inane2 Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central KY Posts: 116

Harbor Freight 56" Top Box Discontinued - Buy the display!



Prior to actually stopping in, I had been scouring the internet for a coupon. The top box is regularly $409 but I have seen coupons in the past for $389 and $399. I was trying to find one since the 20% and the now more seldom 25% coupons don't apply. I travelled to the end of the internet and back but could not find a coupon for the top. I thought it was a bit strange to have not found a coupon but didn't think much more than that.



Ventured into the store, found the display of tool boxes, grabbed one of the sales slips and took it to the cashier. It rang up at $409 correctly, but the system showed they were out of stock. After some discussion, it appeared they were indeed out of stock and a quick search of several of the surrounding stores showed none in stock as well. The guy back in the storage area said he didn't remember unloading any in some time but they were currently unloading a trailer and maybe one was on there since it was the holiday shopping season. I told him I'd check back and then visited several of the other local stores to find none in stock. At each stop, there seemed to be a bit of confusion about this box but it was clearly advertised in their December flyer.



Called the 800 HF number and spoke with someone out in California. Provided the one of the model numbers and it showed "discontinued" but had been superceded with the other model number. She tried it and it also showed discontinued.



Went back to the store and talked with the manager. He confirmed the top box was discontinued and it appears it isn't coming back. He had received an email about it and had been advised to sell the display. We loaded it up and he gave me the 20% open box discount and that took the price down to $327. Got it home and the paint matched the lower perfectly. The display was in great shape even though it has probably been opened and closed a bazillion times. Kudos to the HF staff as they made this an easy purchase.



Sorry for the long post but if anyone out there is interested in buying the top box, this may be your last shot, not to mention the 20% discount.



Happy New Year!











Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Stopped in my local HF with the intention of picking up the 56" top box as I had bought the lower box about 3 years ago. (At that time, I had a coupon to get the lower for $649.)Prior to actually stopping in, I had been scouring the internet for a coupon. The top box is regularly $409 but I have seen coupons in the past for $389 and $399. I was trying to find one since the 20% and the now more seldom 25% coupons don't apply. I travelled to the end of the internet and back but could not find a coupon for the top. I thought it was a bit strange to have not found a coupon but didn't think much more than that.Ventured into the store, found the display of tool boxes, grabbed one of the sales slips and took it to the cashier. It rang up at $409 correctly, but the system showed they were out of stock. After some discussion, it appeared they were indeed out of stock and a quick search of several of the surrounding stores showed none in stock as well. The guy back in the storage area said he didn't remember unloading any in some time but they were currently unloading a trailer and maybe one was on there since it was the holiday shopping season. I told him I'd check back and then visited several of the other local stores to find none in stock. At each stop, there seemed to be a bit of confusion about this box but it was clearly advertised in their December flyer.Called the 800 HF number and spoke with someone out in California. Provided the one of the model numbers and it showed "discontinued" but had been superceded with the other model number. She tried it and it also showed discontinued.Went back to the store and talked with the manager. He confirmed the top box was discontinued and it appears it isn't coming back. He had received an email about it and had been advised to sell the display. We loaded it up and he gave me the 20% open box discount and that took the price down to $327. Got it home and the paint matched the lower perfectly. The display was in great shape even though it has probably been opened and closed a bazillion times. Kudos to the HF staff as they made this an easy purchase.Sorry for the long post but if anyone out there is interested in buying the top box, this may be your last shot, not to mention the 20% discount.Happy New Year!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk