JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Let me get this straight: Brain-dead customers can't figure out how to open
the yellow pages and find a hardware store, lumber yard, plumbing store,
lighting store, or garden center, any of which will give better advice and
often have better prices than Home Despot....

Around here, HD has the best prices on pretty much all
electrical/plumbing stuff.

Some of the local hardware places have admitted to buying their stock at
HD because it ends up being cheaper than going through their wholesalers.

Lumber/lighting/garden still offer better options elsewhere.

Chris