Harbor Freight

I use to enjoy coming in here and buying my things esp. when they had really good coupons or discounts going on or their sidewalk sale. Not bad prices either. HOWEVER! I wrk for people who are seniors and who have disabilities and are either unable to shop for themselves or do not leave their homes to shop. I went in here a few months ago and explained this to the cashier who explained this to their manager. They told me I could go ahead and use the free items every once in awhile in groups as long as there weren’t to many and it wasn’t everyday or every week and so on. kind of like here and there. I was completely fine with that, I was just happy they understood. I understand you don’t know if people say stuff like this just to use that as an excuse, but some of us actually do this for a living for others and stores need to understand that. Esp if it says in store only and if the clients are like mine and may not use or be able to use computers. I went in today and this one cashier who is blond in her 40’s/50’s maybe and wears glasses who has the worse disposition ever and is always short with you and acts like she is the enforcer to the store. I asked where an item was she informed me there was 1 free item per person per day. Well 1^st it really wasn’t her business if I had the coupon to use or if I had it for reference, or if I had other items that were from other free ones. The point was I was simply asking where it was not what it said or what her thought was. I explained to her what I was told given my situation. I talked to the manager who had to just be out of his teenage yrs. Who completely was discriminating against people with disabilities and seniors with needs and basically saying I was lying and all this stuff and saying I should drag them down and make them be there if they want their stuff. Harbor freight Needs to understand there are people with needs and have certain situations that call for people to shop for them. They should not and it is ILLEGAL to discriminate against anyone for any reason. My mom was with me too and he said well I will allow you to get one and your mom to get one. Like he had any say to that, lol. Anyways, I will never shop in Harbor Freight again and I hope that if you value rights esp. yours and people of age and disabilities you wont either.

The prices match the quality. I’ve never had a problem with anything I have bought. Scott B. is right, you do have to closely inspect what you buy and some of the staff could be better, maybe they are new. I’ve found most of the workers to be very helpful. They are retail workers, not contractors or mechanics and are not paid as such. The prices are hard to beat with all their ads and sales. I sympathize with the workers because sadly, living wages are becoming a thing of the past and it’s not their fault or mine.

We’ve bought a couple of items here for our home and autos. Things that were a little hard to find at Home Depot and some of the other big box stores.
In addition to their coupon in the Entertainment Book, the Oregonian typically has an insert every Sunday with a 20% off coupon in addition to the weekly specials. So if you are going to buy, no need to pay full price here.

This place is a good place to go in a pinch to get some ridiculous tool (huge pry bar, giant hub socket, dead blow hammer, bolt cutter, specialty security screwdriver bits) that you need to use once, then collect dust, for an okay price. 99% of the crap here is made in China, has leftover casting marks, and is coated and packaged poorly. I’ve literally seen broken tools for sale on the shelf, so shop carefully, and always work carefully when using the tools you bought there. The staff seem okay, and care about their jobs about as much as a 7 – 11 cashier, so don’t expect the red carpet treatment. Harbor Freight is about value, and it delivers.