Hi Karl,
I tried but couldn't see how to add anything to the shopping cart other
than what came up on the web page. There was no way to change the part
numbers.
Don malling
Karl Vacek wrote:
>>>Hmmm... one was on sale for about $6.00 yesterday. I guess they change
>>>the sales frequently.
>>
>
>
>
> Once again it's time for my tutorial on how to find the best price online at
> Harbor Freight.
>
> Find the item you want on the Web site. Let's say it's 57214-9VGA (I have
> no idea if this is a real part, it's just an illustration. The real part
> number it the 5-digit prefix - in this case 57214 - that's all they need to
> send you the thing you want. The three letters are catolog codes -
> indicating the catalog (or web pacge version) you are ordering from. Some
> may be invalid, but as far as I can tell, if you take a currently-valid
> 3-letter code off the web site or from a current catalog, it'll work for any
> part number.
>
> The price code is the digit before the three letters - in this example the 9
> before the VGA. There will be at least 2 or 3 other valid numbers, and they
> will in all likelihood each have a different price.
>
> To determine which number gives the best price, add the item to your
> shopping cart 10 times - one in each variation of the part number. As in
> 57214-0VGA, 57214-1VGA, 57214-2VGA, 57214-3VGA, etc. all the way up to
> 57214-9VGA
>
> The web site will kick the invalid part numbers back at you, but will put
> each of the valid part numbers into your shopping cart with the price
> applicable to that part number. Look through the items in the cart and find
> which part number has the "good" price, remove the rest, and you've got it.
>
> There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which number represents the
> lowest or highest price.
>
> Happy shopping !
>
> Karl Vacek
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