zaccone@psuvax1.UUCP (Rick Zaccone) (06/28/84)
Several times I have received U.S. mail from the Harbor Freight Salvage Co. in Camarillo, CA. They often have some fairly good prices on power tools. Does anyone have experience with this company? Is there some catch to the very low prices that they offer? -- Rick Zaccone Pennsylvania State University CSNET: zaccone@penn-state BITNET: zaccone@psuvax1 UUCP: {akgua,allegra,burdvax,ihnp4}!psuvax1!zaccone
piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety) (06/29/84)
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
krstan@ihima.UUCP (Keith Stanley) (07/02/84)
I had no problem with the order from Harbor Freight Salvage. The quality was as expected, but I did have a follow call from them trying to sell more things (special deal on a drill press, etc.). Keith R. Stanley ...ihnp4!ihima!krstan AT&T Bell Laboratories (312)-979-6014 -- Keith R. Stanley ihima!krstan 4B-144 x6014