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From: piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Harbor Freight Salvage
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 11:56:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 29 11:56:31 1984
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Be a little wary.  I ordered stuff from them once when they had a special
deal whereby they paid the freight for orders totaling $50 or more.  I
specifically ordered $51 worth of items by telephone.  Guess what... they
lost the order for the lowest cost item, thus the total was less than $50
and I had to pay the freight.  Instead of $51 plus tax, I paid something
like $46 plus tax PLUS $7 or $8 in freight!!!  

Another person I know has had a lot of trouble with them repeatedly fouling
up his order.

The merchandise itself isn't too bad.  Its the typical Taiwan variety that
leaves much to be desired but really isn't bad if you know what to expect.
That means avoid things like bolt cutters as they will get nicks in the
blades even from cutting soft nails.  I've bought an air impact chisle, a
tap&die set and a couple of nut driver sets.  One of the driver's handles
broke under moderate pressure but that's what one expects for $2.50/set.

Bob