Harbor Freight Tools - Company History & Lore
In this episode we cover the history of Harbor Freight tools.
From the beginning in 1968 as "Underwriter's Purchasing & Supply"
selling hardware that had been written off by insurance companies,
to Harbor Freight Salvage in 1977, and the present day lawsuits.
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Moar history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_...
https://www.slashgear.com/1480137/his...
https://www.forbes.com/profile/eric-s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smidt
California Business Lookup (type in business name to search):
https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/sear...
Trademark Assignments:
https://assignments.uspto.gov/assignm...
Buy Now & Save Corp:
https://books.google.com/books?id=x61...
1980's Ads:
https://books.google.com/books?id=d-M...
https://books.google.com/books?id=_-M...
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOQ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=HOQ...
1990's Ads:
https://books.google.com/books?id=FNX...
https://books.google.com/books?id=_pc...
https://books.google.com/books?id=dIa...
1997 Harbor Freight Website:
https://web.archive.org/web/199710160...
2010 Alan v Eric lawsuit:
https://archive.vcstar.com/business/h...
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...
https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/loc...
https://archive.vcstar.com/business/e...
https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/...
2011 3M Blue Tape Lawsuit:
https://archive.org/details/gov.uscou...
2016 "Fake Sales" Lawsuit:
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-s...
https://web.archive.org/web/201705030...
https://web.archive.org/web/201810172...
https://web.archive.org/web/201808161...
2017 Snap-On Jack Lawsuit
https://casetext.com/case/snap-on-inc...
https://biztimes.com/snap-on-harbor-f...
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD...
2021 SATA Black Widow paint gun lawsuit:
https://archive.org/details/gov.uscou...
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Underwriters Purchasing & Supply
01:03 Harbor Freight Salvage
01:10 The Internet Era
02:50 Every Single Harbor Freight Trademark
04:15 Harbor Freight House Brands
05:10 Father Sues Son
06:22 SATA Lawsuit
06:54 3M Lawsuit
07:14 Price Settlement
08:26 Snap-On Lawsuit
09:18 Present Day
09:46 Outro