Harbor Freight apparently is knock off tool central. Shipped straight from factories with a knack for copying the look of more expensive and reliable tools. I wish I cared more about this. I should honestly. Poorly paid labor, stolen intellectual property, and I am sure there is more to the list of wrongdoings towards either capitalists or humans in equal measure. I bought from there anyway. I figured it would be nearly as cheap to buy some low end tools as to rent some. Plus, at the end of the project I could sell them or gift them away. There clearly was a loss leader in effect. They advertised a pneumatic brad nailer for $34. It would not drive the 2" 16 gage brads i wanted so I had to buy the $67 version. The air tank was as enough to do the job. $50 Hose and coupling was maybe $15 total. Brads also cheap.all in all $140 or so. You know what? It does trim just fine. I will not use this a ton. But I have needed a brad nailer on and off multiple times in the last decade. Now I have it.
There is something to be said for high quality tools. Let the contractors and professionals speak to that. I am just some dude barely skilled enough to put up trim poorly. The tools will get me through the job and I don't have to stress about getting a rental back quickly. Real professionals should shop somewhere else. For the home owner faker this place is just fine as long as you can put your ideals on hold long enough to make your partner happy by getting the trim up that has been...
Read moreWent to return a fan that was broken in the box when I opened it. Told the last I would like to exchange it for another one or put it towards another fan purchase. This fan was $70 or $80. They didn't have the model and the models they had were lesser in power and cost more so I picked a fan that was on display. It was priced and had the tags and paperwork attached. I watched a man buy a floor model tiller or mower, not 10 min before this and thought both of it be it the fan was $200+ and a floor model prices to sell. Anyway long story short I was told no I couldn't buy it and left angry and without my money or my fan. One mile down the road at Family farm and home I find myself in the exact same situation. Floor model fan price to sell but before I go out of my way to drag it to the front I asked the lady and she says of course I will sell it to you! why wouldn't I? I told her of my experience 20 min earlier and she shook her head. I spend $1,000 a week and grow materials and I spend it between four places at four places is now 3 enjoy my $70 Harbor Freight. I've written you many times about this and got no response so I assume you don't care about your customers. Find it funny my phone asked me about my experience there after I wrote Harbor Freight directly several times...
Read moreThe big fat dude inside has given me nothing but constant lies and constant rudeness every time i come into the store, i came in about 1 1/2 months ago trying to buy a small motor but i was looking for a hemi and was told that they stopped making them years ago and they didn’t have any of the motors, (hemi/non-hemi) so i waited a week until they said they would be in stock and when i came back they weren’t in stock so i asked and they said another week and then the same thing happened next week but the week after they finally had some in stock so i came in and bought one and then when i get home i discovered there was dirt in the tank when i got it and it had made its way inside the motor, so i took that motor back and exchanged it and got a hemi which i had been told was discontinued for years so i took it back and he told me they only have non-hemis and then got defensive when i told him it was a hemi and then proceeded to tell me to leave and just go to...
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