Should I ask Sears/Craftsman?

Question

I have 2 unique ideas for tools, and Im sure millions of them would be purchased.

Should I contact craftsman and offer to sale idea, or market on my own?

Answer 1

I tried to directly market an idea, and was turned down. These companies have such a closed mind due to legal issues. I wasn't even wanting to be paid. Companies have huge think tanks, and egos. They claim there has been problems in the past with ideas being generated in their think tank development departments which are similar to what someone else comes up with. Then they get sued because the outside submitter didn't get paid for their idea. Legal costs are almost as bad as gas or doctor bills, so they avoid them like the plague. You would have to patent the idea and then try to get a market going for it. That is usually when the companies will jump on. Otherwise, they have a team of paid thinkers with college degrees to develop their products.