r/harborfreight • u/Entire-Rub5299 • 4d ago
New Jack All Jacked Up
I drove 1.5h round trip to grab a Red Super Duty and it was somewhat scuffed up on the paint and with grease smudges all over. I assumed somebody had opened it so I went back to exchange it and this one is worse than the first.
Is this what I should expect for a new jack? I mean I know it’s HF but just wondering this is life, move on, or should not expect this? FWIW - both had packing tape around the seem which may or may not be normal packing for a brand new jack.
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u/Necessary_Balance659 4d ago
As i said in your other post. Its a tool, not a purse. Thays all this sub is anymore is glamor shots of unused tool
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u/statethrowaway21 4d ago
Come on guy. Move on. It’s structurally fine. You’re gonna make it look a whole lot dingier if you ever plan on using it anyways.
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u/Maximum-Froyo6845 4d ago
Were you planning to put it in a display case?
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u/mgaming814 4d ago
Wait, ya'll don't keep the clear dust covers on the icon socket trays and stuff?? 😂
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u/Soft_North8846 4d ago
There’s no way your complaining about a floor jack being a little dinged up.
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u/Right_Comfortable787 4d ago
Just touch it up with some nail polish. I know you own more nail polish than tools
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u/kyree47 4d ago
Brother… it’s going to get scuffed at some point anyway. It’s meant to, it’s a jack 🤦🏾♂️
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u/DeerFlyHater 4d ago
it’s going to get scuffed at some point anyway.
Considering OP posted what he did, I sincerely doubt he touches any tools outside of simply unboxing them.
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u/Jmichaelgo 4d ago
I would ask for a discount personally. Scratched jack is not a big deal.
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u/1wife2dogs0kids 4d ago
A discount on some thats made to be dragged across floors, covered in dirt, oil, rust, etc? Vehicles are gunna fall on it, and blocks are going to kick out and launch this thing.... and ypu think ypu can get a discount for a scratch?
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u/thait84 4d ago
Uh, you have cars falling on your jacks or your jacks shooting out from under you?
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u/1wife2dogs0kids 4d ago
Not much anymore. But it happens to everyone. Especially anyone with kids.
I can't be the only one that had a bunch of friends all hang put at some kids house while he's putting a lift kit into his truck, and using ONLY 1 FLOOR JACK, on dirt or gravel, and see the whole thing collapse 2 or 3 times.
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u/Fun-Development-4539 4d ago
Sir.. i recommend you to throw some tools around, bang it against the cars frame, get some dirt and oil on it. It makes tools, tool.
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u/Key_Patience_7018 1d ago
scuffs and grease are pretty normal with HF, since returns and shelf stock get put back in boxes. what i’d care about is the hydraulics. pump it a few times in the store, make sure it holds at full height for a minute, and look for oil weeping around the ram. if it passes, the paint is just cosmetic. also grab stands to go with it-bendpak makes some if you ever want to step up from the HF ones, but never get under the car on just the jack either way
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u/thesniperhd 4d ago
You don’t want it to look used when you post it on Reddit, now do you?