I'm ashamed to report that I let Harbor Freight screw me again. This time, I bought a simple grease-gun and grease cartridge for the purpose of servicing a friends boat in St. Augustine, Fl... 233 miles from here.
No matter what we did, the gun would not pump the grease. We bled the air a dozen times, manually primed the piston and cylinder, etc all to no avail.
The gun wasn't expensive ($10.00), but the wasted time and aggravation should have some value.
The store manager in Sturat, Florida was anything but concerned and she chuckled when I said I accidently left the receipt in St. Augustine (for reference, I returned the gun in Harbor Freight's original box.)
I asked if I could trade the gun for one that would work and she said they had been having trouble with that model and recommended that I buy a better gun... At more money.
All my trouble and time wasted and all the while, they knew for a fact that the gun they sold me would probably malfunction? Now there's a company stock you don't want to buy. With a manager like the one at the Stuart store, they'll be out of business soon.
I have had several other Harbor Freight items that failed, but this time I was astounded by the manager laughing at me.
I manage a sign company and thought about producing "Don't Get Screwed By Harbor Freight Tools" bumper stickers.
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