Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen

Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by nimbius on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:34AM (#28037023)

i wrench in a shop all day long, and let me tell you what works. Pink tools.

My pocket knife is hot pink, my socket wrenches are dipped pink, and most of my powertools have a flair of pink somewhere from a can of Krylon. Pink is natures danger color for the average nail swatter pounding monster energy and fried cake from the 7-11 at 4 AM. my job boxes are covered in unicorn stickers and rainbows.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by brk on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:38AM (#28037079)

I used to do a lot of product demos that involved network equipment. All the patch cables I carried were either pink or purple. They were never confused with customer cables, and I do not ever recall one of them being stolen.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by throwaway0a5e on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:44AM (#28037158)

That only works because the people who'd steal your tools would steal them to use themselves.

There's a reason every large facility that provides its own tools has a tool crib where they track who checked out what.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by jacquesm on Monday August 02, 2021 @12:07PM (#28038487)

And not just the tools, also the consumables. Endmills and such grow little legs as soon as they're out of the central depot. And that stuff really adds up.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by analog31 on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:52AM (#28037240)

I'm a musician. I make my own cables, all green.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by tonyedgecombe on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:20PM (#28042809)

I’ve heard that pink cars are the least likely to be stolen.

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