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That's a shed! ;-) If the old paint just wears off, it'll be no issue painting. If it starts blistering and peeling, scraping can be a lot of work. I'd probably stain it rather than paint because it tends not to blister but I'd still use decent stain.

Make sure it's *good* and dry.

It's been painted, but there is no blistering or peeling. I've owned it for 8 years, and I didn't paint it the last/first time. I agree, scraping can be a lot of work. I helped my dad "torch" a garage once--that took FAR MORE hours than it did to paint it. Maybe that was even in the "mistake" category...

Exactly. So if I need it now, would be stupid to wait 4 days to get it mailed from Amazon when a short drive to a local store will get it now, and at 1/2 - 1/10th the price.

If I don't need it now, then I can wait until I'm going near the store that sells the thing I don't need now, or going for something else not sold at Amazon.

I buy online only what is not available locally. If available locally I can USUALLY buy for less than online - unless it's something the local guy is importing from China direct - then I can usually do better on Flea-Bay - if I don't need it this month. Buying online from anywhere in North America the shipping kills the deal.

Go back to sleep.

Even if you live in Lone Tree, you can very often find a boatload of internet sites that sell the same thing, and lately, more often than not, at a better price, much better. So, even if you are in the small percentage of Americans that don't live a short drive to stores, you can still let your fingers do the walking and avoid getting screwed by the likes of Amazon.

And miss your moronic posts... Why?

True, now how can China send that part for free at their cost, and here it is more and shipped for ridiculously more. I ordered something the other day, shipping ranged from 9, to 29. It fit in a USPS small flat rate box. ..... from China it would have been free. How can it be free from China, it cost more to ship it here, than they wanted for the part? Don't they have to pay our postal system something for delivering (interpostal costs)?

You miss the point by a few states, so why not?

Short answer: The US government subsidizes mail from China Slightly longer answer: Shipping rates are set by treaty. The recipient gets screwed.

If that's the visual you come up with you should actually read Consumer Reports for a while.

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I've used this service on occasion.

Best "result" was ordering a box of ceiling tiles (special order only). HD had them cheaper then anyone else, free shipping to the store.

The tiles were a full box order, a bit larger than a typical office "file" box. When I picked it up, it was saran wrapped to a mini pallet. The pallet was completely new/unused 2'x2' with no gaps between the top slats, oak, staples not nails, some QS boards. They gladly used a fork lift to place the pallet and tiles into the back of my truck (total weight of maybe 50 pounds).

I gave a 4-star review for the packaging....

-BR