Thanks. That is good to know as I just bought a pair of their heavy duty
engine lifts and wanted to be sure I had the full 30 days to return them. I
am thinking about building a rotisserie for my Alpine, but really wasn't ready
to pull the trigger. However, they were on sale for $100 (from $120) and I
had the 20% coupon they seem to be sending out every day lately, so I figured
I wouldn't find a better price. $160 plus a bit for scrap steel would be a
great price for a rotisserie.
Jim
> From: kvacek@ameritech.net
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:06:54 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Bare shelves at Harbor Freight
>
> I saw the same thing at one of the Chicago area stores a couple of days
> before Christmas - it was very obvious in several areas, although I wouldn't
> by any means say the store was low on inventory overall. A decent amount of
> stuff still in the back, too, and workers promising customers that this or
> that would be in in a few days. While I wondered about store closings, in
> fact they only recently opened another one here. Like Wayne, I then assumed
> it was a drawdown before the end of their fiscal year, presumably January
> 1st.
>
> FWIW, their stores here (4 in the Chicago suburbs now) are always very busy
> whenever I go into one. Lots of people buying decent carts full of that
> Chinese crap. Ahem... me too.....
>
> ANyway, I bet HF's sales levels year-to-year are better percentage-wise than
> most of the major retailers here. I'm not a big shopper, but I know that in
> every recent year, you couldn't park at ANY general shopping center here for
> the whole week before Christmas, and a few days afterwards. This year the
> lots didn't look anywhere near crowded.
>
> For years Jill and I have watched shopping center after shopping center and
> warehouse after warehouse being built, and asked each other who's going to
> buy all that stuff. Maybe this is the answer - nobody.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
>
> > Jim Stone wrote:
> >> The shelves at my local Harbor Freight (one of two in the St. Louis area)
> >> are
> >> looking a little bare. They have been that way for weeks. In today's
> >> economic climate that makes me wonder about the health of the company.
> >> Has
> >> anyone else noticed this at their local store?
> >
> > Hmm, combo of crap, I'd guess. They try to load up on hot items for xmas.
> > But then they usually owe property / inventory tax on it Jan 1. So they
> > have to balance meeting holiday demand with not carrying excess inventory.
> > Plus they normally need to do a physical inventory and count all the
> > garbage. And, many people's budgets are exhausted from the xmas spending,
> > so Jan / Feb may be slow.
> > -Wayne
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