Tuesday, Jun 15, 2004 at 23:06
As a ex mobile tool seller, I can pass on from expierence to my fellow formites here just how useless the Taiwan / China made
tools really are.
Way back in the 80's when the cheap imported
tools started comming into this country, us "honest" toolies just had to get into the action. There was HUGE profits being made on these tools. We were killing them. BUT eventually we found out just how bad they were. Only took about 6 months for the
feedback to hit us, and boy didnt it hit us hard. I personally worked on a 75% return rate with my sales ( warranty problems).
Lucky for us mobile toolies, we didnt loose money as we were covered by our suppiers, but it cost us heaps in down time, having to keep going back to do the exchange.
1 Workshop i remember very
well was a Jaguar Dealership in
Sydney, They called me in for some screwdrivers that they needed urgently. So i gave them the option of good quality or much cheaper Taiwan made drivers,
Well you guessed it, they went for the cheapies. I am here to tell you guys, this $12.00 screwdriver set ended up costing the workshop thousands of dollars in a damaged V12 engine.
The problem was, the chrome on the screwdrivers was peeling off in minute fragments, now the mechanic was in the process of a total rebuild on the V12.
Well yes u guessed it, the outcome was a total rebuild of what was a total rebuild. The car only lasted 2 weeks and was back in the worshop.
This was a very common thing with cheap tools. After that incident, I decided to go back to the quality products such as Hazet and Stahlwille tools. And yes back then even Sidchrome was good quality.
its true, you get what you pay for. Difference is, we , as offroaders, cant afford to get stuck out back of nowhere, so think twice before trying to save urself a few dollars.
For me, quality comes first if its related to offroading.
Regards Angelo
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