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Default Sears, I'll miss the tools

Delvin Benet wrote:
On 12/29/2011 11:18 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:11:06 -0800, Delvin ýt wrote:

On 12/29/2011 4:59 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:30:23 -0500, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 12/29/2011 5:57 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:05:12 -0500, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 12/29/2011 10:12 AM, james g. keegan jr. wrote:
On 12/29/2011 2:20 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
I carried a mechanical digital 1" mic in my truck for years. I picked it
up at HF for ..hummm $19

I was visiting a customer and he just had to show me an identical
mechanical digital 1" mic from Sears, he has paid $109 for.
Bull****
What was your first clue?

Sorry guys..its the truth.

http://www.harborfreight.com/0-to-1-...meter-895.html

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...lo ckType=G11

Notice its marked down from $68?..thats 300% markup even there

Notice they're not the same brand....
Blink blink...Chinese tools...they dont have the same Label..no they
certainly dont.
They clearly are materially different.

Prove it.


Done.


Having held both in my hands they are the same under the skin. Made in
the same Chinese plant.
Labels don't mean anything when it comes to Chinese tools, they will
paint/label as the customer wants.

Take a look at the various small lathes that HF/Grizzly/Northern tool
sells. They are all the same made in the same plant, just different
color paint and plating. Just like a GMC truck and a Chevrolet truck.
They are identical except for the decals and option groups.

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Steve W.