RIP my favorite tool store harbor freight, which relies on imports to heavily outcompete large brand tool companies (although the large brands get their shit from China too they just rip you off and/or are part of large corporations that don't care about quality over price) you def weren't getting the best product at harbor freight but you were getting the best value for your money and tools which sometimes regularly outperformed large brands like snap-on
Hope they don't loose their edge in the market
It really hasn't seemed like my old friends have changed at all, the situation has changed but they seem like the exact same people