[TheForge] Auto darkening helmet

[peter fels]

Point taken :
It's been 15 years or more since i've ordered from them. 
About 1 out of 3 items were utter trash. The advertisement was sometimes deliberately deceptive.
And they sometimes wouldn't back their defective products.
However, some of their tools were very good for the money...the small pneumatic chipping hammers, for example.
I suppose that 15 years is enough to have made my small economic point.
But Bruce...keep that damn catalogue away from me!
 It sucks me in and vacuums my pockets.


On Jun 4, 2011, at 6:35 AM, aaron craig wrote:

> funny thing about dunkin donuts is they sell a brand of coffee owned by starbucks
> 
> --- On Sat, 6/4/11, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Auto darkening helmet
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 6:27 AM
> 
> How far back does your experience go?  I'm convinced HF products
> (Chinese products) have improved substantially over the years.
> 
> Dunkin Donuts used to use a glaze I coudn't abide -- I couldn't walk
> into one of their shops without gagging from the smell.  Somewhere
> along the line, DD turned into a quite decent donut shop with coffee
> far better than the renowned Starbucks.  (Not that that's saying much
> -- any 7-11 has coffee better than Starbucks!)
> 
> My point is that you need to reevaluate your opinions from time to
> time -- unless the bastards have cheated you.  (J.C. Penney's cheated
> me about 25 years ago and I've never bought a thing from them since.)
> 
> Not to say I never get a bad item from HF -- the soaker hoses I got
> for cheap there last year seem to be garbage this year.  But most of
> what I get is really quite decent.  This is not to say "professional
> quality", but I'm an amateur, part-time, hack.  I do NOT need a
> professional-quality welder, shield, etc.  I just need it to work.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:31 AM, peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>> Much as i've sworn that company off;
>> Reports on the HF "helmet" have all been
>> " good for the price".
>> 
>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Saint Phlip wrote:
>> 
>>> HF was one of two. I suppose I could have looked up more expensive
>>> helmets (and, if you notice, I did), but HF, as usual, was cheap and
>>> easy.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:42 PM, peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>>>> When we get down to citing harbor Fright as an authority...
>>>> it's time to quit!
>> 
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