CATERPILLAR Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 Found this at my school and though it was very weird that back in 1999 HF use to sell Bosch , Milwaukee, ryobi,dewalt,dremel ,delta, ingersoll rand,sk,channel lock,irwin vise grips, porter cable ,Honda,Yamaha enjoy the pictures 7
Conductor562 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 Wow......we didn't get HF around here until 2005 or so, but I can honestly say I had no idea they ever sold good tools. Thanks for posting this. That was really interesting to see! 2
CATERPILLAR Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Posted December 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, Conductor562 said: Wow......we didn't get HF around here until 2005 or so, but I can honestly say I had no idea they ever sold good tools. Thanks for posting this. That was really interesting to see! Lol I too had no idea until I looked at this lol ? you are welcome thanks for stopping by ?
CATERPILLAR Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Posted December 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Bigmikez said: Wow that's crazy.. that's what I was thinking too lol ?? 1
Bigmikez Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 Yea man thanks for posting these pics dude would've never guessed that lol 1
CATERPILLAR Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Posted December 21, 2016 7 hours ago, Bigmikez said: Yea man thanks for posting these pics dude would've never guessed that lol Yup no problem ? have a good one thanks for stopping by
ChrisK Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 I know it hasn't been that long ago but it's funny the prices seem to still be the same. 1
CATERPILLAR Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Posted December 21, 2016 33 minutes ago, ChrisK said: I know it hasn't been that long ago but it's funny the prices seem to still be the same. Yes I noticed that also
Claeg Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 18 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said: Yes I noticed that also Adjusting for inflation they are actually less expensive. Compare that to the price of coke/pepsi is 1999. 1
Conductor562 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 It would be so awesome if they still offered all this stuff. Not only would I actually go to HF more than once or twice a year, but I'd stay a lot broke-er than I do now ? 1
KnarlyCarl Posted December 21, 2016 Report Posted December 21, 2016 Good find man, didn't experience my first HF store until 2007, never knew what they were about anyways
grampage Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 wow I wonder why they stopped carrying all those brands 1
MikeyB Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Would love for HF to still be selling top brands 1
DR99 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Wow, I had no idea they sold name brands back in the day!
DR99 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 1 hour ago, grampage said: wow I wonder why they stopped carrying all those brands Profit margins probably were not as a good as selling cheap oem tools from China
DR99 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I think 99 that might have been pre TTI Ryobi too.
Conductor562 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 1 hour ago, DR99 said: I think 99 that might have been pre TTI Ryobi too. Yep, TTI bought Ryobi in 2000. Here is a great article from Forbes about the rise of TTI: https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/shuchingjeanchen/2016/01/07/father-son-in-power-tools/?client=safari
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