HBC, not Made in the USA
 

Normally I don't say much about vendors unless they go above and beyond. HBC advertises "Made in the USA" on their premium gas tank EGP-1003. I called and they said it was the Spectra tank I was looking for. It was a pretty good sale, so I drove up to Shelbyville to pick it up. I could have gotten it from Rock Auto for a couple dollars less, but I like to shop the brick and mortar when I can. Normally they ask $152.26 for the $100 tank. It was on sale for 9% off, so $138.75. Then they have their 20% off sale right now. $111.00. When I get there, Jim tries to screw me out of the sale price and tells me it's still a great deal because it's Made in the USA. He was trying to charge me 20% off the full price saying normally it isn't a discount item. Luckily I put a bunch of things in my cart on line as a shopping list and brought the print out with me. He didn't care. Luckily someone else rang it up and I was able to argue it and got it for $111.00. I should have left it, but it was a long drive.
To top it all off, I got it home and even though all the HBC stickers on the box say "Made in the USA", it says, "Made in Canada" inside all over the tank. No disrespect to Canada here, but when I am told it is Made in the USA, it had damn well better be. No response to my email questioning this... Still advertised on the website with USA made.

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Spectra is a great tank, and always knew them as a Canadian company.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: paceme</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Spectra is a great tank, and always knew them as a Canadian company.</div></div>I'm happy with the tank, just not how everything happened. I knew Spectra had a great rep, but I didn't know anything about the company itself.

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You should probably also post pics of where is says made in Canada just to complete the facts.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You should probably also post pics of where is says made in Canada just to complete the facts.</div></div>
I'll do that Charley. I don't have a pic of it handy right now.

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Wow,HeartBeatCity Jim exaggerated the facts..Imagine that.

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Maybe JIm knows something we Canadians don't know yet. Last I heard the Orange hair loudmouth was going to put up a wall. Maybe it will be made from Spectra gas tanks.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Last I heard the Orange hair loudmouth was going to put up a wall. </div></div>

Different border.......a little further south.

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I think he mentioned Canada as well in earlier ramblings.......would make it tough for him to visit the Trump tower in Toronto...lol!

As for Spectra - great tanks - I have used them exclusively when NOS wasn't an option. A lot of the parts on our cars were made in Canada originally.

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Were not may GM, etc. cars also made in Canada? TAZ