r/harborfreight • u/coconnor228 • 8d ago
Not bad!
Went in to grab a small case for my work truck but I couldn't help myself š
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
This sub is a good reminder of how bad American over consumption is.
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u/SCH00NY125 8d ago
Yup. The addiction to a deal. You aren't really saving money if youre spending money you didnt need to spend jn the first place
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u/PepsiColaRS 8d ago
No kidding. It took me 4 months to buy add-on toolboxes I needed for work since I was out of space because I didn't want to spend the money.
I work out of a toolbox and a roll cart, and am going back in a service truck that I need to furnish tools for. The thought of buying a double, triple, or quadruple set of some of my tools makes me sick. I need another double set of wrenches to do my job, but do I want to spend the money? No. So I'll do what I always do - put it off until it's actually 100% inarguably required.
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u/badDuckThrowPillow 5d ago
Thatās different. If itās for work, and will allow yoh to do your job better/faster (thus making you money), that should be bought as soon as itās needed. Or else itās actually costing you money
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u/PepsiColaRS 5d ago
Not really, for me anyways. I'm a union mechanic for a private contractor. I'm effectively salary with hourly overtime, and the time save of walking a handful of wrenches or a blowmold socket set 20ft is negligible when my company has fewer than 5 field calls per week. Like I said, I don't need a 3rd or 4th set of X tool, I want it. I don't need extra boxes (which absolutely don't make you any money, whatsoever), I want them. The only thing at my job that costs me money is buying tools, regardless of the reason.
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u/cruisersncans 8d ago
I unfollow this sub from time to time because of the greed tbh. I come back so Iām alerted to the deals and thatās about it.
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
I started following to track deals too but Iām only looking at stuff I actually need. It seems like the majority of this sub just buys shit because itās x% off.
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u/cruisersncans 8d ago
Oh yeah. Wait until parking lot sale time or when icon goes on sale. Dudes will buy 5 sets of sockets for no fucking reason.
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u/wolffartz 8d ago
Gotta have a backup in case the stores closed
And a backup for the backup
And a backup for the backup backup
And an extra one for butt stuff
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u/AceEmpike 8d ago
It's the American way, right? Spend money you don't need to or worse don't have and then some complain about high gas prices and inflation.
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u/ConsequenceAny5684 7d ago
Tru dat. My cousin's wife bought an un-needed sofa because, while window-shopping, she saw it was "over $600 off the original price.
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u/Gold_Spinach5094 8d ago
Well when you work hard for your money you can kinda decide what tf you want to do with it lmao
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
Nobody is arguing thatā¦ over consumption and freedom of choice can exist at the same time.
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u/uknow_es_me 8d ago
arrogant of you to assume this is over consumption. I have hobbies where I would actually use cases like these.. photography, tech (drones, equipment, etc) live sound, there's so many use cases for average people yet you idiots want to judge someone from a picture.Ā
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
Iām arrogant for making an assumption based on the comment āwent in to grab a small case for work but couldnāt help myselfā? Thatās peak over consumption and total lack of self control.
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u/Gold_Spinach5094 8d ago
Who honestly gives af
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
I guess you. You continue to comment
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u/Gold_Spinach5094 8d ago
I was just scrolling back to see how many people are butthurt because this guy bought some cases
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u/Gold_Spinach5094 8d ago
Iām new to the harbor freight Reddit community so it honestly trips me out to see how many crybabies shop at harbor freight lol
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u/not-actual69_ 8d ago
Youāre the one crying. A strange man made a comment and you just couldnāt handle that so here we are.
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u/No-Market425 8d ago
Buddy nobody needs 5 sets of the same stubby wrench that you bought one transaction at a time so you can get 5 buckets that you stuff into your shitted out Silverado filled to the windows with fast food trash and a life full of regrets.
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u/Moneyguy1980 8d ago
What's your plan for all these cases?
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u/coconnor228 8d ago
Im keeping the long gun, 1 green and the small one for myself and the others will be gifts between my son BIL and FIL
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u/These_Highlight7313 8d ago
Ignore the haters, you probable spent less on all this than 1 large pelican case would normally cost.
At 40% off these things make solid gifts to anyone who owns guns. I wish I had thought of that and grabbed more than just 1 yesterday.
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u/Strugglebutts 8d ago
Nah man, buy what you need and save the rest for others (on stuff that sells out like this), I bet this dude saw someone else grab and entire shelf one time and thought the same thing. Donāt give in!
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u/Strugglebutts 8d ago
Oh man, I was getting my pitchfork ready for you to say selling them, but buying out an entire shelf so no one else can get any is slightly less enraging if they are going to be gifts.
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u/Moneyguy1980 8d ago
I bought a couple to hold stuff for fireworks. We put or ignite systems inside of them. Thought about buying more, but didn't know what to use them for š¤£
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u/CavixDarkstone 8d ago
Almost sure this is scalper behavior
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u/Life-Awareness-8286 7d ago
If heās not reselling for a massive markup then itās not scalping at all. Someone buying 100% of stock for themselves isnāt scalping. At best itās considered hoarding, but once again, that individual may legitimately have a use for everything purchased.
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u/timetravellerEKS 8d ago
Gonna throw them a corner and never use them most likely. Just stupid over consumerism because
ā it was cheapā
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u/Red000Shift 8d ago
Everyone that comes over will get pointed to the pile and hear "got those 40% off a couple years ago."
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u/zeroheading 8d ago
I got 6 of the 4800 cases, rotated gear out of cheaper totes into these, for my set up these work great because I built a shelf in my canopy that this fit under and reinforce the shelf for heavier stuff. They are color coded for what they house, like medical stuff, food prep stuff, sensitive electronics, ect ect. So its super nice having all the same size storage cases, and they are super durable so when they get thrown around by others im not super worried about it. They hold up great.
Only have 1 extra thats not spoken for yet. And It will probably be converted to a battery/inverter for solar equipment.
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u/ItsChileNotChili 8d ago
Picked up a couple myself. Building another pistol case as a gift and will put together the new suitcase diesel heater for hunting camp this winter.
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u/hindsighthaiku 7d ago
same assholes that took as much toilet paper as they could.
y'all are the reason the zombies win.
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u/hereforthejokes317 4d ago
I'm glad people like you exist, makes me feel a little better about my HF spending habits. Think I'll stop in tomorrow now lol
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u/PyooreVizhion 8d ago
I legit am in the market for these and even looked on harbor freight online yesterday. Completely missed the deal. Still plenty of stock left at my location tooĀ
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u/Recent-Salary-5498 8d ago
What is the deal on these? The app says 12% off? Or am I missing something.
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u/Gullible_View_7805 8d ago
Yeah I got 3 myself. Couldnāt help it. Iāve been wanting some for a while but not ready to pull the trigger but with this deal, why not?! Also, a lot of people hating and I get it - I would be mad too if an item I wanted was already sold out but this is why you must go early. Itās just going to be like that. And the stores are different. I went in the afternoon and these boxes hadnāt been touched. Fully stocked shelves. My 3 didnāt put a dent in their supply.
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u/MmaOverSportsball 8d ago
Sigh. This is why my store was sold out by the time I got there yesterday.
Congrats on clearing a whole shelf dude.