I never much liked Stanley stuff. Always been a Craftsman guy.
I remember a couple of years ago, Stanley announced that they
were moving Corporate Headquarters off shores, simply to skip
out on paying taxes.
I seem to remember they got shamed into not doing this. But, either
way, I vowed never to by Stanley again. Not really much of a threat
since I rarely bought it in the first place.
I hope the gloom and doom for Craftsman is unfounded. Time will tell.
But I don't think the Mac or Snap-On trucks are going to stop at my
house. :-)
Paul.
Kevin Smith wrote:
> Don't know if this is related, but a local refrigerator plant (okay it's
> Whirlpool) who builds the majority of Sears' Kenmore side by sides, just
> received an big order cancellation from Sears last week. There's
> probably going to be some scaling back on good ol' union-made
> all-American stuff coming from Sears. But I'll be honest, the latest
> Stanley socket set I bought from Wal-Mart has been fabulous (can't say
> the same for a tape measure though). Even if it was made in Taiwan.
> Then again, if a job is tough enough to break a wrench, I'm usually
> reaching for the air tools anyway.
>
> Kevin
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