[john hall]

I miss the old Craftsman tape measures. I bought my standard one back in 1990. Every time the scale got too worn to use or torn I carried it back for another. Think they replaced it 4 times in about 25 years. The last one I noticed the quality was getting "cheap". Finally the last time I carried it back I was told this would be the last replacement as they no longer honored lifetime warranties on tape measures. I picked out a comparable Stanley to replace it--the quality just ain't there folks. My metric tape measure is still from 1990, the first meter or so is worn pretty bad, but since I can't replace it with another metric (this was a catalog item), I'll just keep it.