UPS rang the door bell and left. Upon opening the front door and
hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my porch
and brought it inside the house. From Robert Bosch. I thought HUH? The
package came directly from Bosch and inside was a 25618-02 18Volt Litheon
Impactor Driver. Case, 2 batteries, impactor, and charger.
Compared to my 12 volt NiCad Makita Impact Driver the Bosch is about
the same weight but about 3/4" shorter from chuck to the back end of the
drill. The Bosch is about 1/2" wider and about the same height when setting
on the battery. The 1.3amp Lithium Ion battery is about the size of a pack
of cigarettes and hopefully will last as long as my 2.6 amp Makita. Grip is
for smaller hands as my fingers tough my palm when holding the Bosch and it
feels a bit un natural to pull the trigger to full speed. The Makita has a
grip for larger hands and the trigger is very easy to pull to full speed
position. The fan cooled charger charges is 30 minutes, IIRC the Makita
takes 1 hour. 3 year warranty and 2 years on the batteries. The gun feels
solid and I would likely grab either gun when I need am impact driver.
Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I apparently
got it for free.
"Leon" wrote
>
> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
> apparently got it for free.
>
LOL Did any one else get one?
Yeah sure Leon, the tool fairy visited us all today.
I do have a gift at the front door story though. The missus and I moved
into a house about 25 years ago. It had a number of strange and storied
owners before us. And one of them was on somebody's christmas list. We
opened the front door one day and found a large box left by UPS.
We opened it and found it full of christmas food goodies. Things like nuts,
dried fruits, sausages, etc. And it was all incredibly high end stuff too.
We did not know where to buy anything this good locally.
This went on for about ten years. A couple of christmases, we got a smaller
package..Other times, we would get a much larger package. We figure the
minimum cost for these packages was $75 and they went up to $250. All very
tasty, high quality items in these gift boxes.
And then one year, they stopped coming. To this day, around christmas, I
begin to look on my front porch for the anonymous gift box.
But no tools. Maybe I need to talk to Santa.
Heck, if your that lucky go out and buy a lotto ticket. YOU LUCKY BASTARD!
he he he.
cm
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> UPS rang the door bell and left. Upon opening the front door and
> hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my porch
> and brought it inside the house. From Robert Bosch. I thought HUH? The
> package came directly from Bosch and inside was a 25618-02 18Volt Litheon
> Impactor Driver. Case, 2 batteries, impactor, and charger.
>
> Compared to my 12 volt NiCad Makita Impact Driver the Bosch is about
> the same weight but about 3/4" shorter from chuck to the back end of the
> drill. The Bosch is about 1/2" wider and about the same height when
> setting on the battery. The 1.3amp Lithium Ion battery is about the size
> of a pack of cigarettes and hopefully will last as long as my 2.6 amp
> Makita. Grip is for smaller hands as my fingers tough my palm when
> holding the Bosch and it feels a bit un natural to pull the trigger to
> full speed. The Makita has a grip for larger hands and the trigger is
> very easy to pull to full speed position. The fan cooled charger charges
> is 30 minutes, IIRC the Makita takes 1 hour. 3 year warranty and 2 years
> on the batteries. The gun feels solid and I would likely grab either gun
> when I need am impact driver.
>
> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
> apparently got it for free.
>
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>
> ... snip
>>
>> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
>> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
>> apparently got it for free.
>
> Strange it didn't come with any written explanation.
Yeah, the only reference was the PO number and it appeared to be a last name
and store number.
On Jun 4, 12:04=A0am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> =A0 =A0 =A0UPS rang the door bell and left. =A0Upon opening the front doo=
r and
> hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my porc=
h
> and brought it inside the house. =A0From Robert Bosch. =A0I thought HUH? =
=A0The
> package came directly from Bosch and inside was a 25618-02 18Volt Litheon
> Impactor Driver. =A0Case, 2 batteries, impactor, and charger.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0Compared to my 12 volt NiCad Makita Impact Driver the Bosch is=
about
> the same weight but about 3/4" shorter from chuck to the back end of the
> drill. =A0The Bosch is about 1/2" wider and about the same height when se=
tting
> on the battery. =A0The 1.3amp Lithium Ion battery is about the size of a =
pack
> of cigarettes and hopefully will last as long as my 2.6 amp Makita. =A0Gr=
ip is
> for smaller hands as my fingers tough my palm when holding the Bosch and =
it
> feels a bit un natural to pull the trigger to full speed. =A0The =A0Makit=
a has a
> grip for larger hands and the trigger is very easy to pull to full speed
> position. =A0The fan cooled charger charges is 30 minutes, =A0IIRC the Ma=
kita
> takes 1 hour. =A03 year warranty and 2 years on the batteries. =A0The gun=
feels
> solid and I would likely grab either gun when I need am impact driver.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0Did any one else get one? =A0:~) =A0It seems like I may have e=
ntered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. =A0Any way I appar=
ently
> got it for free.
Damn. I just remembered - I ordered one and entered your address on
the form! Just send it on over after you've wiped the drool off of
it. Thanks.
R
"Martin H. Eastburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sounds like it was delivered to the 'wrong' house.
>
> We got a prize and it was addressed to a different person.
> I took it over there and found out what it was. Never got my package.
>
> Such is life.
