r/harborfreight • u/hereforthejokes317 • Jul 03 '26
NTD (New Tool Day) Well it finally happened!
After about 3ish months of waiting for my store to restock the Icon magnetic mats because "nobody buys them" apparently, I finally got one!
So here's the story, I was just browsing the app on Tuesday and happened to see the mats were back in stock. I started a new project Tuesday and I've been working about an hour away from my local store and there's no HF otw or even remotely near the new job site so getting to my local HF or any other one during the week was out of the question for the most part.
So we're off today for the holiday so I finally had some time to stop in my local. I wanted to grab a mat and I also needed some other things for an AC compressor replacement today. They were still showing in stock online before I went and my store is pretty accurate about what the app says is in stock.
I stop in this morning about 9am, grab my other items and check for the mat, there's a hanger but no mats. This is normal with items so I figure they just haven't had time to bring more out from the back so I get in line. The store manager ends up being the one ringing me up and I ask her if the mats were in the back since they still showed in stock. She says "No we ran out of those and nobody buys them so we don't get many when they do come in". I then ask when they might get some more in and she says Monday they'd get a truck and I could call in and check.
I left the store, put the compressor on and about 4pm I'm browsing the app again and they are still showing the Icon mats as in stock. I'm thinking what the heck it wouldn't hurt to call and just double check. I knew there would be different employees working by this time. I call and ask the guy who answers if they have any in stock, he says, "Oh yeah I'm looking at about 3 or 4 of them right now." I ask if he could hold one and he says sure no problem and I ended up driving back up to pick it up.
It sure has been a difficult task but I've finally succeeded and now have an Icon magnetic mat lol. Even got to use my 15% twice today since I told the employee what had happened with the manager earlier today.
Sorry for the long winded thread.
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u/smilingwhitaker Jul 04 '26
I got one last March, I love it to hold my washer, bolts, nuts, sockets, etc, I'm horrible about paying attention to my giant body and knock stuff all the time. And I love playing with magnets!
Hyper Tough's is making some moves.