"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO
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"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
"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 |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... 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. -- Ed Huntress |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message ... Subject line quoted from their latest ad. ROTFLMAO They didn't say whether the quality was high or low though, did they? :) Steve R. |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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. -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
Leo Lichtman writes:
Subject line quoted from their latest ad. The "Pittsburgh Professional" wrenches are first class and priced at a great value. |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and 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. -- "Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be" -Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------- |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 |
"Nobody Beats Harbor Freight on Quality and Value"
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 -- Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by more readers you will need to find a different means of posting on Usenet. http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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