You're Just "Paying for the Name"

[Barbwire]

The shop I work for used to buy whatever tools did the job but we haven't bought anything "Chinesium" in many years. When a tool is 1/10th the cost of a trusted name, there may be a reason
Good 1/4 inch endmill = $30

I got a wild hair or two and bought a Harbor Freight porta band 15 years ago. First time buying a cheap tool, but I was in town and they had a big display of tools on the upper floor of a restaurant that I had just finished eating lunch in.

It ran for maybe 45 minutes. Never again and I knew better and have good tools.

 

[Chatsworth]

I may be too old (I am) but does anyone remember the Cadillac Cimarron?

It was a Chevy Cavalier with leather seats and Cadillac emblems. and cost $10,000 more than the same model Chevy.

If there is ever been a better example of just buying a name I don't know what it could be.

 

[Nonliberal]

I got a wild hair or two and bought a Harbor Freight porta band 15 years ago. First time buying a cheap tool, but I was in town and they had a big display of tools on the upper floor of a restaurant that I had just finished eating lunch in.

It ran for maybe 45 minutes. Never again and I knew better and have good tools.

I love some harbor freight **** but I don't earn a living with any of it

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

I'm bitter, and poor quality, and soon should be forgotten.
In the house paint industry, there are only a few manufacturers...PLENTY of distributors that take the same product, and alter it to their recipes, and market it as better....

Yeah I'm no expert by far but I can tell you for certain that not all paint is created equal. I've painted several rental properties ( some of them several times) with varying grades of paint. The difference is immediately obvious.

 

[joel2000]

I may be to old (I am) but does anyone remember the Cadillac Cimarron?

It was a Chevy Cavalier with leather seats and Cadillac emblems. and cost $10,000 more than the same model Chevy.

Yep... I remember... I’m old too

 

[Barbwire]

Some hand tools are pretty decent but not power tools.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

The answer you seek is “Harbor Freight Jack stands”.

And that’s all I got to say about that.

Wait... this is one of those "Are you gonna bet your life on..." scenarios, ain't it?

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Hi-Point is the goodest brand known to man

Well no I don't think so. But it's not the worst.

 

[Barbwire]

Did y'all get a glimpse of the post I had made to someone on here but decided to delete it?

 

[Chatsworth]

yes