Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:31:07 -0500, (J T)
wrote:

Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

there is one on capital blvd. just about a block further up than lowes
on the same side of the street. another at crossroads cary.accross
street from lowes. hmmmmm............. maybe you could drive to lowes
and look around ! lol there seems to be one very near every lowes.
there is one off hwy seventy also near hwy 50? its before you get to [
you guessed it !! ] lowes!!!! same side of street.i think there may be
a bjs warehouse in the same shopping center.

skeez

He didn't say he was in Raleigh did he?

Frank

skeezics wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:31:07 -0500, (J T)
wrote:



Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown



there is one on capital blvd. just about a block further up than lowes
on the same side of the street. another at crossroads cary.accross
street from lowes. hmmmmm............. maybe you could drive to lowes
and look around ! lol there seems to be one very near every lowes.
there is one off hwy seventy also near hwy 50? its before you get to [
you guessed it !! ] lowes!!!! same side of street.i think there may be
a bjs warehouse in the same shopping center.

skeez

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 11:00pm (EST+5) (skeezics) says:
snip there seems to be one very near every lowes. snip

I know of at least two Lowes with no HD lurking around them. The
one I was reerring to is in Garner. I know of probably half a dozen
within maybe 15 or so miles from me. But, for some as yet unknow reason
my truck window refused to roll up the other day, and is still down. So
I'm not in any real mood to drive in to Raleigh, or any further than I
have to, until I get something done about the window.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

I think the spindle sander is discontinued. I tried to find it on line and
it is not mentioned and the stores near me in Houston no longer have them.


"J T" wrote in message
...
Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

OT: McDonalds does the equivelant of several hundered thousands of
dollars of research to determine the optimum locations for each
restaurant. Burger King locates within 1 mile of McDonalds, hopefully
on the same street.

There is a HD about a mile away from the lowes in garner.
Just head down 70 away from downtown.

"J T" wrote in message
...
Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 11:00pm (EST+5) (skeezics) says:
snip there seems to be one very near every lowes. snip

I know of at least two Lowes with no HD lurking around them. The
one I was reerring to is in Garner. I know of probably half a dozen
within maybe 15 or so miles from me. But, for some as yet unknow reason
my truck window refused to roll up the other day, and is still down. So
I'm not in any real mood to drive in to Raleigh, or any further than I
have to, until I get something done about the window.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Frank S. wrote:

He didn't say he was in Raleigh did he?

No, but a lot of us know JOAT lives in Clayton.

--
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It is still on the Ryobi site.

Leon wrote:
I think the spindle sander is discontinued. I tried to find it on line and
it is not mentioned and the stores near me in Houston no longer have them.


"J T" wrote in message
...

Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

"J T" wrote in message
...

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

I usually hit their website to get store directions, hours, phone numbers...



OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Bummer... Shift Change?



Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

"Use the 'net Luke!"

http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidi...21F04176313203

In article , Silvan wrote:
Frank S. wrote:

He didn't say he was in Raleigh did he?

No, but a lot of us know JOAT lives in Clayton.


Didn't realize there were so many others on here from the Raleigh area. Can I
ask where you all buy your wood from?


Jon

Did you take a shot at the "Store Finder" on their site (top right)?
Looking in your area, I got this (image, because map was
session-specific, no linky worky):
http://img152.exs.cx/img152/5961/claytonhds4vq.jpg

J T wrote:
Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 11:00pm (EST+5) (skeezics) says:
snip there seems to be one very near every lowes. snip

I know of at least two Lowes with no HD lurking around them.
The
one I was reerring to is in Garner. I know of probably half a dozen
within maybe 15 or so miles from me. But, for some as yet unknow
reason
my truck window refused to roll up the other day, and is still down.
So
I'm not in any real mood to drive in to Raleigh, or any further than
I
have to, until I get something done about the window.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Drive that far? 10 miles? I drive that far just to get to the
convinience store... Real stores are day trips!

-Keith

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:31:07 -0500, (J T)
wrote:

Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Is this the same guy that complained a few months ago about someone
looking for a place to buy wood in Houston in this conference? Surely
looking for HD in Clayton in a global, galactic newsgroup is not the
same thing. ;-)

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 4:22pm (EST-3) (SonomaProducts.com)
claims:
snip Burger King locates within 1 mile of McDonalds, hopefully on the
same street.

Except in my town, Burger King was there first. So maybe McDonalds
just builds where there is a Burger King.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 2:42am (EST+5) (Keith) exclaims:
Drive that far? 10 miles? I drive that far just to get to the
convinience store... Real stores are day trips!

In a later post I said my truck window won't close. It might be
fairly warm, but I still don't feel like driving that far with my window
down.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 12:22am (EST+5) (Rob=A0V) says:
There is a HD about a mile away from the lowes in garner. Just head down
70 away from downtown.

