Rant: The expensive tool repair shop near me messed up my drill twice

I took my old Dewalt drill to a shop in Austin last month, paid them $45 to fix the chuck, and two weeks later it locked up again. Now I'm watching YouTube and doing all my own repairs with a $12 set of screwdrivers from the grocery store. Has anyone else had better luck fixing their own tools than paying a pro?

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holly_craig12d ago

Respectfully, paying someone $45 to fix a chuck and having it fail says more about that shop than about hiring pros in general. Most decent tool repair guys would've stood behind their work and fixed it for free the second time.

spencer_wood12d ago

$45 for a chuck repair is already suspiciously cheap. Most shops around here charge at least $75 just to look at a drill. If the guy cut corners on the first fix, that's on him, not on the general idea of hiring professionals. Maybe the lesson is just to find a shop with a better reputation instead of the cheapest option on Craigslist.