Harbor freight

willowbilly3 · Post by **willowbilly3** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:31 am

Is it just me? Every time I order something from these clowns it gets messed up.
The latest is a bead roller that was on sale. They take your order and all the billing info, then tell you it's on back order until March 16. I called today and now it's on back order until the end of May.

binder56jd · Post by **binder56jd** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:38 am

clowns is correct- that's a pretty good circus-i guess it's a creative way of borrowing money interest free-go figure-jd

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:52 am

if they did that to me i would have canceled the order right then.

alvinator · Post by **alvinator** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:56 am

I have never ordered from them, I just go to there store local here and purchase my stuff.

bleedfordblue · Post by **bleedfordblue** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:52 am

I try to stay away from them, their stuff is about 99% chinese made. I don't buy anything imported if I can help it.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:35 pm

doloreans are foriegn made. so you have a foriegn made time machine do you. well lets see what it can do.

studdmstr · Post by **studdmstr** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:51 pm

Cccasionally you'll find a pearl among all the junk at harbor freight.

pat67shorty · Post by **pat67shorty** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:20 pm

Hmm. My winch came no muss no fuss. I usually go to the store in town though...

Post by **FORDification** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:06 pm

I've had no problem with them. I even bought my big upright air compressor through HF.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:36 pm

You need to be careful what you buy from them. I tend to use them only for odd ball one use type tools.

Redcap · Post by **Redcap** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:02 pm

Comet wrote:You need to be careful what you buy from them. I tend to use them only for odd ball one use type tools.

Same here.

willowbilly3 · Post by **willowbilly3** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:13 pm

Well, I had read a thread on the HAMB and about 20 guys all had their bead roller. All of them reinforced the tweaky frame but say that after it is beefed up it works as good as the more expensive ones. I really didn't need it right away so I can wait but I know those things can go on forever.
Here's the link to the discussion and pictures.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/show ... ead+roller

HugYourPlumber · Post by **HugYourPlumber** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:26 pm

never had any problems with h f . i also go to northern tools alot.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:21 pm

Yeah JB I had read that before too. You'll be ok if you beef it up like you said. But out of the box it sucks. So you are really just buying the dies IMO.

mytmatt · Post by **mytmatt** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:26 pm

I have had good and bad luck with HF. In my machinist days I quickly learned to shy away from their tools made for that trade...they tend to be lower grade than most, and accuracy is everything in machining. But for occasional-use home tools, some of their stuff isn't bad, and their prices are usually lower than most. I also stick to the local store, though.

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