Ron wrote:
On Jun 16, 3:42 pm, "chaniarts"
wrote:
Ron wrote:
On Jun 16, 3:25 pm, "chaniarts"
wrote:
Ron wrote:
On Jun 16, 2:52 pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jun 16, 2:09 pm, Ron wrote:

On Jun 16, 5:53 am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"DerbyDad03" wrote

Where do you shop that the cashier would offer product usage
instructions at the register?

Do they offer a 5 second tutorial on everything they sell?

"Don't let the tape measure snap back into the case and it'll
last longer."
"For best results, don't hold the hammer handle near the
head." "Use a punch before you drill metal with that bit so
it doesn't wander."
"Dull the points before you use those nails so they don't
split the wood."

Thousands of items...thousands of tips! :-)

No wonder the lines move so slowly at Home Depot.

At my HD there is usually only one checkout lane that has a
person

Is that person an employee or are there just not a lot of
shoppers? ;-)

I should have been more clear. Usually only one checkout lane has
a cashier. At my local HD you usually check yourself out, which I
think is bull****. You should get a discount for having to check
yourself out. After all, they are saving money by not having to
hire cashiers.

you do. it's called lower prices.

Bull****...they haven't lowered their prices. The same goes for the
grocery store that I shop at. Self checkout, and the prices are the
same if not higher. At least back in the 80's when some grocery
stores were "bag it yourself" you *were* getting your items at a
lower price.

i didn't say they were going to lower pricess. i meant that the
prices were lower.

rephrased: lower prices than if they didn't have them. the increase
in price hasn't occurred, or is less than what the increase would
have been without them. furthermore, labor costs aren't going up as
fast, so your prices aren't increasing as fast as they would have
since they don't have to staff as many people at any time.

OK, explain to me why the prices are the *same* at a much older HD
that I also shop at that doesn't even have self checkout.

it's a company. costs are shared. each individual store isn't a lone
business entity. you state that the costs of various items at different
stores are sometimes the same. if you look at stores in different states,
this is still true, even if the cost of shipping the item to that individual
store may be different than some other store in a different state, or even
in the same state.