the same crap, but since I am not on any bike forums, and I shared the
way around their "company policy" I feel I didn't weasel out any.
Brad
fwiw, I know of at least one person on this list, that may possibly be
on a bike forum. I will hope that they will pass along my story.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> And, thus, Harbor Freight was able to maintain their pristine reputation.
>
> Great move, Brad. B By the way, did they send the same crap or new and
> improved crap?
>
>
> LAD
>
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> From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:08 AM
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> Subject: [Spridgets] I love internet forums
>
> I gotta say, forums are the best thing EVER!!
> I know Frank loves to trash on Harbor Freight over their cheap ass
> products. But Frank, there IS an answer...
> I purchased a Harbor Freight receiver hitch bike rack from those
> buggers early last year. My wife and I were taking our road bikes to
> other places to ride fairly often. I made the mistake of leaving it
> mounted on the Pathfinder, and as Frank knows, the rubber mounting
> bits on the rack started rotting, and the velcro straps on it started
> to crack the rubber and break it.
> I emailed Harbor Freight, and received their patent reply of "we only
> offer a 90 day warranty on this item".
> I reply with "you offer lifetime warranty on hand tools, yet an item
> that takes virtually NO stress gets 90 days?"
> HF: We hope you understand that we can only follow our company policies
> Me: I do understand, and I hope you will understand that I will be
> recounting this experience on the bike forums to which I am a member.
> No sense any members paying $40 for a rack that will rot away in about
> 100 days"
>
> needless to say, my new parts arrived today.....
>
>
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