Howdy,
That all jives to me... Prices are very frequently different in the retail
stores to online. Sometimes better, but more often worse. But they've
always honored the online prices when I've asked. It certainly pays to
check out bigger ticket items.
I think there are also things available only online... At least once I
recall asking at the retail store if I could buy something through them
rather than the online store, and was told that I'd have to order it
online as it was an item they didn't sell.
Don't know if that was a policy, someone who didn't want the hassle, or
whatever.
Mark
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Arvid Jedlicka wrote:
> Note that this is all hearsay - I have not tried to discover proof of
>anything that follows.
>
> The rumor that I have heard is that the local stores are a separate company
>entity owned by the two sons of the owner of Harbor
> Freight. This "total separation", and the disparate part numbers, "proves"
>that the mail order company does not have a local
> presence in your state, and therefore the mail order company does not have to
>collect sales taxes in your state.
>
> As far as honoring the prices, the local stores had usually done so under the
>guise of "honoring competitors ad prices". I've only
> had one occasion - a long time ago - where they said they would not honor it
>because "it was a different product number and
> therefore a different product". Of course only the digits after the hyphen
>were different, so it really was the same item, but it is
> their game and their rules.
>
> Feel free to set me straight,
> Arvid
>
>
>> I saw something I liked on sale in the twice-weekly HF
>> flyer that came in the mail, but I did not see the
>> same price on their Web site. Then I noticed that all
>> the stock numbers in the flyer were of a different
>> style than usual. And the web site listed on the
>> flyer was "harborfreightusa.com" instead of just
>> "harborfreight.com". Apparently the dealer network is
>> somewhat separate from the online sales, and could
>> have better or worse prices.
>>
>> Doug
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