sunday trip to wally world

[chipper]

Wife and i were grocery shopping this morning at walmart and while she was looking for shampoo or something over there i wandered over to hardware and saw they redid their tool isle and have a whole section of bostich hand tools they look like dewalt but coo was china and i think dewalt is tiawan has anybody seen these any good or nad stories. i would have taken a pic but didn't have my phone

 

[allinon72]

They are your average import tools. Being carried by Walmart will ensure degradation in quality over time, that is for sure.

 

[jakemac]

I've seen them the few times I've dared to enter the store. The only thing in the tool isle that I buy is the small credit card size magnetic parts trays. They're great for keeping small parts from the same machine separate while working.

 

[chipper]

They are your average import tools. Being carried by Walmart will ensure degradation in quality over time, that is for sure.

That's what i figured but i have never seen them before and thought it was intresting they have a pretty good rep for power tools...i guess everybody will get into mechanics tool biz...Milwaukee is next

 

[X1 Mike]

I've seen them the few times I've dared to enter the store. The only thing in the tool isle that I buy is the small credit card size magnetic parts trays. They're great for keeping small parts from the same machine separate while working.

I have never in my life seen a whole island dedicated to tools, I must find this place.

 

[Brownsfan]

I saw them too. The pass thru set I saw was Taiwan. The package said Bostich is the new professional line of hand tools.

 

[CNGsaves]

Haven't seen Bostitch or DeWalt at local Wally Worlds here, even in the mega stores that have everything . . but I'll look a little closer next time I'm there. They do have some decent little Stanley sets of combo wrenches, if you needed something in a pinch.

 

[retDAC]

I saw them too. The pass thru set I saw was Taiwan. The package said Bostich is the new professional line of hand tools.

Bostitch Pass Thru sets are apparently made by Hi Five: http://www.newtools.com/pd_13.htm

We have(had?) a member named reversegear who worked for them. Most of his posts make interesting reading although his work seemed to focus on testing reversible ratcheting wrenches.

 

[mmack66]

Bostitch? The company that does staplers and nailers?

What genius decided to put their name on a line of hand tools?

 

[jakemac]

I have never in my life seen a whole island dedicated to tools, I must find this place.

Hey, it passed the spell-checker didn't it ?

 

[signcrafter]

Bostitch? The company that does staplers and nailers?

What genius decided to put their name on a line of hand tools?

Probably the same one that put dewalts name on a line of hand tools. And Milwaukee. There's others also.

 

[Ign]

I have never in my life seen a whole island dedicated to tools, I must find this place.

I caught that too. Aisle

 

[retDAC]

It passed spellcheck because 'isle' is a valid word.

Of course he meant either 'aisle' or 'island' but spellcheck is unsophisticated.

 

[Loscaldazar]

My walmart carries Channelock

 

[Ign]

Probably the same one that put dewalts name on a line of hand tools. And Milwaukee. There's others also.

Very different though, at least with Milwaukee. Rather than just taking cheap import **** and putting a lightning bolt on it, they've designed most of their hand tools from the ground up and try hard to work in innovative features that are truly useful to the tradesman. I love the flip utility knives and the measuring tapes are growing on me. But yes, it is all made in China.

 

[jd_1138]

Wife and i were grocery shopping this morning at walmart and while she was looking for shampoo or something over there i wandered over to hardware and saw they redid their tool isle and have a whole section of bostich hand tools they look like dewalt but coo was china and i think dewalt is tiawan has anybody seen these any good or nad stories. i would have taken a pic but didn't have my phone

The Wal-Mart merchandisers/buyers (at the corporate level) are just looking for the cheapest price point to obtain a line of tools at. And it helps to slap a respectable name onto the tools even if they are crappy. The average Wal-Mart tool buyer is simply someone buying a tool for a particular task, and then the tools will end up in a bucket in the shed.

When I needed a tool in the past, and Wally World was the closest store near me, invariably they didn't have the tool I needed -- in any brand. Big waste of time.

 

[Todd.Brock]

F. F

 

[Coach James]

Lowes has carried Bostich tools for a long time now. They got rid of Vaughn and Dasco and started carrying Bostich hammers, chisels and punches.

My brad nailer is a Bostich and works great. I imagine their hand tools work as wel as any other Chinese import.

Coach

 

[chipper]

I have never in my life seen a whole island dedicated to tools, I must find this place.

Its located in smartassville... you get an F if that's the only grammer correction you could find in my post

 

[mmack66]

Probably the same one that put dewalts name on a line of hand tools. And Milwaukee. There's others also.

I would have just stuck with the Stanley name, which has a history of providing all sorts of hand tools, rather than a name that most people might have never heard of, and if they have, likely associate them with stapling and nailing tools.

 

[hofferwood]

It's here

 

[jd_1138]

I would have just stuck with the Stanley name, which has a history of providing all sorts of hand tools, rather than a name that most people might have never heard of, and if they have, likely associate them with stapling and nailing tools.

I agree. The Stanley name is a household brand for 99% of the population. I think Wally World must've scored the Bostich tools for 1% less cost or something. Just #'s on a spreadsheet is all they look at.

 

[X1 Mike]

Its located in smartassville... you get an F if that's the only grammer correction you could find in my post

A. I'm the Mayor of Smartassvile.

 

[chipper]

A. I'm the Mayor of Smartassvile.

B. Smartassville should have been capitalized in your post.

C. After Smartassville your should have capitalized the "Y" in the word you.

D. You should have put quotation marks around the "F".

E. You failed to put a period at the end of your run-on sentence.

Is that better?

No that wasn't my original post but that's ok you must be a sad man its almost 9pm is mom gonna kick you off the computer now jr

 

[tweedlestan]

Its located in smartassville... you get an F if that's the only grammer correction you could find in my post

*grammar

 

[X1 Mike]

No that wasn't my original post but that's ok you must be a sad man its almost 9pm is mom gonna kick you off the computer now jr

I was critiquing the second post and having a little fun, I even called myself a smartass.

 

[tweedlestan]

p.s. Don't be afraid to throw a period in there every once in a while.

Sound advice right there!

 

[chipper]

I was critiquing the second post and having a little fun, I even called myself a smartass. Learn to take a joke.

p.s. Don't be afraid to throw a period in there every once in a while.

No!!

 

[jakemac]

WOW

He was originally quoting my post, that had the same spelling mistake, and I didn't take offense.

Now we have 2 pages of genital swinging, all over a homophone (look it up).

 

[hofferwood]

WOW

He was originally quoting my post, that had the same spelling mistake, and I didn't take offense.

Now we have 2 pages of genital swinging, all over a homophone (look it up).

Maxwell Smart had one in his shoe.

 

[tweedlestan]

Proud heterophone here.

 

[chipper]

WOW

He was originally quoting my post, that had the same spelling mistake, and I didn't take offense.

Now we have 2 pages of genital swinging, all over a homophone (look it up).

I know Im sorry i don't get on here to argue but i also don't get on here for a grammar lesson

 

[X1 Mike]

Edited my posts as to not hurt feelings. I was just having a little lighthearted fun.