So get this s@#$...

[Fletcher Knives]

I just called Harbor Freight to ask them which band saw would be best for what I want to do. IT WAS AN INDIAN GUY! He kept asking me for the item number. I said very politely, "sir, I don't yet have an item number. I am calling to see which band saw you guys would recomend for my application." He says, "do you have the item numbner sir?" I said, "no I don't. I don't know which one I want to buy yet. That's why I'm calling. I would like some suggestions for models which will meet my needs." ...and THEN he actually says to me, "I'm wery sorry sir. I do not know how a band saw works and cannot advice you on which would be best. Do you have an item number?" I said, "so you're telling me that I just called the Harbor Freight customer service line, a customer service line where people would call to get information about tools available from Harbor Freight, and you don't know anything about the tools your company sells? Is there anyone there that does?" "No sir. I'm wery sorry. Do you have an item number?" I said, "No. I don't have an item number. I will not have an item number, because I will never buy anything from Harbor Freight. F@#$ you." click. It's one thing to outsource your IT customer service line to India, a place where Information Technology is big industry and the field of which most people of the region choose, despite the frustration from not being able to understand what the hell they are saying. It's another thing to outsource your customer service line to a group of people who know absolutely nothing about the product simply because you heard from your IT buddy that Indian CS lines are cheaper, which is I'm sure what it boils down too... oh AND you still don't know what the hell they are saying!

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Now that was much better. I just had a country girl that sounded like she just got through with some bisquits and sausage gravy call me back from Sears. She said that they didn't have exactly what I was looking for there, but she did find it through another company and asked if I'd like any help ordering it. That is how it should be. Big ups to Sears on that one. A lot of people bypass Sears on there way somewhere else these days, but I still love that place.

 

[Fiddleback]

Try Grizzly. I haven't had luck with Harbor Freight's motors.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Cool. I found a really niftola 14" from Grizzly that looks like it'll do the job nicely.

 

[Fiddleback]

Probably a wood only saw. I have a 14, and its worked well for me.

 

[rio]

damn cheapy lines with useless people that have no idea about their products, that is just dumb.