This thread is getting ridiculous . . .
If you want something NOW go to a local shop, forget about YOUR time & transport, pay maybe 4 times as much for the same item, plus local taxes.
If you want to be 'economical' {or CHEAP, like I am !!}think ahead & do some research. We get the HF 'catalogs' about every week - at least it seems like it. I'll browse them all. Most get thrown away, but I pay special attention to the ones with '50% Off Specials', Free Shipping, and '$5.oo Off with order' covers. Those usually get 'marked' and put aside.
About once every 3 months or so, I make up an order of the $2, $5, & $10 items that totals the amount for 'Free Shipping'. The $5.oo 'coupon' covers most of the $5.95 Handling charge {used to be $3.50 - and just who do you think picks & packs the order, and processes the paperwork ? Brownies - who live under the stairs and work for a saucer of milk ?}.
I REFUSE all their offers of faster {read 'More Expensive'} shipping and only want their 'standard' 7 to 14 business day service. {which I know is for 'contingencies'. The same way that the $40 'rebate' for the office chair I'm sitting in said ". . . allow 6-8 weeks for processing". If they didn't, some one with a lot of time on their hands would be on the phone in 48-hours threatening to sue because they didn't receive their money}.
I have ordered from Harbor Freight for years. It is mostly cheap stuff from China and India, I know what to expect, and it ISN'T 'high precision'. But if I need something to last for only one or two uses, or as a 'template' for me to build a better model . . . that's fine. It's also just fine for me to buy 36 throw-away 'acid brushes' at $2.49, or 2 large squeegees at $2.99, latex gloves at $2.99/100 {which I get 6 boxes at a time}. I' ll continue to grab their 'loss leaders' {like 7 inch wooden clamps from China for $2.99 each . . . look the same as Jorgensen/Pony to me . . .}and be just as satisfied as you, 'rich guys'.
The wood I work with and boats I build doesn't seem to know the difference.
Regards & Good Luck, Ron Magen Backyard Boatshop {Care to see the Mahogany plaque I made for the Red Dragon, or the Memorial Flag Case I gave Joanne ??}
"Hoyt Weathers" wrote . . . SNIP it was my first and last order to them. . . .