On 2/22/2009 6:14 AM Van Chocstraw spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote:

I think you missed the whole point of my post: if I had gone into Home
Despot for this part, even if they had it, it's not likely I would have
even *known* that you could buy the less-than-$3 replacement valve
rather than the whole fill valve, so Ace saved me money.

Home Despot is often cheaper, but not always. I do buy stuff there
(lumber, drywall, joint compound, etc.) that is cheaper than a real
lumberyard and easier to just grab and go.

But getting help? Fuggedaboudit. Heard something funny the other day:
was at my favorite electrical supply place (Ace Liquidators in Alameda,
huuuuge warehouse full of all kinds of stuff, cheap), and the guy
checking me out said he goes to Home Depot on weekends himself because
they're open. He said he recently was totally shocked when someone who
works there actually came up to him and asked him if he needed help!

Well i guess if you don't know what you are doing it's worth it to have
a store tutor.

So in the case of my purchase of the replacement toilet fill valve, are
you saying that *you* would never have needed to have asked about it,
that you have perfect knowledge of all such things that are stocked in
the store?

I don't, and besides, I'm not a plumber.


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