Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO

"Leo Lichtman" wrote:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO

Damn, I guess with the political season in full swing they thought they (harbor fright)
could try floating a real whopper and no one would call them on it.

Wes

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:21:09 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Leo
Lichtman" quickly quoth:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO

To each their own, Leo.

I have dozens of their handtools which honor that sentiment. When I
needed something which had to last and was used heavily daily, I
bought a Bosch Impactor. But HF's little power tools (and a hell of a
lot of hand tools) have a big space in my shop and work truck. I use
them all happily for a long time. Hell, I don't use a hammer that much
("screw it" is my motto) but I much prefer the $2.49 20oz HF
waffle-faced framer to a $60 Vaughn.

They still stock some real pieces of **** there at the HF stores, but
all it takes is one _look_ to tell that, so one easily avoids them.

I still have the pack of right-angle drill bits I got about 30 years
ago, on my first trip into HF in Escondido, CA. I think they're half
lead, half weak steel. The first one I tried using bent 90 degrees,
right in the middle, instead of breaking. I've never laughed so hard.
I keep it for the warm memories. g

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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:21:09 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Leo
Lichtman" quickly quoth:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO

To each their own, Leo.

I have dozens of their handtools which honor that sentiment. When I
needed something which had to last and was used heavily daily, I
bought a Bosch Impactor. But HF's little power tools (and a hell of a
lot of hand tools) have a big space in my shop and work truck. I use
them all happily for a long time. Hell, I don't use a hammer that much
("screw it" is my motto) but I much prefer the $2.49 20oz HF
waffle-faced framer to a $60 Vaughn.

They still stock some real pieces of **** there at the HF stores, but
all it takes is one _look_ to tell that, so one easily avoids them.

I still have the pack of right-angle drill bits I got about 30 years
ago, on my first trip into HF in Escondido, CA. I think they're half
lead, half weak steel. The first one I tried using bent 90 degrees,
right in the middle, instead of breaking. I've never laughed so hard.
I keep it for the warm memories. g

You're being unfair. That's what they meant by "right-angle drill bits."
They were being completely truthful.

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Ed Huntress

"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
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Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO

They didn't say whether the quality was high or low though, did they?



Steve R.

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:59:23 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

I still have the pack of right-angle drill bits I got about 30 years
ago, on my first trip into HF in Escondido, CA. I think they're half
lead, half weak steel. The first one I tried using bent 90 degrees,
right in the middle, instead of breaking. I've never laughed so hard.
I keep it for the warm memories. g

You're being unfair. That's what they meant by "right-angle drill bits."
They were being completely truthful.

The package actually said "13 Piece Twist Drill Set".

Oh my Buddha! I just got the package out and it appears that I had
inadvertently dissed China and HF. This was from a Handyman store and
is clearly marked "Made in Japan", back in the days that Japanese
stuff was crap. My apologies to China and HF.

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On Sep 11, 3:21*pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:
Subject line quoted from their latest ad. *ROTFLMAO

I think they got it half right. I have not bought much from Harbor
Freight that was not worth what I paid. It is often not the best
quality, but acceptable quality for the price.

Sometimes the quality is excellent even though the price is low. I
bought a 12 by 40 monocular made in Russia that was of excellent
quality and only cost about $20.

Dan

On 2008-09-12, wrote:
On Sep 11, 3:21*pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:
Subject line quoted from their latest ad. *ROTFLMAO

I think they got it half right. I have not bought much from Harbor
Freight that was not worth what I paid. It is often not the best
quality, but acceptable quality for the price.

Sometimes the quality is excellent even though the price is low. I
bought a 12 by 40 monocular made in Russia that was of excellent
quality and only cost about $20.


Do you have their item number handy, per chance?

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On Sep 12, 6:36*am, Ignoramus24794
Sometimes the quality is excellent even though the price is low. *I
bought a 12 by 40 monocular made in Russia that was of excellent
quality and only cost about $20.

Do you have their item number handy, per chance?

I do not think they still have them. I wanted to buy another one and
could not find them.

Dan

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:36:33 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus24794 quickly quoth:

On 2008-09-12, wrote:
On Sep 11, 3:21*pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:
Subject line quoted from their latest ad. *ROTFLMAO

I think they got it half right. I have not bought much from Harbor
Freight that was not worth what I paid. It is often not the best
quality, but acceptable quality for the price.

Sometimes the quality is excellent even though the price is low. I
bought a 12 by 40 monocular made in Russia that was of excellent
quality and only cost about $20.


Do you have their item number handy, per chance?

I just looked for the number on my birch Belarussian scope and there
is none. I think HF discontinued them anyway. They're not coming up
in a search there. sigh

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Leo Lichtman writes:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad.

The "Pittsburgh Professional" wrenches are first class and priced at a
great value.

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:55:17 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Richard J Kinch quickly quoth:

Leo Lichtman writes:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad.

The "Pittsburgh Professional" wrenches are first class and priced at a
great value.

Yeah, their Pittsburgh stuff is well built and lives up to the quality
of a real lifetime guarantee. You won't be taking many things back for
replacement.

I'm glad they're unlike the Searz Crapsman warranty, where you fight
for each piece you get replaced each week, after something or other
breaks. Warranties like that are worthless.

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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:55:17 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Leo Lichtman writes:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad.

The "Pittsburgh Professional" wrenches are first class and priced at a
great value.


I put a full set of them in each of my trucks (get the big sets..they
have the extra wrenches most others dont have, like 16mm) and so far,
they are giving me good duty. Nut fit is good on both box and open
ends and there is no "spring" in them that I can see, when putting
some OMMPH on them

Gunner


"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the
name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program
until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it
happened." -- Norman Thomas, American socialist

On 2008-09-13, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:55:17 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Leo Lichtman writes:

Subject line quoted from their latest ad.

The "Pittsburgh Professional" wrenches are first class and priced at a
great value.


I put a full set of them in each of my trucks (get the big sets..they
have the extra wrenches most others dont have, like 16mm) and so far,
they are giving me good duty. Nut fit is good on both box and open
ends and there is no "spring" in them that I can see, when putting
some OMMPH on them

Never had them break on me.

i

Gunner


"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the
name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program
until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it
happened." -- Norman Thomas, American socialist

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