> Ran across this link. Maybe old news but I never saw it. Seems to show all
> current printed HF catalogs.
>
> http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/tabviewer/start.do
Handy, but it doesn't show the coupon book I just got from them ("SAVE
OVER $1350 with SUPER COUPONS!"). (This is for their "after
Thanksgiving" sale, 11/27-29.)
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Great. Would you mind telling the rest of us how to get this coupon
book?
Bob-tx
You've got to fill out a form to get on their mailing list. I'm sure their
web site has such a form and the retail stores can fix you up. I suspect you
can go to one of the "Black Friday" web sites and find the coupons, too.
With their latest catalog you can save (examples):
60% - 10" pneumatic tire ($3.99)
50% - Welder's leather apron and gloves ($9.99)
40% - Electric chain saw sharpener ($29.99)
70% - 3.5" LED flashlight, 2 pack ($2.99)
45% - Pack of latex gloves ($4.39)
65% - 80-piece rotary tool set ($6.99)
50% - 1 lb Rubber Mallet (99�)
80% - Wire brush (39�)
29% - Bench brush ($1.89)
50% - Industrial ear muffs ($1.99)
52% - Orbital hand sander ($8.49)
35% - 4x12' Canvas drop cloth ($6.49)
52% - Industrial C-Clamp ($2.29)
75% - Digital 7-function multimeter ($1.99)
60% - Non-contact pocket thermometer ($7.99)
40% - Security color/IR camera ($29.99) I've got one. Hooks up to $16.00
video card for the computer to continuously record stuff. Works in the dark.
And dozens of other dohickeys.
How does HF compare to Cummins Tools? Cummins used to set up 1 day
truck load sales in my area a couple times a year but they don't
anymore. The closest HF is about 48 miles from me but I suppose it
would be worth it if I'm buying something heavy. (I will need an engine
stand soon) I just signed up to recieve ads from HF via mail and email.
From what I have seen, Cummins and HF seem to be about the same
quality (or lack of), what do others think?
Yeah, they and a bunch of others swarm around are all essentially
interchangeable. Altho at least one went belly-up a couple years ago or
so--don't recall if it was Cummins or another, nor do I know whether it
was just a ploy to reorganize under a new monikor.
The one advantage of HF is that they have been there and are at least
reasonably good at fulfilling cases of DOA and similar absolute
disasters whereas the traveling medicine shows are just that.
I drop in on one now and then but I can't recall when I last saw
anything that was either inexpensive enough I thought it was an actual
value or if was looking for some specific whatever that the sample of
the whatever they had was decent-enough I'd take it home...
I'd guess all these outfits use the same general set of manufacturers
simply branding stuff for them w/ minor differences in cases, etc. In
some cases you can see that they're the same tool w/ a different switch
or other trivial detail that makes them just slightly off of being
identical.
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After Thanksgiving sale:
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/common/displayPage.do?pageFile=2381.html
Mailings & online coupons/offers:
You have to sign up at the harborfreightusa.com site. Note the "usa" at the
end of the URL; it's a different department.
You'll get email coupons (a lot of 15% and 20% lately), plus the coupons in
the mail. I have heard it might take awhile (maybe in the past?) before you
start getting them; I've been signed up for a few years now, and it's like
clockwork for me.
Jon
I have a separate email addy for that kind of stuff.
Lou
They are not EMAILS, they are SNAIL-MAILS.
> "David Nebenzahl" <nob...@but.us.chickens> wrote in message
> news:4af52809$0$4064$8226...@news.adtechcomputers.com...
>
>> On 11/6/2009 7:14 PM Red Green spake thus:
>>
>>> Ran across this link. Maybe old news but I never saw it. Seems to
>>> show all current printed HF catalogs.
>>>
>>> http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/tabviewer/start.do
>>
>> Handy, but it doesn't show the coupon book I just got from them
>> ("SAVE OVER $1350 with SUPER COUPONS!"). (This is for their "after
>> Thanksgiving" sale, 11/27-29.)
>
> Great. Would you mind telling the rest of us how to get this coupon
> book?
Pretty sure I'm on their mailing list because I bought a power tool
("sawzall" for $20) that I bought an extra warranty for, so they had my
name & address. But as others point out, you can just sign up for their
mailing list. They're happy to send you the junk mail.
You can do that. However, as I pointed out elsewhere, you'll also get
the coupons if you register a warranty or buy an extended warranty; I'm
sure that's how I got on their list, 'cause I never signed up for
anything. (I don't get email, only real mail.)
Get a disposable Email address. There are many free ones
available, I have at least six.
TDD
>Pretty sure I'm on their mailing list because I bought a power tool
>("sawzall" for $20) that I bought an extra warranty for, so they had my
>name & address.
You bought an extra warranty for a $20. HF Sawzall? How much?
I do get emails. Lately it's been at least every other week, often every
week, in which I get a 15% or a 20% off coupon in my inbox. This is in
addition to the coupons I also get in the snail mail.
It's pretty much a no-brainer if you shop there with any frequency.
Jon
Even if you don't, it's good crapper readin'.
Took the Q right outta my fingers.
> David Nebenzahl wrote:
They online ones used to be all 20%. Seems the last few are all 15%.
>You have to sign up at the harborfreightusa.com site. Note the "usa" at the
>end of the URL; it's a different department.
www.harborfreight.com is their web store, www.harborfreightusa.com is their B&M
web site. They also have www.harborfreighttools.com just to make things
confusing.
www.harborfreightusa.com doesn't show prices.
