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Old 02-02-2017, 09:28 AM
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I've had one of those plastic creepers since 2009. No problems, no cracks, no loose caster fasteners. I'd call it a win.
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Originally Posted by Roda
The metal frame creeper is better, but the bolts holding the casters on will eventually loosen, and there's no way to grab the back side to tighten them.
1: Drill out rivet-bolts.

2: Install new, higher-quality casters with bolts or socket-cap screws and nuts.

3: Prophet.


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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
1: Drill out rivet-bolts.

2: Install new, higher-quality casters with bolts or socket-cap screws and nuts.

3: Prophet.
Waaay to much work for a $25 creeper...
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Or a $19 creeper, with coupon
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Originally Posted by EO2K
Or a $19 creeper, with coupon
Where do I find these coupons you keep talking about?
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If I had mod powers I would warn or ban you.
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Harbor Freight class action on sale prices leads to refunds:

Harbor Freight Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Sale Prices - The Drive
National Sale Price Settlement

Win.
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Old 03-22-2017, 02:31 PM
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So we all get a $10 HF gift card.
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Old 03-22-2017, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by afm
I saw that and need to go back and look at all my receipts from there for the past several years.

Originally Posted by TurboTim
So we all get a $10 HF gift card.
Depending on how much you bought, it could be well above that I believe. I spend a **** load at HF for mkturbo so I have a giant pile of receipts I need to go back and look at.
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Who saves HF receipts? Doesn't the ink disappear after a month or two anyway? I'll have to see how good my credit card's search function is.
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I do... Lessons learned as a small business owner.
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
Who saves HF receipts? Doesn't the ink disappear after a month or two anyway? I'll have to see how good my credit card's search function is.
Originally Posted by bahurd
I do... Lessons learned as a small business owner.
Business owners do. I save all mine because I write all those purchases off at the end of the year as business expenses. So I have the last 2-3 years sitting around. But yes their receipts do suck and the ink does randomly disappear.
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I just did a search through all my old records. Looks like I'm getting about a $100 gift card.
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My sarcasm isn't obvious.
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Why not just take a potato picture and store them that way? No mysterious vanishing ink need apply!
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If they have your email address then they send you an email copy of your receipt as well. Found 6 receipts that way.
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It seems like the only benefit to having itemized receipts is if you get the gift card for 30%. Most of their "compare to prices" are 50% higher than purchase price, which 20% of (for cash value) is equivalent to the 10% cash back you can get if you just have credit card statements. I only have itemized receipts for 50% of the stuff I have gotten from HF, so it makes more sense for me to just claim the non-itemized statements.

Hopefully you all have purchased gantry's, huge compare/purchase price ratio.. 1 ton Capacity Telescoping Gantry Crane
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Yup, I'm getting like $100 just from email receipts. I dont have anything in paper from them. Maybe if I went digging I would find on stuffed in an owners manual on something I stupidly bought a warranty for.
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I went through all of my statements and converted them to PDF using Foxit.
Although I also have emailed receipts saved in a folder, option B is still going to give me more of a return.
Using the 12% gift card option, I should be getting $500 from them.
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I can't find anything on my credit card statements, but I know I bought stuff there.

How do the charges show up on y'all's credit card statements?
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