Fuck Black & Decker!

Vilac

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**repost from the "Blurt" thread.**

bah.

Well.........I haven't blurted in awhile.

Being the a-typical man.....I did most of my Christmas shopping today. I did manage to get more than 3/4's of it finished this morning along with the throngs of other families that were out hitting every mall, strip mall and toy store from here to St. Nick's ass.

But...what angers me most of all is when you go out SPECIFICALLY for an item, and of course it is out of stock. What I'm talking about is one of those "Black & Decker" laser levels that they have been advertising incessantly for the last three weeks. Every time you turn on a television, there is an ad for one. Of course, my father has seen this barrage of ads. And...of course being the good son that I am, I forrage out in search of one for him.

Do you think one is in stock in the 60 mile radius of my home? Oh no. Heavens no. Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Sears, every conceivable hardware store ....are out of them. And....they all seem to stick to the story that they will be out of stock on them until at least the 15th of January.

My question is this: WHY THE FUCK DO THEY RUN THE ADS ON SOMETHING THAT IS SO OBVIOUSLY OUT OF STOCK?!

Ya may as well run cruise ship ticket specials for Carribean vacations on the friggin' Titantic, for pete's sake.

Fuck you Black and Decker! Merry Friggin' Christmas...and a shitty new year.

Bahhhhh.

:mad:
V~
 
Either Black and Decker or the retailers weren't hip enough to anticipate demand in your area. So sad when that happens.
 
Just a little suggestion before you have sex with any power tools.





READ THE DIRECTIONS


Oh, and make sure it's unplugged FIRST!
 
ProofreadManx said:
Just a little suggestion before you have sex with any power tools.
READ THE DIRECTIONS


Oh, and make sure it's unplugged FIRST!

LOL

:p
 
Vilac,

Does it have to be the black & decker one, or just any laser level?
 
This goes perfectly with a thread Indigo Rose posted yesterday . . .
 
Nora said:
Vilac,

Does it have to be the black & decker one, or just any laser level?

Either the B&D laser level.........or the B&D laser level w/ stud finder. I think he's mainly interested in just the level. <shrug>

He's a picky bastard. ( probably where I get it from )...so I'm sure he'd want what was on T.V. lol
V~
 
I'mVan said:
This goes perfectly with a thread Indigo Rose posted yesterday . . .

lol..sorry, Van. I generally don't pay any attention to her threads....so you've got me on that one.
V~
 
Ok, lowe's and home depot's websites search by zip code, so what's true in my area may not be true in yours, but neither found a hit.

Amazon shows it as an item they're no longer stocking.

Every other link I found for it, links back to Amazon. Hrm..

Edited to add: B&D's site isn't letting me use any search functions currently. Which means everyone else in the universe who looked for it today and couldn't find it is hitting their servers... Bastards!
 
Nora said:
Ok, lowe's and home depot's websites search by zip code, so what's true in my area may not be true in yours, but neither found a hit.

Amazon shows it as an item they're no longer stocking.

Every other link I found for it, links back to Amazon. Hrm..

Edited to add: B&D's site isn't letting me use any search functions currently. Which means everyone else in the universe who looked for it today and couldn't find it is hitting their servers... Bastards!

My dilemma also. <g> I tried a google search..which led me to the B&D site. Search function is useless there.

So...I even went the "Ebay" route. Which is fine if you want to pay twice the cost of the frigging thing. lol

Thanks for looking, though........ :D I appreciate it. <g>
V~
 
And sometimes the 'Net ain't what it should be. So that's why the good Lord, in His infinite wisdom, created customer service hotlines: Black & Decker: (800) 544-6986.

*smiles*

Badger the fuckers for me too, k?
 
Nora said:
And sometimes the 'Net ain't what it should be. So that's why the good Lord, in His infinite wisdom, created customer service hotlines: Black & Decker: (800) 544-6986.

*smiles*

Badger the fuckers for me too, k?

lol....you got it!

Thanks!
V~
 
Vilac said:
lol....you got it!

Thanks!
V~

Anytime, sugah. ;) Hope dad enjoys it. If he doesn't, I'll buy it offa him once he's bored with it. It looks TOTALLY spiffy!
 
It's called "bait and switch", and it's illegal. Contact the Better Business Bureau in your area and turn them in.
 
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