"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
I think its a done deal. Dewalt still seems to be doing well under them.
Bob
So DeWalt and Delta are owned by the same company? Where's the DOJ
antitrust division when you need them?
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
>
Buck Turgidson asks:
>So DeWalt and Delta are owned by the same company? Where's the DOJ
>antitrust division when you need them?
>
>
>"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
>> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
Probably still scratching their heads over the Jet/Powermatic scramble.
Charlie Self
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would
promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken
A sad sad day indeed.
http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=276&p=632031
As Henry Ford figured out, if you make a tool ((car) that lasts forever, why
would your customers need to buy additional copies from you. Therefore you
make tools that fail quickly and you can now sell that same customer
another one.
Now excuse me while I go and find a crying towel.
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
>
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:22:21 -0500, "George" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
>(its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
my neighbor told me that my... let me get this right...
Craftsman biscuit jointer is made by Dewalt, which is owned by B&D as
their "upper end" line...
We have experimented with drugs in the past and he could be BS'ing
me... (we, unlike a past president, never exhaled)
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
>
Black & Decker: The chevette of tools. *sigh* This SUCKS! I *LIKE* Delta.
I guess this is only bad news if B&D allows quality and ruggedness to
degrade (I'm SORELY tempted to add "to their level") in order to maintain a
price point.
"bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Done deal.
>
>
> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> > (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
> >
> >
>
>
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:15:24 GMT, "Bob" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
>> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
>I think its a done deal. Dewalt still seems to be doing well under them.
>
>Bob
>
Yep, according to Pentair's web site, the deal was closed several weeks
ago.
Done deal.
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>
>
"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> (referring to the early offshore built Unisaws).
Iffen it was me - I would buy me a big barge, and load it up with all sorts
of slave/prison labor and anchor it about 190 miles offshore. Captive
workforce - but "Made in the USA".
Now if I can just find an extension cord long enough.
"Chuck Hoffman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I guess this is only bad news if B&D allows quality and ruggedness to
> degrade (I'm SORELY tempted to add "to their level") in order to maintain
a
> price point.
>
Recent posts indicate Delta was already degrading quality all by themselves
(referring to the early offshore built Unisaws).
Bob
"Chris Hornberger" <chris@no_spam.chornbe.com> wrote in message
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> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I hope this isn't true as B&D seems to run all it touches into the ground
>> (its own name, ELU, Quantum). Is this deal finalized?
>>
>>
>
> Black & Decker: The chevette of tools. *sigh* This SUCKS! I *LIKE* Delta.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing. B&D didn't buy the others because they
weren't profitable, they were just making a bit less profit than the other
divisions of the seller's company. Let's see how it plays out.
Bob