That was my point, sort of...Harbor freight seems to have a policy of
charging whatever the traffic will bear. Agreed, they will make it right if
you catch it. BTW, even though they agreed to a $40 adjustment to me, they
haven't changed the price shown on their web site.
Jack Halton
51 GMC 1/2 ton
Winter Park FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio R. Tijerino" <antonio@innercite.com>
To: "Jack Halton" <safesix@earthlink.net>; "oletrucks"
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:52 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Harbor Freight - Shop Around...
> I have found the same discrepancy, however if you show them the ad either
> from the magazine or their web site, they will honor the lowest price. One
> time I was buying an engine stand, the store had it for $69.00 and the web
> site had it for $55.00, I printed the ad from their web site and they gave
> me the lowest price at the store.
>
> Antonio,
> '53 3100
> Cameron Park, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jack Halton
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:44 PM
> To: oletrucks
> Subject: [oletrucks] Harbor Freight - Shop Around...
>
>
> I finally decided to spring for a parts washer. I went to Harbor freight's
> web site and opted for the "Heavy Duty" model at $139. A few days after
> placing the online order, I picked the April "Hot Rod" issue at a friend's
> shop and noticed Harbor's print ad. The exact same parts washer was marked
> down to $99, price good till Oct 2000! Well, Ma didn't raise any chumps so
I
> fired off an E-mail to the HF customer service. After a round of E-mails
> about where did I see the ad, page number etc, they notified me today that
> they would adjust the price by $40.
>
> I checked the Hot Rod ad against HF's latest catalog and found the same
> situation on several other items. Kinda makes me wonder about their
pricing.
> My next inquiry to HF Customer Service will be why the web site doesn't
> reflect their lowest advertised price. If anyone's interested, I'll post
> their response.
>
> BTW, what is a good solvent to use in my (still undelivered) parts washer?
>
>
> Jack Halton
> 51 GMC 1/2 ton
> Winter Park FL
>
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