Especially when the floors squeaked.
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The Home Despot takes a turn for the worse.
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Wow, Despot!! That is so kewl! What does despot mean?
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I just found Highland on our trip In April (her birthday). I've been back on business trips three times in the last two months. ;-)
Cool! I haven't been down in that area of town. Our next trip is planned for the third weekend in October. There is some sort of craft fair in Stone Mountain, or something. I think we'll spend a couple of nights then (found a great, cheap, place to stay in the Perimeter area).
I've missed that for years. I can't remember the last decent one.
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We have one of those here in Santa Monica as well. Busy Bee. Amazing what they get into a small space. And knowledgeable staff. Anybody around this area remember Gerald's in Westchester? They had these great olde-tymers who really knew their stuff. Sigh!
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What is a BORG? Tx
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What is a BORG? Tx
BORG = Big old retail giant also know as a big box store. Lowes, HD, Wal-Mart
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Big Orange Retail Giant, a.k.a. Home Depot, but Lowes and similar often get lumped in.
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As I mentioned elsewhere, our local such place is actually cheaper for a lot of things - I think the big box stores often rely on their customers thinking that they're the only choice in town, and so they price high.
The new Menards is going to be right next door to them, though, so it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
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That or there was some terrible mishap in the adhesives aisle ;-)
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I haven't noticed any local pricing differences in HD or Lowes, if that's what you mean by "interesting". I haven't shopped in Menards enough (don't like 'em, though) to know.
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Yes but the material handling costs as you call it are not going to be much different per sq foot for a box of 2x2's, and you don't need to close the aisle down to restock. At Menards they will help you cut up a 4x8 to whatever size you want, and will also sell you a 4x4 off-cut (from pieces that get damaged in transit) for a $1 a sheet.
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Some HDs sell 2'x4' or 4'x4' offcuts cheap, as available. I've used them for patching.
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Not swinging a hammer for a living any more, I only need stuff like that once in a while, for patching stuff. I ALWAYS look in the remainder racks first. Drywall, plywood, one short stick of trim, etc. My minivan CAN haul 4x8, sort of, but it is a PITA popping the seats out, and finding a support board and bungee cords, for the part that sticks out the back.
If I hit the lotto, I'd have a place with a pole barn out back, with wood racks to keep a small shelf stock, and a pickup truck to haul it all in.
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I've been looking for some decent 1/4" ply to level my kitchen floor with no luck. And there it was, a little water damaged but still OK, 2' x 4' for $0.51 at HD. Fit in my car too.
It looks to me that HD has taken a hard line on cutting costs and selling cheap. I wonder sometimes about the staff training, it looks like they cut corners there too.
Not that I haven't seen good HDs, but the vast majority in their home town, don't understand or know how to handle good stuff. They sell crap brands with little regard to their reputation. And their employees don't know the merchandise.
Jeff