McCoy's Hardware tamping bar 30670 price 32.99
Ace Hardware 30670 price 21.99

Also picked out some lumber for hurricane preparation and they
wouldn't sell it - said they were holding it for their own employess.

Duff

"Duff" wrote in message
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McCoy's Hardware tamping bar 30670 price 32.99
Ace Hardware 30670 price 21.99

Also picked out some lumber for hurricane preparation and they
wouldn't sell it - said they were holding it for their own employess.

Duff


So what. I've seen the same Breyer's ice cream selling for $3.50, $4.99, or
$6.49. I buy items at each store but get my icecream at the cheapest.

I'd also have to congratulate the owner of McCoy for caring enough about his
employees to save them some material instead of just selling it to the
highest bidder. Sounds like a great guy to work for.

If you live in a hurricane area, you should have that material in the
garage, ready for any storm. IMO the people lined up buying plywood last
minute are idiots.

Kudos to Mr. McCoy.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Duff" wrote in message
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McCoy's Hardware tamping bar 30670 price 32.99
Ace Hardware 30670 price 21.99

Also picked out some lumber for hurricane preparation and they
wouldn't sell it - said they were holding it for their own
employess.

Duff


So what. I've seen the same Breyer's ice cream selling for $3.50,
$4.99, or $6.49. I buy items at each store but get my icecream at
the cheapest.

I'd also have to congratulate the owner of McCoy for caring enough
about his employees to save them some material instead of just
selling it to the highest bidder. Sounds like a great guy to work
for.

If you live in a hurricane area, you should have that material in
the garage, ready for any storm. IMO the people lined up buying
plywood last minute are idiots.

Kudos to Mr. McCoy.

Well, I generally agree with you except, one can assume if a
customer lives in a hurricane area, that the store employees likely
live there as well, so they should also have the material in their
garage ready for any storm. So, if the customer is an idiot (in
your opinion), then the company employees are idiots as well.

Bob-tx

"Bob" wrote in message
Well, I generally agree with you except, one can assume if a customer
lives in a hurricane area, that the store employees likely live there as
well, so they should also have the material in their garage ready for any
storm. So, if the customer is an idiot (in your opinion), then the
company employees are idiots as well.

Bob-tx


Yes, they are. Should have prepared long ago. Where is last years plywood?

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Bob" wrote in message


Well, I generally agree with you except, one can assume if a customer
lives in a hurricane area, that the store employees likely live there as
well, so they should also have the material in their garage ready for any
storm. So, if the customer is an idiot (in your opinion), then the
company employees are idiots as well.

Bob-tx




Yes, they are. Should have prepared long ago. Where is last years plywood?




It blew away ) We did plywood one year (we were young then ) . No
garage. Stored outdoors until
the carpenter ants took it away. Have hurricane shutters now. My area
hasn't had a direct hit from a hurricane
since the twenties - long time to store plywood. H'canes don't follow
US 10 every year )

Bob wrote:

If you live in a hurricane area, you should have that material in
the garage, ready for any storm. IMO the people lined up buying
plywood last minute are idiots.

Kudos to Mr. McCoy.

Well, I generally agree with you except, one can assume if a
customer lives in a hurricane area, that the store employees likely
live there as well, so they should also have the material in their
garage ready for any storm. So, if the customer is an idiot (in
your opinion), then the company employees are idiots as well.

Bob-tx

There is also the issue that the store owner should have been smart enough
to stash that plywood in the back so nobody had to tell paying customers
they couldn't have it. Why irritate customers needlessly?

On Oct 7, 12:44*am, "DGDevin" wrote:
Bob wrote:
If you live in a hurricane area, you should have that material in
the garage, ready for any storm. *IMO the people lined up buying
plywood last minute are idiots.

Kudos to Mr. McCoy.

Well, I generally agree with you except, one can assume if a
customer lives in a hurricane area, that the store employees likely
live there as well, so they should also have the material in their
garage ready for any storm. *So, if the customer is an idiot (in
your opinion), then the company employees are idiots as well.

Bob-tx

There is also the issue that the store owner should have been smart enough
to stash that plywood in the back so nobody had to tell paying customers
they couldn't have it. *Why irritate customers needlessly?


I guess because that's the level of incompetence you get any many
retail shops today. I bought a display model 52" Sony LCD TV at
Circuit City last week. The sales people told me they would have to
located the remote because they keep them all in the back, but would
have it ready when I picked up the TV the next day. (didn't have the
SUV). Then the sales guy tried to sell me the $125 monster HDMI
cables, by telling me that since the Sony has 120hz video display, I
need them. Of course HDMI is a digital transfer spec, independent of
the display processin freq. It's particularly funny because HDMI runs
at hundreds of Mhz, where he's crowing about 120hz, like it was some
awesome number. I got a nice 16ft one on Ebay for $10.

Next day, I return to pick it up. Different sales guys in the
afternoon. Now they tell me they don't have the remote, but will
give me a universal one or $20 credit and I can order an original one
online from remotes.com. So, I ask "And how much does it cost?"
The guy pulls it up on the remotes.com website and it's $60. Then,
looking at the pic it shows of the remote, he says, "Oh, I think I saw
that back there in the big box of stuff I was looking through."

Five mins later he's back, remote in hand. He says "Here it is. Is
it ok without the back cover for the batteries?" I look at it and it
has clear packing tape wrapped around the whole thing, including the
keys, to hold the batteries in. Now this is still a $2000 TV and I
don't think it's unreasonable to expect to get a decent original
remote. So, I ask him to give me $60 off to cover the remote and he
has to consult the manager.

While he's talking to the manager, I tell the manager that last night,
when I bought the TV, the salespeople assured me they had the remote
and would find it. He says to me "No one here would EVER say that to
a customer, unless they already had the remote in their hand." Then
he says, but I have no problem giving you the $60 credit.

So, this imbecile manager who should have some customer skills, can't
just say "Sir, no problem, I'll give you the $60 off, we want you to
be happy with your new TV. Instead, he has to call me a liar
first. Unbelievable.