[sdiy] Broken Crimper...

[patchell]

    The warranty is for .... <drum roll> 90 days...and I purchased these over
two years ago...Does Craftsman make pin crimpers?  ;^)



harry wrote:

> Yes... its "lifetime warranty"  (in english)
>
> but WHOSE lifetime ?
>
> Lifetime of the user ? Original Purchaser ?  Lifetime of some
> small invertabrate sea creature ?  Lifetime of the Tool itself ?
>
> "Yes... it looks like it's life is over.. sorry...."
>
> Often the tools that are "lifetime warranty" are no longer made
> by the company, or the company that offered the warranty has
> been acquired sixteen times and the new owners don't accept the
> warranty.
>
> Now about AMP/Tyco... who can say ?  They are in the
> Enron - Worldcom - Xerox class right now...  not an
> enviable position (unless you were the CEO who robbed the
> company blind....)
>
> H^) harry   (rant mode off)
>
> Andre Majorel wrote:
>
> > On 2002-07-07 09:29 -0700, patchell wrote:
> >
> > >      My Amp crimper just broke....<sob>...It is a model 90418-1.  It
> > > looks like I need to take the head apart.  I think there is a piece of
> > > metal jammed up there.  A crimp pin went in crooked, and after that, it
> > > has not worked properly.
> > >
> > >     I am going to take the head apart, but, if anybody has any words of
> > > wisdom on fixing one of these thing...let me know (hopefully you won't
> > > be too late).
> >
> > The answer probably is "of course not, do you think I've lost my
> > mind", but... doesn't it have a lifetime warranty (or whatever
> > it's called in English) ? Expensive tools like this sometimes
> > do.
> >
> > --
> > André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
> > http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
>
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