On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:23:52 -0600, George Max
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:17:57 GMT, "PipeDown"
wrote:



But the carpenter said he had no intention of doing business there
again, adding, "Why should I put money in someone's pocket when they
treat me like this?"


He can say that all he wants (to a newspaper) but is he going to drive
further to pay more for the same thing. Maybe once or twice but he will be
back.

Or not. There are local stores that I won't do business with because
they've irritated or otherwise upset me. To speak of one example,
they're only a mile or less from my house. I routinely drive much
much farther to patronize a similar store now.


We got a Lowe's (opened late July) about a mile from where I live.
There's a local hardware store (farther) where I used to go when I
needed help finding some little thing (like a nut to fit a particular
bolt). I wonder if that small store will still be there next time I
need that.

Lowe's is good when you already know what you need and can find it.

To my great satisfaction the store in question had to change hands
because the owner that upset me couldn't make a go of it.

And I still don't patronize the place even under it's new management.

The victim of this HD debacle has a somewhat different situation due
to their size, but if there's anywhere else at all reasonably close
with which to do business, I think he should stick to his guns and
ignore HD.


I'm not hot on HD contractor services or special order stuff but a box of
nails is a box of nails no matter where you buy it and contractors only make
money by not spending too much or going too far to get it.

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