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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Oh, Harbor Freight, the thrill is gone.

Posted: 10/6/2017 4:37:29 PM EDT

I used to have to drive from Allen to the nearest HF in Richardson. It would take anywhere from 20 minutes or more depending on traffic. Richardson is so seedy. The parking lot should have been paved a decade ago. It is a small store. The neighborhood is sketchy.

But Richardson was exotic. She was the girl you wouldn't take home to mom. But she was satisfying.

Then the news! A new HF in McKinney, only 10 minutes away. OMG! This will be wonderful.

It's not the same. She's too bright, too clean, and too respectful. Her parking area is perfect. She's well lit. She, well, she's a nice girl. But way too easy. There's no challenge.

Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.

Posted: 10/6/2017 5:27:41 PM EDT

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Parking in the McKinney store is awful. Couple times I could not park. One time three idiots with trailers parallel parked in front, blocking at least 20 spaces.

Posted: 10/7/2017 9:33:04 AM EDT

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I’ve been there pulling a trailer. Plenty of places to park on the south and east side with a trailer. Those guys were just being assholes.

Posted: 10/7/2017 3:37:05 PM EDT

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Harbor Freight -
The place to go when you don't have any other choice.

Posted: 10/8/2017 9:30:46 AM EDT

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I love the smell of cheap Chinese shit in the morning.

Posted: 10/8/2017 10:55:37 AM EDT

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I go to Harbor Freight about every 2-3 weeks. Last purchase was their septic pump with a 1” hose. I bought their 8,750 generator with electric start about 2 years ago and it works great. 12 ton press and 3/8” drill press work as advertised as does their 3/4” drive metric socket set. A lot cheaper than my Snap on 1/2” metric impact set that was $200 dollars when I bought it 30 years ago.

Posted: 10/8/2017 10:55:46 PM EDT

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Harbor Freight -
The place to go when you don't have any other choice.

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LOL No

Posted: 10/9/2017 5:55:17 AM EDT

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or for 6.99 you can skip all the drama and just have them deliver it.

Posted: 10/10/2017 8:44:35 PM EDT

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Say what you want to, that 25-inch breakover bar for $19 was a lifesaver removing my mower blades for the first time last week.

Posted: 10/11/2017 6:08:55 PM EDT

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There's one in McKinney?

Shit, there goes my weekend.

Posted: 10/12/2017 10:36:47 PM EDT

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I go to Harbor Freight about every 2-3 weeks. Last purchase was their septic pump with a 1” hose. I bought their 8,750 generator with electric start about 2 years ago and it works great. 12 ton press and 3/8” drill press work as advertised as does their 3/4” drive metric socket set. A lot cheaper than my Snap on 1/2” metric impact set that was $200 dollars when I bought it 30 years ago.

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I saw one of my old tool dealers from my wrench days. H. F. is taking a good bit of biness from the pay to play trucks. We all bitched about their prices back then. Fact was, their no pay ratio was the reason for fucked up high prices.
Good tools.........
Gotta go. zzzzzzzzzzzzz-zzzzzz-zz-

Posted: 10/19/2017 1:53:02 AM EDT

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There's one in McKinney?

Shit, there goes my weekend.

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Wait... you live near McKinney. I thought you lived in Ohio getting guns stolen around a campfire.

Posted: 10/19/2017 4:05:36 AM EDT

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There's one in McKinney?

Shit, there goes my weekend.

Wait... you live near McKinney. I thought you lived in Ohio getting guns stolen around a campfire.

I moved here August last year. And you’ve got a long memory. That was years ago.

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