21 Aug
2004
21 Aug
'04
3:32 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
AutoZone, an automobile parts place around the US,
offer free tool rental
(and they also sell tools if you want to buy them). You give them a
deposit when you pick up the tool, and they give you back 100% of it
when you bring back the tool. Of course, I'm sure they wouldn't give
you the whole/any of the deposit back if you broke the tool before
bringing it back.
They're actually pretty cool about it. I picked up a gear puller a
couple of years ago when I was replacing <mumble> on a '74 Maverick
front-end, and the cheaply-built gear puller lost the battle. The
threads stripped out of the crossbar. I pointed out the damage and
offered to pay for the tool when I took it back. The guy just laughed
and said "It's part of our overhead. Did you finish the job?"
'Course, I'd spent a good bit of money there over the past few
months, too.
Doc