Wasted $200 on a 'laser level' from a discount tool catalog... total junk

I saw this ad in a mailer for a laser level that claimed it could project lines across a whole room with zero drift. Sounded perfect for keeping my brick courses straight on a big retaining wall I was doing in Tulsa. Paid $200 for it and the thing was off by a quarter inch over just 10 feet. Tried recalibrating it like the manual said but it just kept giving me crooked lines. Ended up tossing it in the trash after two hours of frustration. Went back to my old string line and bubble level, which cost me like $30 combined. Has anyone else fallen for one of those fancy tool catalog deals that looked way better than it actually worked?

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adam_butler3816d ago

... and that's EXACTLY what happened with my "heavy duty" post hole digger I bought off a similar catalog. The handle broke on the THIRD hole, and I'm out here in Oklahoma clay trying to wrestle this thing while it just snaps like a toothpick. Called the company and they said it was "operator error" and wouldn't refund me. I was SO mad I used the broken handle to prop up a fence post instead, just to get some use out of it. Junk tools like that always seem to have the most confident product descriptions.

brooke_walker15d ago

What kind of return policy did they give you? @adam_butler38, that operator error excuse is why I always check for a simple satisfaction guarantee now before buying any tool from a mailer. After getting burned twice, I learned that if the ad talks way too big about what it does, the tool usually can't back it up.