Originally Posted by unworthy1
...Imagine you make a bone-headed mistake with something you really care about (picture album of the kids? wedding ring? letters your Dad wrote you from 'Nam?) and you THINK you have a reasonable chance to recover it if you play it by THEIR rules and you make some effort...
Exactly! You have every right to be peeved. Now that you've vented and the naysayers have tossed their wrenches in your spokes, let's get about the task of seeing if the tools can be recovered w/o any help from not exactly "Goodwill."
Have you posted a similar help wanted in your regional and other sub forums?