Aye, I have noticed that as a well, but fortunately they show up more
frequently. There was a 25% one a year or so ago, which I used it to get my
4x6 bandsaw for $150. That one was well-appreciated.
Jon
Can't remember exactly, but 'tweren't much; I think $5? What the hell;
at that price, still a steal.
Last week I bought a mouse pad at Best Buy for 99�.
They asked if I wanted the extended warranty.
I asked them if I looked like David Nebenzahl.
I always read extended warranties for mouse pads. The clerk can allow
me to read them, as I hold up the cashier line.
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
>
> Pretty sure I'm on their mailing list because I bought a
> power tool
> ("sawzall" for $20) that I bought an extra warranty for,
> so they
> had my name & address.
>
Last week I bought a mouse pad at Best Buy for 99�.
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"Oren" <Or...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> Me, three! The sawzalls go on sale for twenty bucks. I've
> been tempted to buy one as a spare, but the one I have I use
> so seldom. Can always buy one later. I've got spares of so
> many items, already.
>
I picked up one of the cheapo electric ones for when a task would kill all
my batteries too fast. Blade takes some fiddling to get placed right and
has to be locked in with a hex wrench. Hey, it worked good for cutting some
bush roots below ground.
>> I buy stuff from them all the time and get their catalogs
>> every month and never got any coupons.
then "Stormin Mormon" top-posted<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>That's bizarre. I get coupons regularly. And frequently,
>too.
Hrmphh. I never get any coupons either. [catalogs on occassion-
mostly from the online store, not local fliers]
I frequent the local store-- I've ordered online. I've filled out
the form and given them an email address that works.
I was sure it was regional-- but you're only a couple hours west of
me, so who knows. [I'm near Albany & if I recall correctly, you're
in Rochester. .. NY, right?]
Jim
Regular price for the orange angle grinder (91223) is $29.99. Sale price is
$19.99. Coupon price is $17.99.
That is one example of many.
If it isn't on sale, the 15%/20% coupons make it (or anything else not on
sale) available at a discounted price.
Shop smart, or spend more; it's your choice.
Jon
Their sawzall blades are cheap enough, you can burn them
out, cutting roots, and not get too worried.
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"Red Green" <postm...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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OK, I guess I deserved that.
In my defense, <harrumph>, I should say that I don't suggest that anyone
else buy these extended warranties. I bought mine in a moment of
weakness: I hadn't bought any HF power tools for a long time. It looked
like a great deal (I always tell people: $20 for a sawzall? How could I
*not* buy one?), but I blame the FUD that I'd heard about these tools
for my wanting to hedge my bet against the tool wearing out.
Had I to do it over again, I wouldn't waste money on such a warranty.
>On 11/7/2009 5:11 PM HeyBub spake thus:
>
>> David Nebenzahl wrote:
> >
>>> On 11/7/2009 1:24 PM Oren spake thus:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:33 -0800, David Nebenzahl
>>>> <nob...@but.us.chickens> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Pretty sure I'm on their mailing list because I bought a power tool
>>>>> ("sawzall" for $20) that I bought an extra warranty for, so they
>>>>> had my name & address.
>>>>
>>>> You bought an extra warranty for a $20. HF Sawzall? How much?
>>>
>>> Can't remember exactly, but 'tweren't much; I think $5? What the hell;
>>> at that price, still a steal.
>>
>> Last week I bought a mouse pad at Best Buy for 99�.
>>
>> They asked if I wanted the extended warranty.
>>
>> I asked them if I looked like David Nebenzahl.
>
>OK, I guess I deserved that.
>
>In my defense, <harrumph>, I should say that I don't suggest that anyone
>else buy these extended warranties. I bought mine in a moment of
>weakness: I hadn't bought any HF power tools for a long time. It looked
>like a great deal (I always tell people: $20 for a sawzall? How could I
>*not* buy one?), but I blame the FUD that I'd heard about these tools
>for my wanting to hedge my bet against the tool wearing out.
>
>Had I to do it over again, I wouldn't waste money on such a warranty.
Me neither. I would invest in Wheat pennies.
So, do you know if those are worth anything (meaning more than 1� each)?
Just wondering because I have a bunch of them. Don't really care, since
I just like the way they look, but I'm curious.
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>On 11/8/2009 5:40 PM Oren spake thus:
>
>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:18:10 -0800, David Nebenzahl
>> <nob...@but.us.chickens> wrote:
>>
>>> Had I to do it over again, I wouldn't waste money on such a warranty.
>>
>> Me neither. I would invest in Wheat pennies.
>
>So, do you know if those are worth anything (meaning more than 1� each)?
>Just wondering because I have a bunch of them. Don't really care, since
>I just like the way they look, but I'm curious.
The copper in a penny should estimate at 2 cent. (real copper).
It costs 2 cents to make a penny now days. Best I can tell..
it would cost 2 cents to make a 1982 penny. a 2009 penny only has a
melt value of about 1/2 cent--
http://www.coinflation.com/
Jim
Well, that's only the value of the metal. How much does it cost to
actually *make* the coin? (IOW, let's talk apples and apples here.)
Which item number is it?
47546 appears in this ad: http://www.harborfreight.com/tabviewer/4362/1.html
95914 specifically mentions color.
m