>
> Martin
>
My name, my address.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> UPS rang the door bell and left. Upon opening the front door and
> hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my porch
> and brought it inside the house. From Robert Bosch. I thought HUH? The
> package came directly from Bosch and inside was a 25618-02 18Volt Litheon
> Impactor Driver. Case, 2 batteries, impactor, and charger.
>
I once got a pretty nice garden tool set by ups. No note. Eventually, I
found out it was a thank you gift from the phone company for our phones
service at work. After a certain amount of business they send out gifts. My
name was the contact on the account.
mike
"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
>
> I believe "This Old House" magazine was given people who submitted a tip
> that they decided to publish a Bosch impact driver for their submission.
> Did you send in any work tips to a magazine?
Nope!
Sounds like it was delivered to the 'wrong' house.
We got a prize and it was addressed to a different person.
I took it over there and found out what it was. Never got my package.
Such is life.
Martin
Leon wrote:
> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Leon wrote:
>>
>> ... snip
>>> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
>>> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
>>> apparently got it for free.
>> Strange it didn't come with any written explanation.
>
>
> Yeah, the only reference was the PO number and it appeared to be a last name
> and store number.
>
>
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" wrote
>>
>> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
>> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
>> apparently got it for free.
>>
> LOL Did any one else get one?
>
> Yeah sure Leon, the tool fairy visited us all today.
WOW! Thats great! LOL.
> I do have a gift at the front door story though. The missus and I moved
> into a house about 25 years ago. It had a number of strange and storied
> owners before us. And one of them was on somebody's christmas list. We
> opened the front door one day and found a large box left by UPS.
Normally I don't receive these type give aways, but oddly about 10 weeks ago
I received a portable 8" DVD player from DirecTV for answering a survey.
The survey was in response to me initiating a complaint.
>
> We opened it and found it full of christmas food goodies. Things like
> nuts, dried fruits, sausages, etc. And it was all incredibly high end
> stuff too. We did not know where to buy anything this good locally.
>
> This went on for about ten years. A couple of christmases, we got a
> smaller package..Other times, we would get a much larger package. We
> figure the minimum cost for these packages was $75 and they went up to
> $250. All very tasty, high quality items in these gift boxes.
>
> And then one year, they stopped coming. To this day, around christmas, I
> begin to look on my front porch for the anonymous gift box.
Perhaps it was Santa. ;~)
>
> But no tools. Maybe I need to talk to Santa.
Couldm't hurt, or fill out more surveys. LOL
Leon wrote:
> UPS rang the door bell and left. Upon opening the front door and
> hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my porch
> and brought it inside the house. From Robert Bosch. I thought HUH? The
> package came directly from Bosch and inside was a 25618-02 18Volt Litheon
> Impactor Driver. Case, 2 batteries, impactor, and charger.
>
> Compared to my 12 volt NiCad Makita Impact Driver the Bosch is about
> the same weight but about 3/4" shorter from chuck to the back end of the
> drill. The Bosch is about 1/2" wider and about the same height when setting
> on the battery. The 1.3amp Lithium Ion battery is about the size of a pack
> of cigarettes and hopefully will last as long as my 2.6 amp Makita. Grip is
> for smaller hands as my fingers tough my palm when holding the Bosch and it
> feels a bit un natural to pull the trigger to full speed. The Makita has a
> grip for larger hands and the trigger is very easy to pull to full speed
> position. The fan cooled charger charges is 30 minutes, IIRC the Makita
> takes 1 hour. 3 year warranty and 2 years on the batteries. The gun feels
> solid and I would likely grab either gun when I need am impact driver.
>
> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I apparently
> got it for free.
>
>
I believe "This Old House" magazine was given people who submitted a tip
that they decided to publish a Bosch impact driver for their submission.
Did you send in any work tips to a magazine?
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:8cfcb5e0-d957-4010-838a-48026e5f21ad@r16g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
>
> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
> apparently
> got it for free.
Damn. I just remembered - I ordered one and entered your address on
the form! Just send it on over after you've wiped the drool off of
it. Thanks.
Really?
vMike wrote:
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> UPS rang the door bell and left. Upon opening the front door and
>> hearing the truck drive off I spied a medium sized box setting on my
>> porch and brought it inside the house. From Robert Bosch. I
>> thought HUH? The package came directly from Bosch and inside was a
>> 25618-02 18Volt Litheon Impactor Driver. Case, 2 batteries,
>> impactor, and charger.
>>
> I once got a pretty nice garden tool set by ups. No note.
> Eventually, I found out it was a thank you gift from the phone
> company for our phones service at work. After a certain amount of
> business they send out gifts. My name was the contact on the account.
Never got tools that way but got a coffee maker and some nice coffee. When
I opened the package I called ths shipper and and read the packing slip I
told them that it had gone to the wrong address (I didn't look on the
package)--they told me to keep it.
"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
>> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
>> apparently got it for free.
>>
>
> Could be one of those test units for the Handyman Club that you get to
> keep. I got my tablesaw and router that way.
>
That should sound reasonable but I don't respond to the Handyman Club, that
I know of. I think it could have been Tools Of The Trade magazine, or The
WoodWhisperior.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Did any one else get one? :~) It seems like I may have entered a
> drawing or answered a survey, I don't recall for sure. Any way I
> apparently got it for free.
>
Could be one of those test units for the Handyman Club that you get to keep.
I got my tablesaw and router that way.