There's a Harbor Freight retail store about to open near my house. I didn't know they were going retail - I'll check it out when they open and report back.
Dan --- Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So HF had these little mini lathes on sale a couple > weeks ago for $370 > and a 15% off coupon in a flyer I got in the mail, > so the whole deal was > like $300 or so. I had been looking at them and > doing a bit of research > on these things and mini-mills. Turns out all these > things from > different vendors are made in the same factory, > spray painted different > colors, and might have some minor feature twiddling, > but they are all > basically the same units. A buddy has a mini-mill > from some other > vendor, HF sells the same thing, and I saw one at a > wholesale tool place > the other day under yet another name, that was > exactly the same unit. > They also had some bigger lathes and some large knee > mills, exactly the > same as the HF and Grizzly, etc offerings. For > casual use, these are > reasonable deals. Would I like an American or Euro > unit, or even > Japanese or Taiwanese? Sure, but the price of those > is pretty high, and > they don't really have the low-end causal use tools, > and I am not > building aircraft or space shuttles. Once I move up > then I'll look at > the better stuff, but the Reds have the low-end > covered. > > --R > > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2008 12:13 PM, dave walton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Oh yes - and they should rename Harbor Freight to > "The Chinese Prison > >> Labor Outlet Store". > >> > >> > > > > I rationalize shopping at Harbor Freight by the > fact that most of the kinds > > of things they sell are made in China no matter > where you buy them, so I > > might as well buy the cheapest in hopes of lining > the pockets of the fat cat > > who profits on the prisoners' labor a little less. > > > > > > Alex Chamberlain > > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
