Leon Fisk wrote:

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:42:36 -0500
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Leon Fisk wrote:

There is a coupon for it in their Inside Track Club for, $45.99 good
till 12/31/2011. I couldn't find anyway to use these though online
without a membership...


I have to pay $29.99 a year to be able to use those ITC coupons, and
sure as hell don't want people to be able to use them for free. If you
join them right now you get a $10 gift card, making a one cent savings
on the regular price, plus the lower sales tax.

I can appreciate what you're saying, but I was just passing on that
there was a better deal if you happened to have an ITC membership.

While mucking about looking for coupons, discounts I saw where several
people mentioned that the stores don't always ask for your ITC
membership card and the coupon works okay. Other people said that they
"Photoshop" the coupon and remove the "ITC" part and the store still
takes it (shrug).


The discount doesn't show up without a card at the local store, so
they may be dealing with older stores, or are lying. I know several
people who tried to get the ITC discount without a card here, and all of
them complained that they were 'cheated' out of the discount. I buy
enough to at least cover the card, but not as many tools as I used to.


I don't do enough business with HF to warrant getting one (ITC). Between
sale prices and coupons I do okay enough. The most frustrating thing
with HF is going to the store and finding out they don't have it in
stock. That happens to me at least half the time. The store is a 40
mile drive there and back and almost always a special trip. That blows
$8 in fuel costs alone, not to mention annoyance...


It's about a 25-30 mile round trip for me, so I make other stops in
the area when I go to HF.


Right now they are offering flat rate shipping for $6.99 on most items
that aren't deemed "overweight" (through 12/31/2011). So I tried
ordering a couple things. I'll find out if that works or not. Noticed
several people complaining that they couldn't ship items in a
satisfactory manner either. Thin box, one swipe of tape, missing items
from box, damaged items... But there really isn't any other inexpensive
game-in-town so we all put up with it


I also have two independent cheap tool dealers that started at the
flea market, and now have small stores. They have some good things, but
a lot is higher priced than HF, or lower quality. I bought a floor
stand 1'2" rill press from one of them about 10 years ago. The casting
that holds the gear to raise & lower the table was only partially
machined, so I spent four hours with mill ******* files to finish the
notches to fit over the rack. They said I should have returned it for a
refund, but it was the last one the had, and I had already assembled the
rest of the tool. The owner's wife had thrown in a 14" chop saw for the
same price, so I only had about $60 in the DP.


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