It happened to me. I bought a $150 drill on clearance for under $100 and later found it was being phased out for a new series.

The drill was great. Worked like a champ, and so did the batteries, until they got to where they wouldn't hold a charge. I took the batteries back to HD to exchange them. Surprise, they don't carry those anymore.

Being sometimes not stupid, I went to Rigid directly. I had registered the drill with them when I bought it. No luck there either, the batteries were no longer made and they had none in stock.

Is it legal? While not having read every single little bitty word in the guarantee I'm sure it must be.

Won't buy an expensive drill again. Harbor Freight, $20 and when it breaks or won't hold a charge, you don't feel so bad.