[TheForge] Re: A real Deal at HF...

[Jerry Smith]

I have bought things from Princess Auto when I am in
Canada. Never had any problems with their stuff. Now I
wish I had bought a key cutting machine from them,
they have all sort of stuff.

Jerry

--- Rick <rick at smokyforge.com> wrote:

> Hey Mike -
> 
> I had a princess auto horizontal/vertical band saw. 
> I spent only about 125 
> on it brand new, so I knew what I was getting.  It
> lasted over 8 years and I 
> just recently gave it to a friend.  Served me good
> for what I paid for it. 
> Only small problems thru the years and I was able to
> fix them as they came 
> up.
> 
> |8^)>
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>   Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>    In the middle of Northern Illinois
> 
>     http://www.smokyforge.com
>      rick at smokyforge.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:07 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Re: A real Deal at HF...
> 
> 
> >
> > Ries> Course, I am such a heretic, I have never
> been in a Walmart, either.
> >
> > What? Not even *once*?  :-) Well, I went in once,
> right after they
> > opened here.  I felt like I had wandered onto the
> Bladerunner set and
> > was trapped there.
> >
> > Ries> Its not that I am xenophobic, or hate all
> imports- I just hate
> > Ries> junk.
> >
> > More than junk, I hate shopping in an atmosphere
> where the the default
> > assumption is that you're a moron and a sucker who
> will never, ever know
> > that their Fine Products are junk.
> >
> > We don't have HF but we have Princess Auto.  They
> don't claim that
> > their products are great quality (some are and
> some aren't) but they
> > guarantee everything.  I've bought three items
> from the over $200.
> > All three had problems.  Two were promptly
> replaced with more
> > expensive models. In the other case, (shipping
> dings and dents in a
> > roller cabinet) no replacement without defects
> could be found on site
> > so they offered me a 30% rebate as an alternative
> to a long wait while
> > one was shipped from Saskatchewan.
> >
> > My Taiwanese drill press and 4" bandsaw have been
> chugging along for
> > 25 years with only one (fixable) breakdown in the
> drill press.
> > Otherwise, a couple of cheapo air tools are my
> only Chinese imports.
> >
> > Anvil horn points left and true north.
> >
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> > -- 
> > Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia,
> Canada       .~.
> >                                                   
>        /V\
> > mspencer at tallships.ca                             
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>        ^^-^^
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