Recent content by JMConey

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    TRW Tools

    eh, No advice needed at this time, really just relating an experience from my past. I appreciate all the comments though. At the time, in hind sight, I probably could have taken some sort of action, I always wondered how many others were stuck but as it's been pointed out the company has...
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    TRW Tools

    What!!!! Studebaker is out of business oh no! Seriously, I do hold this grudge and I bet you would to with a similar experience. But the tool line is just a symptom of the company and how it treats it's customers.
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    TRW Tools

    It's been a while since I was back here Sorry it took me so long to reply but... As I said I was ramping up my garage and hoping to take over a existing business. Keep in mind that this was the early 80s, I was fresh out of school and only making about $7-8/hr. I spent a little over $11,000...
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    Harbor Freight Sales Patterns

    It seems like every holiday we get a flyer with a 25% off coupon for that event. Unlike the other 20% and Free with purchase coupons, they are not good for more than 2-3 days. I think of HF tools as disposable for the most part. But, having said that they do have some reasonable stuff like...
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    TRW Tools

    I've seen threads about TRW tools here and there, on this board and others. So I thought I'd share my own experiences with TRW Hand tools. Back in the 1980’s I worked at a parts warehouse and had a 6 car garage. I was always working on something. At the time I was in discussions with a guy...
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