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dirty_73
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 Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: $200 at sears....What would you do? |
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| Im not too big of a fan of sears or their customer service but got a gift card for $200. So the question is, if you had $200 at sears what would you get? Thanks |
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lowmitsu
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Foxx
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: $200 at sears....What would you do? |
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| Im not too big of a fan of sears or their customer service but got a gift card for $200. So the question is, if you had $200 at sears what would you get? Thanks |
would 200 at harbor freight be better?
i can think of a buncha shit to get for 200.
if you don't like it, send it to me.
i'll find it in my heart to "dispose" of that awful gift card for ya.
i'd buy the gear wrench metric set.
and anything else i could stuff on that card
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dirty_73
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| I was thinking a good set of chisels and punches. I also have some stock fenders that need cutting so a good sawzall probably. Anyone try their electric heaters? |
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cage66
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Tram
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: $200 at sears....What would you do? |
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| Foxx4086 JHC wrote: |
| dirty_73 wrote: |
| Im not too big of a fan of sears or their customer service but got a gift card for $200. So the question is, if you had $200 at sears what would you get? Thanks |
would 200 at harbor freight be better?
i can think of a buncha shit to get for 200.
if you don't like it, send it to me.
i'll find it in my heart to "dispose" of that awful gift card for ya.
i'd buy the gear wrench metric set.
and anything else i could stuff on that card |
The problem with those gear wrenches is that the box ends are too fat to get them in ANYWHERE you actually need the gear wrench. It's a nice idea, but less practical than you'd think.
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codeMechanic
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| if you don't have a roll away tool box, Sears has a sale right now. |
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fifty8
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go after Christmas when people are bringing crap back and the returned items are in the corner with marked down prices
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blarneyman
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| go after Christmas when people are bringing crap back and the returned items are in the corner with marked down prices |
Most definitely!! That's my favorite time to shop at Sears.
Lay out your tools and figure out what you are missing and start filling the holes. 
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Foxx
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: $200 at sears....What would you do? |
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| Tram wrote: |
| Foxx4086 JHC wrote: |
| dirty_73 wrote: |
| Im not too big of a fan of sears or their customer service but got a gift card for $200. So the question is, if you had $200 at sears what would you get? Thanks |
would 200 at harbor freight be better?
i can think of a buncha shit to get for 200.
if you don't like it, send it to me.
i'll find it in my heart to "dispose" of that awful gift card for ya.
i'd buy the gear wrench metric set.
and anything else i could stuff on that card |
The problem with those gear wrenches is that the box ends are too fat to get them in ANYWHERE you actually need the gear wrench. It's a nice idea, but less practical than you'd think. |
i have a mac tool box that comes up to my nose, that i have had for the past 25 years. it's full of wrenches among other stuff
i don't have any gear wrenches,
i want em..
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meinvw
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: Re: $200 at sears....What would you do? |
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| Foxx4086 JHC wrote: |
| Tram wrote: |
| Foxx4086 JHC wrote: |
| dirty_73 wrote: |
| Im not too big of a fan of sears or their customer service but got a gift card for $200. So the question is, if you had $200 at sears what would you get? Thanks |
would 200 at harbor freight be better?
i can think of a buncha shit to get for 200.
if you don't like it, send it to me.
i'll find it in my heart to "dispose" of that awful gift card for ya.
i'd buy the gear wrench metric set.
and anything else i could stuff on that card |
The problem with those gear wrenches is that the box ends are too fat to get them in ANYWHERE you actually need the gear wrench. It's a nice idea, but less practical than you'd think. |
i have a mac tool box that comes up to my nose, that i have had for the past 25 years. it's full of wrenches among other stuff
i don't have any gear wrenches,
i want em.. |
Ditto on Trams responce, have them myself and almost never use them. Anyplace big enough to get them in you really do not need them. They will not even work to get the rear nut off of the carb to intake.
$200 at sears, well they do have a really nice porta-jump that will even recharge itself while driving, I think its 1150 cranking amps for about 100. If you do much wiring on your car, maybe flip for some Klein crimps and strippers. The Klein screwdrivers are the best I have ever found, also available at sears.
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I would go through my toolbox, throw away the cheap-ass tools, make a list and head to Sears...
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Cusser
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One thing about Sears: their sales prices are substantially more-off than their competitors. Stuff goes on sale for half-price like some digital multimeters for $10, 1/4 inch socket sets for $10, floor mats half-off (let them sit in the sun outside to off-gas a few days first), floor jacks. I've started using Sears more the last few years, been fine with that, have two of their 19.2 cordless drills, and a stubby, set of regular and stubby, with 2 batteries and charger, was $90, and also bought a lawn tractor there. Yeah, they couldn't deliver that as originally scheduled, so I rented a flat trailer to get it, and they shipped a part to the wrong address, but, hey, it's America!
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notchback
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Probably look at the gear wrench tools, then go buy something for my wife.
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bdub74
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| if you don't have a roll away tool box, Sears has a sale right now. |
add 99.99 plus tax to that 200 and get a rooling cabinet and top chest with ball bearing drawers! |
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Saint76
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lithium ion reciprocating saw is nice...they sell dewalt there too..
BUY DEWALT Power tools..
But $200 is only a down payment on a dewalt set.. |
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a.wilson
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Their torque wrenches are pretty good. I purchased both the ratchet style and the meter-dial "beam" type wrenches four years ago, and both have held-up pretty well so far.
**edit.. (Sorry... I don't have much to offer in this thread as I don't buy much from Sears!!)
maybe you could buy $200. worth of torque wrenches?? 
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51splitLV
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| i would buy my wife something, my matco box is 8ft. long and i can't see over it and i'm 6th tall, and filled with snap-on tools, little bit of matco tools. |
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If i had $200 i would buy a Clark arc welder then a few crapsman tools.
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