Harbor Freight gets million dollar fine
Fine My rule has been that anything more complex than a screwdriver or combo wrench is not safe to buy from HF. Their power tools are certainly junk.
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Lantley wrote:We sell many items in our store that we do not vet the specifications on. The five thousand pound rated hitch ball?, I have no idea if it actually meets that spec. I have no idea if the headlight bulbs we sell meet some obscure federally mandated lumen standard. I seriously doubt Harbor Freight, or any other company for that matter, has a team of experts that test and certify every product they put on their shelves.
Its Harbour freights fault for getting into a sales arena and not knowing all the rules and requirements. They crossed a line and unknowingly found themselves under the NHTSA jurisdiction. When they decided to sell trailers they needed to do their homework and know all the requirements to sell them on a nationwide scale.
Ignorance of the law is seldom a viable excuse.
I recently replaced a tail light on a utility trailer, just bought the one assembly, is that an illegal product since the package didn't even include a right hand tail light? How is Harbor Freight supposed to know what the purchaser intends to do with their purchase.
