Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[crash325]

Home Depot Rant

They do have a veterans policy. Only if you are disabled & even then you can only use it on holidays.

So nice to take a vet away from his or her family on a holiday.

OK done, do as you see fit.

Low's does have a real vet discount, every day & disabled not mentioned.

 

[bcp]

Low's does have a real vet discount, every day & disabled not mentioned.

They told me the year long vet discount was for retired, and disabled, not for the others who served for a shorter time.

Bruce

 

[crash325]

They told me the year long vet discount was for retired, and disabled, not for the others who served for a shorter time.

Bruce

I just show my vets card & never had any problems. Not disabled or retired. Maybe other stores have different rules????

 

[Pixguy]

What does this have to do with HF!
Haha



HD changed their policy awhile back to only vets who's card says service connect under photo all year round.
Vets day and Mem. day 10% off to all Vets I think.

 

[PhysAssist]

My experience exactly. I returned one similar - I think I bought it alone however - because a two-handed squeeze on the handles rounded off the slip-joint teeth and it jumped to the next looser tooth. Useless. I went out to the flea market and for about the same price bought used real Channellocks. The real ones have undercut teeth/groves that can't slip. Also better, stiffer steel in a lighter tool.

FWIW, I had the same issue with the knock-off Chunnel locks I bought at TSC.

If I used more than a little gentle squeeze or torqued them at all, they slipped right through the range and opened up.

I bought 'em on clearance to get a cheap pair for the car tool box, and since the receipt was long gone before I ever used them, they got put in the scrap metal collection box waiting for redemption in another incarnation.

So I'll probably be buying 'em back from HF in my next life.

 

[PhysAssist]

I never found the saw on the HF Web site, however I have seen it in the store, but haven't seen it recently. Have been using one for several years now. Works great! Usually cut 16 gauge sheet metal but have cut 3/8 in plate as well.

I used mine to cut one of the tabs off of a under-bumper mount trailed hitch to make it fit on our Box Blade, and even though it was well over the rated thickness, it was like cuttin butta.

 

[Grouse09]

Home Depot Rant

They do have a veterans policy. Only if you are disabled & even then you can only use it on holidays.

So nice to take a vet away from his or her family on a holiday.

OK done, do as you see fit.

Low's does have a real vet discount, every day & disabled not mentioned.

HD's Veteran's discount is 10% for retirees and active duty all year with your blue retiree card, or your green active duty card. They also have reserved parking spaces for any vets right up front.

Never heard of "a disability card". Might be for service members that were separated because of a service connected disability. They would never ask for "a disability card", unless it was volunteered.

 

[Oaktree]

FWIW, I had the same issue with the knock-off Chunnel locks I bought at TSC.

If I used more than a little gentle squeeze or torqued them at all, they slipped right through the range and opened up.

Seems to be a lot of that going around. I had a pair of Sears brand ones (not Craftsman) that did that too.

 

[Midniteoyl]

HD's Veteran's discount is 10% for retirees and active duty all year with your blue retiree card, or your green active duty card. They also have reserved parking spaces for any vets right up front.

Never heard of "a disability card". Might be for service members that were separated because of a service connected disability. They would never ask for "a disability card", unless it was volunteered.

I believe he meant the VA Medical card.. Service Connected disabled are labeled as such on the front.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Seems to be a lot of that going around. I had a pair of Sears brand ones (not Craftsman) that did that too.

Adjustable pliers and wire cutters are tools I won't buy anything but a name brand. And even then, you have to be careful to make sure they're not made in China.

I recently bought a pair of fencing pliers and discovered the "Channel Lock" brand were made in the USA, the Crescent brand pliers were made in Taiwan, and all the others were made in China. Paid the extra and bought the Channel Lock brand.