Home Depot Rant #476,352,939

[Soundguy]

I do like pork, but I don't want any rare pork and it's not a fear of illness as much as personal taste. But I really don't care as much for the taste of rare beef, fish, or poultry either. In a restaurant, I always order "medium" and that way they can vary a good bit either direction and I'm OK; just don't want it cooked until it's dried out, and don't want it bleeding. Anything in between is good.

Yep... pretty much same here... beef, medium.. fish pork and poultry, done but not dry.

soundguy

 

[Redbug]

Bear meat can also harbor trichinosis. I wonder since trichinosis is about gone in the domestic hog population, (did not know that), if you can now make jerky from the meat?

 

[heehaw]

HD prices seem to beat Lowes for what i am usually looking for: i stopped at a HD yesterday, 10ft of 1 inch steel pipe for running natural gas line, was $12.98, thats less than $1.30 per ft: which is quite a bit cheaper than anywhere else i have found: they will usually cut it to whatever length you need and thread it free: thats where the problem came in: they cut it and threaded it, but never could get it threaded so a coupling would screw on. don't know what was wrong, but i passed on buying the pipe.
heehaw

 

[N80]

When I was building my cabin prices varied between the two much like a supermarket. You might be able to get bread for less at one and milk for less at the other. I was never able to say that one was significantly less that the other. But that was close to 5 years ago.

 

[Bird]

When I was building my cabin prices varied between the two much like a supermarket. You might be able to get bread for less at one and milk for less at the other. I was never able to say that one was significantly less that the other. But that was close to 5 years ago.

I believe that's still exactly the case. I recently wanted fifteen 50 pound bags of "play sand" and after visiting both stores, I found Lowe's to be considerably cheaper. But for a number of tools I've bought in the past year, Home Depot was cheaper.

 

[EddieWalker]

If I'm going to one or the other, it's because of which one is closer. I've noticed wire is usually cheaper at Home Depot, but Lowes has a much better selection and layout of plumbing supplies. Today I'm going to Home Depot because I need some caulking and it's close to the job I'm on. I've spent almost $10,000 in materials in the last month with McCoys because of their service and the discount that I get, but they are the furthest supplier from the house I'm woking on.

Eddie

 

[Soundguy]

Luckilly ( ? ).. i have a lowes and HD that are 80' across a hiway from each other... of course that means I have to drive 30 minutes to get to either of them.. but oh well..!

soundguy

 

[Charlesaf3]

Your lumberyard won't deliver Eddie? High fuel prices? Mine is starting to get fuel surcharged, wouldn't be surprised to see it end up on me down the road.

I usually find lowes cheaper, but its hit and miss. I consistently find lowes better run. Used to like HD before Nardelli ruined it.

 

[Soundguy]

At the GC I work for.. we are seeing fuel surcharges come in on everything nowadays.

soundguy

 

[Wayne County Hose]

I'm about so mad at home depot my hair could catch fire. I ordered over $10,000 in windows and doors from them at an Andersen tent event at the local HD. Yea, I saved a lot of money. Yea, I paid for it with aggravation. Never again, never, never, NEVER!
They effed up my window order and their delivery people never called me one hour before delivery, like they were supposed to. Windows came in wrong sizes and 2 windows were white interior instead of pine. By the time I got there, my contractor had the wrong color ones installed and was working on spacing in the last half of the wrongly sized ones. I would have refused everything incorrect. But, they never called me one hour before delivery like they told me they were going to. I didn't ask them to, they volunteered to. I just cancelled the $9,000 kitchen order as I seriously doubt that they could get that right. Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghghhhh! Where's my heavy bag!