credit.
I ordered a $220 Blue-Point service cart in October. it ***** trying to work on a narrow front tractor with nowhere to put your tools. I got ahold of the Snap-On truck that serves my area because I didn't want to pay $70 shipping. the rep was friendly enough and I appreciated him being willing to stop by my home shop on a Saturday to deliver the cart when it came in, as I'm never home during the week. a few weeks go by, no phone call. called him up, no carts in stock, due the end of October. no problem, I'd really like to rebuild my engine using this cart but I can wait. almost 2 months go by, I remembered hey, didn't I order a cart? called him up and they're due the end of January. cancel the order, I don't need it that badly.
I bought a $52 cylinder hone and it lasted 5 minutes. in those 5 minutes I was able to hone both cylinders, but it self destructed inside the #2 cylinder with a Milwaukee 14.4v cordless drill powering it. I paid more for the Blue-Point hone with the idea that it would last and I'd be able to use it on future tractors, these tractors have large cylinders and some standard size cylinder tools are too small. I made sure to include the plastic bag this time, I hope they don't mail it back to me.
I still hold that Snap-On tools are the best you can buy, but everything Blue-Point lately has been overpriced junk. I apologize for my bad attitude, but if you were me, would you keep buying from Snap-On? I try to buy made in the USA, but a part of my made in Taiwan Gearwrench ratcheting tap and die set broke, and after a 5 minute phone call I had a new one being sent out no questions asked.
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LOL.