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Subject: [Spridgets] Thinking of Frank--Made in America
From: tequila.brad at gmail.com (Brad Fornal)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:56:17 -0500
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The truck I dealt with stopped doing it. I had a strap wrench, used it to
change valves in scuba tanks, and the threads that held the strap together,
failed. The driver would NOT warranty it. Its a freakin' hand tool!!!
I have not bought anything Snap On since.

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>wrote:

> Brad, Snap-on stopped their warranty?
> Lin
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I stopped buying Snap On Tools, when they stopped their warranty
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Jay Fishbein <jfishbein at snet.net> wrote:
>>
>> > In most cases you will not pay "a little more" but a lot more to buy
>> from
>> > the
>> > American manufacturers on this website.
>> >
>> > Many manufacturers on this site produce primarily professional
>> equipment,
>> > Snap-On Tools for example.
>> >
>> > If you want to buy a musical instrument, your going to spend multiples
>> of
>> > what
>> > a foreign made counterpart costs.
>> >
>> > And then there is the question: What does "Made in the USA" mean?
>> >
>> > If it means assembled from foreign parts.....well......
>> >
>> > Your intentions are good. I just wonder whether a site like this is
>> nothing
>> > more than a pipe dream.
>> >
>> > Jay
>> > -An iPhone communication-
>> >
>> > On May 3, 2011, at 6:37 PM, "Robert Evans" <b-evans at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Michael MacLean wrote:  "I immediately thought of Frank when I
>> stumbled
>> > on
>> > > this web site today.  http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/";
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thank you, thank you, thank you.  As someone who has been willing to
>> pay
>> > a
>> > > little more to support American industry and the American Way, I have
>> > always
>> > > found it frustrating to search out "Made in the USA" products.  This
>> site
>> > > certainly provides a starting point for that searching!  .
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