Recent content by RS191

I ordered several of the Braun folding lights at HF online in late March. A month later, their voice mail still said my order was "complete" while their customer service people said online orders would not be shipped until sometime in July. I cancelled the online order. Do they really have...

You are right. Not the classic bait-and-switch, since no salesman is saying "The advertised car was sold, but we have this other one for just a little more." Finding a well-known company willing to let customers sit from January to July with an open order, without notifying them of a six...

I agree. They might be the victim of their own success. Great Braun light, improved quality many on other products and a lot of new stores opening. The "nothing nefarious" proof will be when they comply with laws regarding bait-and-switch.

I ordered the light online. A few days later an email arrived saying it was backordered. Calling the HF customer service number just gave me an automated response saying "YOUR ORDER IS COMPLETE." I called customer service to ask when it would be shipped. The woman said this light is...

And it may be on perpetual backorder, too! No lights in the nearby stores and an email arrived today saying my online order from last week is backordered.

My closest HF store was sold out of these last week. The guy stocking shelves said they did not get any in their last shipment. The store manager called the next closest store and they did not have any either. I just ordered them from the Harbor Freight site. If you search on "Braun Folding"...