Re: Anyone have a good experience with Black & Decker lately

From: Rein (rruiterNO-SPAM_at_NO-SPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:52:04 -0700

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 05:55:04 GMT, "Fred"
<testing@testing1212mouse.com> wrote:

>In my experience over the past 5 years or so, Black & Decker haven't made a
>decent electric tool/appliance. I have bought one of their small drills,
>then returned it when the motor seized up after 2 months. The replacement
>worked for a year, then the motor developed an open circuit. Same for a
>small jig saw -- the blade moved up and down at about a 5-degree angle off
>vertical. The same for a small electric screwdriver.
>
>The company must have been taken over by some Wall Street group to suck the
>assets out of it, I don't know. Their stuff used to be quite good, but now
>I wouldn't touch any of their stuff, sorry to say.
>
>Fred
>

Growing up, everything my dad ever bought made by black&decker broke
way too early.
He swore he never bought b&d again and hasn't
Makita is his preference.

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