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Non-Tech : Home Depot (HD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Earl who wrote (1093)	11/4/2002 11:48:36 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

>>At least one regular on this board will probably call you a liar because he doesn't believe the situation could possibly be as bad as you described Actually, I found his story to be quite credible. Don, do you have a Maintenance Warehouse distribution center in your area? You may find they are better equipped to deal with some of your needs, since they are commercial oriented. mwh.com Other commercial maintenance suppliers that may have a local distribution center may include: e-barnett.com wilmar.com centurysupply.com Their product lines are tailored for commercial property maintenance, but there is a lot of overlap with residential. All of them have distribution centers scattered across the country, and all can ship UPS or carrier to any location.

To: Don Earl who wrote (1093)	11/4/2002 1:24:05 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

Don-- agreed and for those reasons I use real suppliers often. As for finishing doors-- it takes extra time but I like taking them apart and doing them flat instead of hung-- gets a nicer job on stain & finish

To: Don Earl who wrote (1093)	11/4/2002 9:09:23 PM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't used LOW enough to give them a chance to mess me over yet I guess. I better start finding the specialty yards though from what it sounds like. With Wood, I pick the pieces I want and know not to phone an order in and have it delivered. I tried that with a local store in Idaho and ended up with big knotted pieces for a 16' Pergola span that was going to be overhead with occassional snow on it. I had to send 1/6 back for them to try again. -g- Tough to say who will win the battle. By being a huge conglomerate, they can decrease costs and squeeze out the little guys besides carrying more stock to appease the every day types that just want an electrical outlet, plumbing piece or 2x4s and some plywood. What I found in Mom and Pop stores was they rarely had what I needed and I ended up going to one of the mega stores anyway until I finally gave up and used to go to HD first. I imagine the winner will be the one that gets their problems fixed first. Who knows, maybe I will be posting on the LOW board in a year but right now, I drove past 2 HD's to get my load this weekend and plan on doing so again in about a month when I start my next round of projects. I will start trying to find the lumber yards, plumbing supply and electrical supply shops since it sounds like I will be having problems in the future. So far, I found a great small engine repair guy and the internet lets me buy small stuff direct. Maybe we should all start up a national lumber yard/cabinetry/door outlet. The click on it and it has to pass our stingy eyes before anything leaves the yard. -gggggggg- Good Luck, Lee