I've repeatedly bitched about how worthless Home Depot is, despite the fact that they have two different stores within three miles of my house. Well I ended up driving past my old place last night and stopped at Lowe's to see if i could find any of the items on my shopping list that I hadn't been able to find locally. I found about
75% of the stuff I was looking for, and they had a much better selection of light fixtures and ceiling fans as well. I also saw several items that I'd given up trying to find in a store and had already ordered online. Lesson learned; it's worth the hour's drive to Lowe's to actually get what you need - and I'll probably be dragging the girlie there some evening this week as we do need new light fixtures but I didn't want to pick them out by myself (the last time I did that, I was informed that my choice was "awful" and "hideous.")D'ya think writing to Home Despot and telling them that I'm actually willing to go that far out of my way to go to a useful store might result in a meaningful change in their stores' inventories? I kinda doubt it...
On the upside, I also found another good independent hardware store only a couple miles away for small incidentals, so I don't have to fight my way through HD which despite its uselessness seems to be wildly overcrowded every time i go...
nate