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Posted by N8N on September 6, 2007, 12:54 pm
wrote:
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > > Lowe's and Home Depot are useful for supplies when you know exactly
> > > what you need, can go in, load up your cart and get out with as little
> > > interaction with employees as possible. They're usually hiding from
> > > customers anyway.
>
> > I had absolutely no problem at HD, getting a can of Kilz white exterior
> > latex glossy to match the previous can of the exact same thing. :-) The
> > paint expert was very helpful when he said "yeah it's down that aisle
> > somewhere". :-)
>
> I live where a Home Depot and Lowe's are almost across the street from
> one another, and I haven't been to Lowe's in over a year because they
> made a pricing mistake on every other visit, and their employees were
> a lot less informed and less available. For example, I needed a
> window air conditioner one July, and it took three Lowe's employees to
> find them in their store. OTOH when I needed an odd electrical item,
> a Home Depot employee who worked in a completely different department
> told me exactly where to find it, not only the aisle but how far from
> the end and how high above the floor.
>
> BTW at a place like Home Depot, if you have a complex problem try to
> find an employee who doesn't smile because that person is probably a
> contractor working part time. At one of their stores that meant the
> lighting dept. was staffed by an electrical engineer who testing
> lighting at UL.
Wow, youre experiences are exactly the opposite of mine. I live near
two HD's and going to either is a pointless exercise. After asking
three different people where to find something you usually give up and
just drive the extra 20 miles to Lowe's and wonder why you bothered in
the first place.
nate
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