Re: Replacement battery for drill: pricing idiocy

"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A year or two back I bought a Black & Decker 9.6V cordless drill that
> came with two batteries. I don't recall how much I paid for it. Several
> months back, when I wanted a new battery for it, I found that for very
> little more than the price of a battery alone I could buy a whole new
> drill and battery (but only one battery, not the two that I got
> originally). A couple of days ago I noticed that Lowes had the drill
> with *two* batteries for exactly the same price as for a battery alone!
>
> Can anybody explain the logic of this?

I've found that older tools are much better made than the new stuff, which
is made as cheap, and with as much flimsy plastic, as possible. My old B&D
7.2v drill used to eat right through cinderblock. My newer B&D 18v drill
sometimes slips or gets stuck on wood, probably due to the crummy keyless
chuck, which makes it practically impossible to get a good grip on the bit.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find replacement battery packs for the old drill,
so it probably went to the donation pile with the rest of my junk. Had I
known I could have rebuilt it, I would have kept it.

Anyway, the newer drill is good for use as a screw and bolt driver, and the
batteries work in a bunch of other tools, even my weedwacker, so it's not a
big deal.

Pagan


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