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Kitchen Scale Etc.
On 5/18/2015 6:57 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 2015 16:11:41 -0600, Cabrito del Bosque
> > wrote:
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>> On 5/18/2015 4:01 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 18 May 2015 17:45:07 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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>>>> spamtrap1888 wrote:
>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> Northern Tool is having a huge 34th Anniversary Sale.
>>>>>> I buy a lot of their products and have always been pleased, and they
>>>>>> give wonderful service. This looks like a great digital scale at a
>>>>>> great price, I am ordering one: http://tinyurl.com/mqsubh8
>>>>>
>>>>> I think of Northern Tool as the same quality as Harbor Freight. Any reason
>>>>> to suppose Northern Tool is better?
>>>>
>>>> That's a question from someone who knows nothing about tools and is
>>>> simply trying to start an argument. They're both equally good.
>>>> Depends on the particular product... I've purchased top of the line
>>>> brand name tools from both, like Milwaukee drill bits, and the only
>>>> determinant is the lowest price, quality is the same regardless where
>>>> purchased. Sometimes all one wants is a low end tool for occasional
>>>> or one time use, they both sell those too. Recently I bought a set of
>>>> Milwaukee spade drills from Northern Tool, everywhere else including
>>>> Harbor Freight and at Amazon it was $10 dollars more. Those drill
>>>> bits are fantastic, they can drill full 12" depth through hard oak all
>>>> day and stay sharp as new... can't beat these at that price:
>>>> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...7816_200357816
>>>> Northern Tool sells many professional grade tools at great prices as
>>>> well as their house brand tools that are very satisfactory for the
>>>> occasional user and at very good bargain brand prices... they have
>>>> Wilton pro quality bench vises for hundreds of dollars or house brand
>>>> bench vices for tens of dollars, your needs/wallet's choice. The
>>>> thing I like about Northern Tool is their service and policies, if
>>>> within 30 days you find a product at a lower price or they have a sale
>>>> at a lower price they will happily meet that price. Recently I bought
>>>> an animal trap and a few days later they had it on sale for $20 less
>>>> (saw the sale price in an email ad), they were glad to credit my Visa.
>>>> BTW, their trap is far better in every respect than Hav-A-Hart, and
>>>> costs a whole lot less. When you phone Have-A-Hart customer service
>>>> to buy a replacement part you are shit out of luck and they are very
>>>> rude. Northern Tool customer service is very knowlegeable and bends
>>>> over backwards to help... they are very old fashioned in that their
>>>> policy is the customer is always right. Northern Tool wants to keep
>>>> their customers, in fact on a few occasions when they didn't sell
>>>> something I wanted they recommended some other company that does. They
>>>> ship quickly and most times shipping has been free.
>>>
>>> You know when Sheldon starts gushing like this about anything, it's
>>> pretty much a guarantee that they totally suck.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>> Thank you so much for your worthless perspective, Sqwerty.
>>
>> Go suck an egg.
>
> A dwarf egg.
>
LOL!!!
Squab time.
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