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Tool purchase ethics
I needed a couple pairs of special vice grips for welding. I happened to be @ Home Depot, I saw they had them and bought 4 pairs, two large and two small - $24 and $14, respectively. Later I was at Harbor Freight, and saw they had the Chinese knockoff of the same tool for $6 and $3 respectively.
I'm conflicted. While I'm a fan of quality tools and all, and I don't have many HF tools in my inventory, at 1/4 the price, I'm tempted to take the Name Brand (tm) tools back for a refund. Either the Name Brand tool's price is hugely inflated, or the HF price is artificially deflated.
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