On 13/09/2019 11:28 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:
Curley wrote:
I thought HF had them for about $50, but they have raised prices
to where I can buy one locally for less. My guess is that HF
has passed to the next generation, and they are greedy. In the
last year or two their prices are often higher than elsewhere.
It is no longer the purveyor of cheep chinee chit.
Harbor Freight used to be Harbor Freight Salvage and was a mail
order outfit from somewhere in CA. Their catalog was 1 color on
newsprint like paper - low cost. I think it was about 1983 or so
that I first bought from them, but I'm pretty sure I had been
getting their catalogs for a while.
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A lot of goods from China are becoming much better than they once were.
It used to be cheap because it was junk and that was all it was worth.
We have Princess Auto in Canada and much of the stock that they have
comes from China and is similar to HF. Their prices are going up as well
given the Cdn $ is low and the trade has usually been in US $, but the
product is much better. I know someone who works for PA and he says that
if I see something new come on the floor, I should resist for a time
because they go back to the maker and insist upon changes to avoid any
issues that arise so that they don't have to take a whole lot of it back
after sale. The Chinese are apparently quite good at responding to
problems and making the next generation of product much better.
Randy
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