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Sad news for me. Now I’ll have to drive even farther for my Hilti fix.
I saw that yesterday on Protool. None of the HD’s in my area carried Hilti anyway.
Conductor562 wrote:
I saw that yesterday on Protool. None of the HD’s in my area carried Hilti anyway.
My local HD didn’t but the next nearest one did. Now my closest place is the nearest big city where they also have their service center/distributor.
I recently put a bid in on e bay for a hilti site drill I was so happy to be out bid after Hilti informed me the drill that still had six months warranty would cost wait for it £170 to have serviced.
This is as much as the drill was going to cost me.
NO CHANCE HILTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wayne Burgess wrote:
I recently put a bid in on e bay for a hilti site drill I was so happy to be out bid after Hilti informed me the drill that still had six months warranty would cost wait for it £170 to have serviced.
This is as much as the drill was going to cost me.
NO CHANCE HILTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, you guys get a raw deal over there from Hilti, here in the states they have a percentage limit on the price of parts and repair on tools. Here there is no such thing as having a Hilti tool that is not worth repairing.
The best place to find Hilti is in pawn shops about a week after a big construction job in the area finishes up.
Conductor562 wrote:
The best place to find Hilti is in pawn shops about a week after a big construction job in the area finishes up.
I wish I had pawn shops like that around here, Most of the tools available are either Ryobi/Black& Decker quality or name brands that are well past their useful lifespan with a price tag of 85% of retail. The only thing that I ever come across that is anything even remotely worth purchasing are vintage tools that people are clueless about. Pawn Shops and Flea Markets are much better in more affluent areas.
I got my Makita LS1225 (12″ Compound Miter) in barely used condition for $140 at a pawn shop. I’ve had it about a year now I guess.
All the Depots by me all carried Hilton for a long time, picked up a lot tools from them over the years. They always had good support there and let you try out the tools as well… I miss the Hilti section……
Conductor562 wrote:
The best place to find Hilti is in pawn shops about a week after a big construction job in the area finishes up.
Yeah, we really don’t have pawn shops in my area but I did visit one in South Carolina a few years back and noticed that they wanted top dollar for worn out power tools. YMMV..