Goodbye, Home Depot

[paul34]

Good choice. Home Depot really is an absolutely terrible place. I will drive the extra distance to go to Lowe's which has:

1) A LOGICAL order to product placement.
2) People who actually work there.
3) People who remember that there are these pesky things called customers walking around.
4) People who respect their fellow man and don't engage in incredibly shocking displays of extreme unprofessionalism and an extremely alarming lack of basic courtesy and not even a notion of "customer service."

[haper]

i avoid both HD and lowes w/ the same passion that i avoid the mall.

i go to my local hardware store, a bit more expensive but the old guys are always there to help, crack me up in the process and most guys know my name.

i go to my local lumber supply place for lumber and such. gave up long ago on lumber at HD and lowes, their selection is the worst - absolute worst.

i go to my local garden supply shop, much better selection and higher quality.

the only time i go to HD / lowes is for tools. granted they carry the worst quality stuff but the local tool shop is priced way too high b/c they cater to professionals and carry the higher end products.

[Chris223]

Originally Posted by haper

granted they carry the worst quality stuff but the local tool shop is priced way too high b/c they cater to professionals and carry the higher end products.

I didn't realize DeWalt/Hitachi/Bosch/Makita/Milwaukee were the worst quality tools you can buy. So if those names are all crap... enlighten me as to what the local tool shop carries that is miles ahead of some of the top names in the industry?

[paul34]

I wish HD would just go out of business already. They do not deserve to be in business or take up space on this Earth.

[BigAl3]

Originally Posted by paul34

I wish HD would just go out of business already. They do not deserve to be in business or take up space on this Earth.

that reminds me, i have a GC for around $100. hopefully they won't go out of business before i get to spend it...

[Setec Astronomy]

Guess I'm bored this morning and looking up old threads, thought I would do a U-turn on this one. The Lowes that I was so proud of at the beginning of this thread has deteriorated, as predicted by some earlier in the thread. In the meantime, my closest HD, which used to have an Expo attached (I used to walk around in the Expo for amusement, to see the decadent excess...the showers that looked like Seven of Nine's regeneration station, and the $4,000 stainless steel barbeques), well, they closed the Expo and expanded the HD into the extra space.

It's now cleaner, better lit, bigger selection of some things, and holy crap, they have people who insist on helping you and know what they're talking about! Not only that, but they have cashiers! I still can't bring my friend Jr. in there...I was talking to her and she didn't answer so I turned around and she was down the aisle having an asthma attack...oh well. The only down side was the tool dept. didn't seem to be as good as before, unless I was in the wrong place (or I'm thinking of Lowe's....)

[Rob22315]

I find the lumber is better at Lowe's. Grout sponges too.

[weekendwarrior]

Originally Posted by Rob22315

I find the lumber is better at Lowe's. Grout sponges too.

+1 on the lumber (and molding) being better at Lowe's.

[Cleaning Fool]

I'll take Lowes over Home Depot everytime