Zootal wrote:


"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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Our old wooden garage door is not in good shape. Saturday we went and had
a look at the Clopay doors at the local HD and got a price including
installation. In the course of conversation I said, "Why Home Depot?
You're not the only people who sell Clopay. According to the Clopay Web
site, company name here sells their doors too." HD guy says, "If you
buy from us, they're the people that do our installations anyway."

Today I went to the other store and got a significantly lower price
(including installation) for what is in all material respects the same
door but with a different model number -- and they don't use (because
they don't recommend) the EZ-Set spring system that can be adjusted with
a power drill.

So two conclusions:

1. Buying from HD -- and the same quite likely applies to Lowe's as
well -- doesn't necessarily mean that you get some dumb-ass lowest-bidder
installer rather than somebody who knows what (s)he is doing.

2. Buying from HD -- and the same quite likely applies to Lowe's as
well -- doesn't necessarily mean that you get the best price.

Perce

I would add number 3:

3. Bying from HD doesn't mean you get the best quality hardware either.

Case in point: My well pump went out, and the pump store had to order
parts (which eventually took like 6 weeks to get). I needed water right
then, so I went to HD and bought a pump. Little did I know that they
stocked the worst quality (and cheapest) crap pumps that money can be
wasted on. I thought it was actually defective, but later found that it
was just a very poor quality pump. It was a FloTec, and never again will
FloTec products contaminate my garden

I went to Mom and Pop hardware and bought a Star pump, and it's been going
strong every since. Moral of the story - don't buy stuff from HD without
first doing a bit of homework. Sometime they stock the cheapest crap they
can get.
Not only do they stock crap, they stock mainly China Crap!
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