Was very surprised to see a half-page Harbor Freight ad in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Wow, either Harbor Freight is really looking to capture a new demographic, or ad space in the WSJ is really cheap (or probably a combination of both . . .)
Harbor Freight Ad in Wall Street Journal
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Bolster
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Advertising to investors, maybe? Certainly they weren't advertising tools?!?
Maybe things have gotten so bad on Wall Street that the investors are fixing their own cars?
Maybe things have gotten so bad on Wall Street that the investors are fixing their own cars?
Underdog
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Harbor Freight is a privately owned company. Maybe why they advertised in the WSJ, and this is only a WAG, is that they maybe are thinking of going public? If they went public they could sell stock and with the added capitol take on the bigger tool company's. This all is just conjecture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_freight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_freight
It was their normal add with a dozen or so sale items, 20% off coupon, etc. Pretty much the same ad the run in Car & Driver and other enthusiast's mags, just bigger.
I'm a WSJ subscriber and work on my own cars and motorcycles, but I'd certainly think I'm in the minority. I also work for a large bank, and I can count on one hand the number of people I know within my organization that do the same.
I'm a WSJ subscriber and work on my own cars and motorcycles, but I'd certainly think I'm in the minority. I also work for a large bank, and I can count on one hand the number of people I know within my organization that do the same.
They've put their ad in the WSJ at least once before, a couple of months ago. But it's not routine. They've also put their ad in Forbes magazine. It seems like they decided to greatly step up their print advertising and stop emailing people 20% off coupons every week.
Major Ramifications
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What's next, Harbor Freight ads in Woman's Day?
They already routinely run them in This Old House magazine - so, same thing.
arkangel06
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Thats pretty funny.
Next thing you know there will be HF adds in the new yorker
Next thing you know there will be HF adds in the new yorker
chadster1
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There are ads in *******?
Probably missed them...lol
They are also re doing their crappy website. Looking forward to seeing that.
arkangel06
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Who still reads *******????
Zrexxer
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merkava probably has a lifetime subscription.
arkangel06
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Zrexxer
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I never saw the point of it, I've always had a wife or a girlfriend after all....I never saw the point of it, I have the internet after all....
poprockcrusher
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junk tools for all