Pissed off at Home Depot. (Rant)

Robatoy · 2005-05-11T01:03:06+00:00

I was minding my own business some weeks ago, when I saw this nifty cheap belt-sander by Black & Decker. I knew it would never have the duty of my PC's, but it had one feature which attracted me to it. A very small front roller. with a flip-up door so that one can get into small tight corners. I felt I could use that feature sporadically so the 'duty' didn't concern me too much.I take the thing home and leave it in the box till the time came I could use that feature; the inside corner of a counter-top edge. ( Did I tell you guys I fabricate solid surface counter tops?)Well lemme tell ya...what a piece of crap. MUCH worse than what I expected. I KNEW it wasn't a 'pro' piece, but come-ON!!The thing shuddered, and sounded like the bearings were spinning, screaming and howling..... I went: "Uh-oh!" and stuck it back in the box.I took it back to HD with my complaint.....they didn't want to refund the 98 Can$ (About 70 US$), they wanted to send it for repairs...because I was 10 days 'overdue' of the 30-day allowable return period. I was even willing to replace it with a small belt-sander from another make and pay a little extra if I had to...but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.A Big deal? Not really, I guess, but unless I get some satisfaction, and soon, the boycott is on and I will never set foot in that store again... and I can be one stubborn Dutchman when I want to be.They want to hang a business relationship on 98 dollars or a '10-day' technicality...then so be it.Rob

May 11, 2005 100 Replies

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Odinn 21 years ago

What, in what you quoted, says anything about being pissed off at Home Depot, other than the topic. You need to learn how to read before you reply. You also need to learn how to bottom post.

Sheesh, some people don't have any brains at all.

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