On 2011-12-30, Doug Miller wrote:
On 12/30/2011 2:18 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:11:06 -0800, Delvin ýt wrote:

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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.

You proved it yourself. Did you even look at the links you posted?
They're *obviously* not the same.

*I* looked at them. The differences (as well as could be told
from the rather poor photos on one of the sites) are the kind of things
which makers (Chinese in this case) customize for their customers, who
are who is trying to sell them to you. The paint color on the frame is
different. The markings on the thermal insulator grip pads are
different (silk-screening). The shapes of the pads are different (since
the pads are mounted by visible screws, they are easy to change).

Similarities: -- overall shape, mechanical digital readout
shape, thumbscrew for locking the spindle instead of various cam
actuated locking rings used by other makers, ratchet torque limiter on
the thimble speeder instead of a friction thimble (though the same maker
can provide models with both styles of torque limiters -- I know that
Brown & Sharpe did at one time.)

These are similar enough in what matters to say that both were
made by either the same factory, or to a standard pattern by multiple
small factories as is common in China.

And -- these look very much like the made-in-China ones sold by
vendors at hamfests, too.

Oh yes -- the prices are vastly different -- but that simply
says that Sears appears to be trying to give the impression of more
quality by boosting the price. :-)

And sears appears to be selling this for checking the wear of
disk brakes and for no other purpose, which might account for the higher
price, too.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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