PLS Haul
PLS Haul
Cheap tools are great ... until they're not.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 #HarborFreight Tools for Schools prize for teaching excellence!
https://hftforschools.org/prize-for-teaching-excellence/2025-prize/
Just one winner from the northeast, and no New England representation past the finalist round (VT).
We'll be in the running next year, for sure!
Honoring Outstanding U.S. Public High School Skilled Trades Teachers Winners Finalists Judges 2025 Grand Prize Winners 2025 Prize Winners 2025 Finalists Matthew Abel Industrial TechnologyDe Pere High School – De Pere, WI Grant Engel Industrial TechnologyCentral Lyon Community School District – Rock Rapids, IA Samuel Evans Agricultural MechanicsFranklin-Simpson High School – Franklin, KY Cameron Frazier … Continued
@xyla @expensive Wait a minute... is Harbor Freight paying you to "ad" this feature?
I still need some #MosquitoDunks & #Cutter bug spray though, & #HarborFreight doesn't sell those. So, today I thought I'd try again, just in case the interweb gods were screwing with me last time.
Nope. Same issue.
I called the general #AceHardware support line and spoke to another nice lady. She suggested I create another account & link it to see if that would resolve the issue. Nah.
She suggested I call the local store to create a "special" account with them, whatever that means. Nah.
5/n
I called #AceHardware to inquire what was going on, and the nice lady told me that there is a known issue with Apple Pay when ordering from their warehouse. They don't play nice. If I try with any other form of payment, it should be fine.
I told her that I *had* tried other forms of payment and they had not worked. She apologized, didn't have an explanation, and told me I'd have to shop in person.
Cool. Thanks.
I went to #HarborFreight instead and got a few of the things I needed there.
4/n
0 likes, 0 comments - drhowardsmithreports on July 12, 2025: "Harbor Freight Predator Power Stations Are Shockingly Dangerous Harbor Freight Tools Predator 2000 Watt Power Stations, when used in Emergency Power Supply mode, have wires in the AC outlet receptacles that are reversed, creating a risk of electric shocks. Affected is SKU number 70084 and UPC 193175488718. About 6,500 units were sold at Harbor Freight Tools stores nationwide between February 2025 and April 2025. Immediately stop using these recalled power stations and return them to any Harbor Freight Tools location for a free replacement unit. For additional information, contact Harbor Freight Tools at 1-800-444-3353 or via the email recall@harborfreight.com. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Harbor-Freight-Tools-Recalls-Predator-2000-Watt-Power-Stations-Due-to-Shock-Hazard #harborfreight #powerstation #shock #recall".
I buy tools & hardware from #HarborFreight not because their prices are generally cheaper & include a lifetime guarantee, but because they don’t have #self-checkout.
It’s worth noting that simultaneously their prices are lower while having living, breathing cashiers.
Yeah-yeah, advocates claim that self-checkout is faster, lately I’ve seen lines waiting for a self check machine to be available. WTF?
Fook self-checkout.
#Consumer #USA #Retail #Corporatocracy #MadeInChina #Profit #Greed