We live in age where the salesman rather sale you a new drill instead of ordering a new battery pack, because "we are having a great sale of the drills". My dad's Craftsman 18 volt cordless drill's battery gave out and wouldn't hold a charge. Nothing is wrong with the drill so my dad went to the local Sears to pickup a replacement. The salesman wouldn't even consider ordering my dad a new battery, kept trying to con my dad into buying another drill just because the battery gave out. My dad left ended up going to another Sears while he was out of town.
It is sad that we have become society that cares so little about quality anymore. This is one of the reasons I enjoy restoring antique tools; the quality of the steel, fit and finish of the far exceeds anything produced today. My friends dad is a barber, when the blades in the set of clippers he uses needs replacing he just orders a new set of blades, because new clippers are only x amount of dollars more. I needed a new handle on a shovel last year, the price difference between the handle and a new shovel was less than $5 and yes I bought just the handle. Why waste a perfectly good shovel head and the extra money when you only need a handle that requires only a little work to mount.
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