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05-06-2024 , 11:07 AM

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MSchu18

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So I go in for some electrical and paint crap. Hit the paint dept and some women comes right up asks what I'm looking for...

yeah, I am that guy.

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05-07-2024 , 09:40 AM

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05-07-2024 , 09:45 AM

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you know what I do sometime, when the clerk walks up to me and ask me what I am looking for I look at the clerk and tell them I am looking for something that is sitting right behind them.

Clerk: 'can I help you find something?'
Me: 'I need some Kotex'
Me: 'OH LOOK AT THAT!'

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05-07-2024 , 05:21 PM

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Next time someone asks to help you find something,

Tell them “The meaning of life.”

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05-27-2024 , 04:54 PM

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WTF Home Depot. I ordered some lumber online Friday and as I was adding items the delivery kept showing Saturday. I placed the order and the delivery jumped to today. UGH. And the delivery window was 6 AM - 8 PM. A 12 hour "window." I was up at 5:45 on a day off. And obviously they didn't show up at 6 AM.

Stuff got delivered at noon. At least the guy bolted before I could tip him (I hadn't decided on this yet).

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Yesterday , 11:36 PM

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Not to be a nit but 6AM to 8PM is not a 12 hour window. It's a 14 hour window.

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Today , 02:51 AM

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Gonzirra

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Home Depot is eh, but Lowes is awful at shipping. My experience list is long but most recently, I wound up with a free, supposedly lost, $600 electric mower, and mercifully refused the 2nd one Fed Ex tried to deliver.

This is despite me contacting Lowes to report that the mower showed up after they refunded me, both by phone AND email. The basic CS agent was useless and the supervisor clearly didn't want to figure it out, and online they "resolved" my issue after two emails I didn't fully understand. I don't know if 30 minutes of effort is enough to call it an honest effort or not but the lawn looks good.

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Today , 10:04 AM

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MSchu18

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nobody 'ace's Hardware' anymore?

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Today , 10:16 AM

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King_of_NYC

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have an aunt who has been boycotting HD for years bc she knows for a fact that they fly in natural Christmas trees from China every holiday season and she's not down with that.

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Today , 10:19 AM

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MSchu18

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well then, there's that.

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Today , 10:22 AM

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nobody 'ace's Hardware' anymore?

I always go to Ace for small stuff because it's super close to our house and you're in and out in 5 minutes because of the super competent staff. Significantly higher prices than Home Depot though.

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Today , 10:41 AM

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Not to be a nit but 6AM to 8PM is not a 12 hour window. It's a 14 hour window.

lol me. it was worse than i thought.

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nobody 'ace's Hardware' anymore?

I go to Ace's whenever possible. It's very close to my house and I always get immediate assistance because there will be maybe a total of 5 customers in there. No idea how they stay open.

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Today , 10:50 AM

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I would call it an honest effort, and at that point I would yield to their knowledge and expertise in their own business.

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nobody 'ace's Hardware' anymore?

I gave up on Ace as there is no store convenient to me although there are a couple that are not terribly inconvenient. A couple of years ago I needed to replace a garbage disposal and Ace had a suitable replacement at a reasonable price while my HD and Lowe's did not.

I was pleasantly surprised when I visited Ace and now at least give them a look online to see if they can compete on whatever I'm looking for. So far I have not found another reason to make the extra effort to travel to their location.

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Today , 11:51 AM

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well then, there's that.

I’ve got a True Value right down the road from me. They tend to be more expensive than HD or Lowe’s and they have a much smaller selection. But if there’s something generic I need, like a rake, shovel, or hammer, I’ll go there for convenience and because I know they’ll have it. But a lot of the more specific things I might need, they just don’t carry them.

Good for basics, bad for anything else.

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Today , 01:20 PM

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Neil S

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I don't have Ace or True Value. But I've got Home Depot, Lowe's, Harbor Freight, and Walmart all close together. Haven't been to the Harbor Freight yet.

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Today , 01:27 PM

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My local True Value (about 1/4 mile away) turned into another Ace (had one ~2 miles away), and I definitely try to go there first, though their prices are higher than HD or Lowe's. HD is ~4 miles, closest Lowe's is somewhere in Scottsdale I think, and not convenient (~10 miles?)

Getting help at the TV/Ace is 100x more convenient than HD, and the guys (and gals) there at least recognize me when I come in. I'd like to think I'm shopping "local".

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Today , 01:52 PM

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I had a guy renovate my bathroom and for all major materials he'd go to Home Depot because he gets a 10% discount as a veteran. For all dinky stuff he'd go to Ace since it was 1/4 of the distance away. That really impressed me.

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