[sdiy] Broken Crimper...

[harry]

And the winner is ....

"Lifetime of some small invertabrate sea creature"

Give the man a ceegar !!!!

H^) harry



patchell wrote:

>     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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