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1. [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:04:24 -0500; *Does anyone ELSE suspect Eastwood buys their $29.99 #43459 7 piece nylon trim removal set from Harbor Freight (95532 IVGA) for $4.99?* _______________________________________________ Shop-talk maili; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00026.html (7,367 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:26:03 -0700; Nah ... They get them the same place HF does, from a little shop in Shanghai where political prisoners beat them out of tin cans and sell them for 98 cents. Randall - only half kidding _____________; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00027.html (7,580 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:05:09 -0400; I don't know about these parts in particular, but there are all sorts of things that are like this. One set of boxes out the door gets a fancy name on them, the next doesn't have any name at all. The; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00028.html (7,993 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:14:47 -0700; and some times the parts that don't pass spec go "elsewhere". _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00029.html (7,849 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:49:29 -0400; Why don't you post that question to Eastwood's forum: http://forum.eastwoodco.com/. See what kind of response you get. -Steve _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list ht; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00030.html (7,630 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:38:33 -0700 (PDT); That would be Homier :-) Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00031.html (7,460 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:59:31 -0700; No questions that it's a common practice. I used to sell to the industrial side of the food industry and often the box coming out of the plant was the only difference between the "kissy-sexy" expensi; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00042.html (7,908 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@aceweb.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 20:48:30 -0400; Eastwood, Griots, Snap On, etc all sell cheap junk for a premium simply because they can. If you ever happen to be at a show where they are all there, right beside Kreemo and the like, you'll be asto; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00047.html (8,198 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:43:36 -0400; Hey Nolan, might want to check the clock/calendar on your PC. Looks like they might be off a couple days. I agree, a lot of the stuff truly is identical. However, you have to remember how Chinese pro; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00048.html (8,460 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Michael Lye <mlye@risd.edu>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:20:36 -0400; Note that it's not just with knock-offs that this happens. Home despot will often ask/force their vendors to take an existing product and make it cheaper to meet a price point without changing the ex; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00049.html (8,588 bytes)
11. [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:46:04 -0500; . Home despot will often ask/force their vendors to take an existing and make it cheaper to meet a price point without changing the external appearance. Makes it seem like you're getting the same pro; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00050.html (9,692 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:56:05 -0400; This is pretty common among all the big-box places, not just home-improvement type places. Sometimes it's the same product, but with a new model number and packaging, to make it harder to say "It's c; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00051.html (9,673 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Bob Kegel" <bobkegel@seanet.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:59:30 -0700; This came up when I was bs'ing with the plumbers while they put in a new drain for me a while back. They were grousing that HD was selling toilets for less than they paid their wholesaler. Said they'; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00052.html (9,178 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 13:30:45 -0400 (EDT); Hypothetical question... if HD _were_ selling the same toilets for less than their wholesaler, why would that be bad for the plumbers? Unlike the wholesaler, HD will sell to anyone, right? And they a; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00053.html (9,164 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Mike Frerichs" <shoptalk@centipi.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:47:55 -0500; According to Bob's description, they're not the same toilets. "Seconds" are the factory rejects. Usually have some small flaw in them. I assume that what the wholesalers are selling the plumbers are; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00055.html (9,587 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:50:39 -0700; Well, for the sake of argument, let's suppose those really are 'seconds' that HD is selling, meaning there is some visible defect ... Or worse yet, what happens if the toilet does fail ? HD sure isn; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00056.html (8,910 bytes)
17. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 13:53:58 -0400; A whole bunch of reasons. The credit terms offered by home depot may not be as favorable as a specialty supplier. The people at HD have no clue about anything they sell, while the specialty supplier; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00057.html (9,195 bytes)
18. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:08:31 -0400 (EDT); I dunno if plumbers do this, but in terms of car repair places, they bitch because then they can't buy the part at a lower price and mark it up to retail on the customer's bill. (which I don't parti; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00058.html (8,649 bytes)
19. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:00:01 -0400 (EDT); Oh, so in other words, they get better service at the wholesaler, but don't want to pay for it? Gotcha. -- David Hillman _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00059.html (8,811 bytes)
20. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:50:08 +0000; I think if I'm the manufacturer, I'd almost rather not be on the shelves at HD than cheapen my product and ruin my reputation. if I'm the victim of that when I buy xx, then I'm not buying it at the s; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00078.html (9,723 bytes)

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