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Friday, September 20, 2013

Dear Samsonite,

You have come a long way since 1971! Here is a commercial from then.



Now? Well as I was pulling my luggage out of the closet for a trip next week to see my friend for training in Iowa, this simply broke off. I had not even got it off the floor.

 

















This handle used to be attached to this:



















Not anymore! Sheesh! There is a "Lifetime warranty" but it requires me to ship to some obscure repair center. Sorta like Kel-Tek. Its not like this thing has been around the world. yes, 15 years old but still. 


Glad it happened here instead of in a airport! I would have been REALLY bent then! 

 

7 comments:

  1. I just gave a set of two to Goodwill. They were the same style/era, and same color the gorilla was playing with. crap! The smaller one would have been good for ammo storage and transport.

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    1. I am trying to figure out if to keep it and hide stuff in plain sight.

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  2. Repair center is in Bangladesh, and YOU pay the shipping both ways...

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  3. Now don't go flying off the handle about it... lol

    Dann in Ohio

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