Qualifying Class Members have three possible recovery options, depending on how they can document their qualifying purchases:
A refund of either 20 percent in cash or 30 percent on a Harbor Freight Tools gift card of the “you saved” amount shown on a Harbor Freight Tools purchase receipt
A refund of either 10 percent in cash or 12 percent on a Harbor Freight Tools gift card of the total amount of qualifying Harbor Freight Tools purchases shown on a credit or debit card statement
Lawyers trying to make money. Who cares what they say the 'valued at' price is? It's the price I pay that matters to me and I wouldn't be a part of anything that would force them to drive up their costs to recoup money they lose in a suit.
This lawsuit and settlement is for dumb people. The smart people know they are selling low end stuff or junk and pick and choose what to buy and know the price, longevity, and quality. I barely am happy with my nitro parts cleaning gloves I bought there. It wouldn't be worth it to me and I agree this is going to raise the cost. They would have been better off spending the money just slightly increasing the quality of their stuff. That's all they needed to bring in more customers.
I try to be "smart" about what I buy there, and I'll definitely read the review on their website first (also at other sources, if it's that important). Their stuff is certainly not the best. But I've bought a bunch of things there, making sure the reviews were OK.
For things I'll use infrequently, I like them. It's not a profession for me, so I can't justify "good" tools for everything. Especially for something I expect to use rarely, the inexpensive tool that I *have* is much more useful than the really-nice tool that I can't afford/justify, and therefore don't own.
And as a friend says, if he buys the HF version, and wears it out, then that shows he's using it enough to justify replacing it with a better version. And if the HF version fits his needs, then that's good, and it saves him some money.
I agree that the price they claim it usually sells for is often bogus and everyone should know that. They are not alone on this practice. It is pretty widespread.
It is too bad retailers feel they need to do that but i am sure it works on some folks. Not on anyone smart enough to belong to the Snowblower Forum!
It is deceptive but compared to many other forms of deception going on these days it is mild at best.
Not worth pursuing and who saves receipts for more than the warrantee period.? If even that long.
I agree, I wish they could put that money in to better quality. Now it will mostly go to a bunch of Lawyers and a few dollars to some customer who will spend the money in the store on Asain made stuff.
Some if their stuff is OK. You just can't expect to be getting professional quality. For a seldom used, but needed by a home-owner, it is a good place to buy stuff. For example, their sockets, wrenches (Pittsburgh) are OK, and have a lifetime warranty. But, all my tools are Craftsman, so who am I to be preaching !
Without any receipts, you can still qualify for a $10 HF gift card by simply filling out the form, and keeping your fingers crossed !
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