Picture of the day - July 11, 2006

Glen's "Craftsman" Grilling Tongs

A couple of days ago, my brother Glen agreed to loan us his gas grill for a "cookout" party that we're hosting for my mom in honor of her 79th birthday. Well, when he arrived with the grill, he also pulled out a shiny set of "Craftsman" grilling utensils - a set of tongs, a large fork and a burger flipper. As you probably know, Craftsman is the famous brand name that Sears uses for their high-quality line of tools. And as you also probably know, Sears guarantees any hand tool bearing the Craftsman logo forever. If it ever breaks, they'll replace it, no questions asked! I have used Sears' world-famous Craftsman guarantee on several occasions, and the process is always quick and painless. You hand them the broken tool and they hand you either a new one or a used one in working condition. In a nutshell, if it says Craftsman on the handle and it breaks, they'll replace it. It really is that simple...unless the Craftsman logo happens to be on a grilling utensil! Glen turned his Craftsman grilling tongs over, and lo and behold, right there on the back of the handles was the following rather humorous disclaimer: "Not Guaranteed Forever" I guess Sears really wanted to drive home the fact that the Craftsman "forever guarantee" doesn't apply to anything besides hand tools. Message received, loud and clear. Let's just pray that Glen's Craftsman grilling utensils keep going, and going, and going...Oh, sorry - wrong brand!   Picture Of The Day Homepage | Submit a photo Interesting Articles