[FLBOATANCHORS] ALERT: Harbor Freight Tools PROBLEMS

[Brian Carling]

Mark Foltarz wrote:

>Holy smokes! Something did not right.
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??

>So what did you order?
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A generator

>I buy stuff from them at the store here in Tampa or in St. Pete. 
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>I mean you really have to see the stuff before putting money down.
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I know. I should have not bought a generatormail order. I am cancelling 
the back-order today.


>One time I bought a pipe bender. Catalog said it had dies  for all sorts of
>diameters. Catalog never said anything about bending only thick wall pipe.
>Absolutely flattened the stock I was working with. But they gave me my money
>back at the store.
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Yeah - the store is usually not a problem. The mail order is where I ran 
into problems.


>Also, they just don't hire real sharp tools to work in the store either. 
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He he - true...

>You really have to use your wits with Harbor Freight and buy at the store.
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Good advice.

>About 30% of the stuff is exceptional. The rest is just average or pure junk.
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>But I do have to admit I have bought a fair deal of good tools from them.
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>de KA4JVY
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>Mark
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