Rusty wrote:
Experienced knowledgeable sales people cost money. You want cheap
stuff. In order to keep it cheap they shave a little of the thickness
of wood,make the nails a little softer and hire newbie's as employees
for low wages.You wanted cheep you got cheep ,quit bitching. They
stock the shelves and if asked point you to the right isle, you do
the rest yourself.

no. they point you at an aisle. there's really no guarantee that it's the
right one, and ime, is almost never the right one.

case in point: asked for sulfur in HD for using on cactus roots prior to
replanting some saguaros that blew over in a wind storm. it took 3 people 30
minutes to decide they didn't carry it. the first "associate" i asked didn't
speak any english besides the word "hello", which i thought was going a bit
too far for a store in the US. none of them had even heard of what it was,
let alone what it was used for.

regards,
charlie
phx, az