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Harbor Freight Tools review: unethical behavior 4

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July 25, 2019 I shopped online, saw that Harbor Freight had the best deal for a tire I wanted to replace my wheel barrow tire with, and went to the local store to buy. When I looked for the item there was an empty bin where it should have been. I asked the store associate to check inventory and was informed they were out. I asked when they would have it back in stock and was told that they didn't know. There was another tire almost identical except for the tread pattern however it was $33.99 compared to $21.99. I asked the associate if they could match the price with the out-of-stock item to that of the less desirable (my opinion) in-stock item. I was told no, all they could do was give me 20% off which still made the item 24% more than the item I came to purchase. I went ahead and made the purchase because I had spent so much time in this process already. I really feel like Harbor Freight did a classic example of "Bait & Switch" a truly deplorable sales practice. Perhaps management is not aware that this is going on or perhaps they endorse this practice. I don't know but it sure caused me to feel poorly about Harbor Freight's deceptive sales practices. I do not blame the associate who tried to help as much as possible which is why I am attempting to communicate with management. See the advertisement attached:

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JWC3476
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Aug 08, 2019 11:25 pm EDT

This is not bait and switch. Stores run out of stock all of the time. There is no requirement to price match.

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HFTool Man
US
Aug 28, 2019 3:58 am EDT

SERIOUSLY! YOU must think the sun rises and sets in your stupid [censored]! I get so tired of telling [censored]s like you that an item is out of stock, only to have you idiots make a major case out of it! WE don't know what is going to be on our truck until the day it gets there! Ya see [censored], NO ONE AT ANY STORE PLACES ORDERS FOR ITEMS IN THE STORE! ITS ALL DONE BY COMPUTER! Why do you think anyone should price match a higher priced item for the one you couldn't get?

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Connie1@
US
Apr 26, 2020 7:31 pm EDT

Vicky the supervisor at jonesboro, ar. is so rude and very unproffesional and needs to be trained on treating her customers right. I was asked to leave the store and I have never been so embarrased.

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rustyb48
Nevada, US
Apr 26, 2021 11:40 pm EDT

I ordered a trailer jack that their site said was in stock. Then I got a notice they had to cancel because they could not get it. Now they refuse to refund my shipping cost on the item they could not ship.

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