That's the one that didn't answer their phone.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 7:37pm (Silvan) says:
Frank S. wrote
No, but a lot of us know JOAT lives in Clayton.

Not entirely accurate, close to Clayton.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 1:01am (EST+5)
(Jon=A0Shelley) asks:
snip Can I ask where you all buy your wood from?

Haven't been for a bit. Been doing pallet wood lately, and it's
free.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 5:39pm (EST-3) (Mike=A0Reed)
asks:
Did you take a shot at the "Store Finder" snip

I already know where they are, I just need them to answer their
phone. I've confirmed the same telephone number from three separate
sources so far.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 6:44pm (EST-3) (Bob) asks:
Is this the same guy that complained a few months ago about someone
looking for a place to buy wood in Houston in this conference? Surely
looking for HD in Clayton in a global, galactic newsgroup is not the
same thing. ;-)

Complain? No. Not being able to figure out why someone doesn't
look in their local phone book, maybe.

The problem is not "finding" a HD, I know where a lot of them are,
so I can make a point of avoiding them. The problem is, calling a
particular one, and no one answering the phone there.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

JOAT responds:

snip Burger King locates within 1 mile of McDonalds, hopefully on the
same street.

Except in my town, Burger King was there first. So maybe McDonalds
just builds where there is a Burger King.


Hell, Hardee's was first here. Then MacDonald's. First Big Mac went broke: it's
now a dry cleaning store. We then got all the greats, a successful (there's a
term for ya) MacDonald's--I don't know if that's Mc or Mac, and don't much
care--then Burger King and Taco Bell and Long John Sliver's. Taco Bell faded
out in four years. LJ's continues to do minor business. Or it's converted to
Arby's I forget which.

In the meantime, we continue to hope for a second and third good restaurant so
we don't have to fight the crowding at the one that exists. Oh,yeah. They did
build a Wendy's, in the same shopping area as the LJ, Big Mac complex, and
there is a Huddle House there now if you want 24 hour a day breakfast.

Easier to eat at home...and that from someone who absolutely loves a good
restaurant.

Charlie Self
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some
kind of federal program." George W. Bush, St. Charles, Missouri, November 2,
2000

On Thursday 27 Jan 2005 8:01 pm, Duane Bozarth scribbled:

Joe_Stein wrote:

Where I'm from:
20 miles to nearest Lowes
25 miles to HD
...

OK, 230 and 65...don't go there often...

Lessee
Home Depot:
Prince George 1069 miles
Grande Prairie 997

Lowes, only in Alaska:
Fairbanks 600
Wasilla 643

Coming to think of it, they also have HD in Fairbanks and Wasilla. Don't
go there often either...

But we do have a borg-like Home Hardware which carries mainly General
and General International large tools and the whole gamut of smaller
power tools. Plus the employees are easy to find and usually know their
stuff.

--
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 9:48am (EST+5) otforme
(Charlie=A0Self) says:
snip that from someone who absolutely loves a good restaurant.

The key word there is "good". Finding one of those is the hard
part. I like somethng along the lines of Golden Corral, with a large
salad bar, with plenty of choices.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

"J T" wrote in message
...

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.


With your prolific web searching abilities I am surprised you didn't go
here(the website has a store finder feature). Maybe the number has been
changed recently.

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...j.0&MID= 9876

In article ,
J T wrote:
Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown


When they saw who it was on their caller ID they probably decided not
to answer...

--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland

McDonald's & Burger King are side-by-side in our town.

Joe




SonomaProducts.com wrote:

OT: McDonalds does the equivelant of several hundered thousands of
dollars of research to determine the optimum locations for each
restaurant. Burger King locates within 1 mile of McDonalds, hopefully
on the same street.

Where I'm from:
20 miles to nearest Lowes
25 miles to HD
Joe


Keith wrote:

Drive that far? 10 miles? I drive that far just to get to the
convinience store... Real stores are day trips!

-Keith

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:31:07 -0500, (J T)
wrote:


Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 4:35pm (EST+5)
(Frank=A0Ketchum) says:
With your prolific web searching abilities I am surprised you didn't go
here(the website has a store finder feature). Maybe the number has been
changed recently.

I did. Same number as the other placed I checked.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Some clear plastic and duct tape will fix it till you get it repaired.
Joe


J T wrote:

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 2:42am (EST+5) (Keith) exclaims:
Drive that far? 10 miles? I drive that far just to get to the
convinience store... Real stores are day trips!

In a later post I said my truck window won't close. It might be
fairly warm, but I still don't feel like driving that far with my window
down.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Joe_Stein wrote:

Where I'm from:
20 miles to nearest Lowes
25 miles to HD
....

OK, 230 and 65...don't go there often...

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:38:43 -0500, (J T)
wrote:

Wed, Jan 26, 2005, 11:00pm (EST+5) (skeezics) says:
snip there seems to be one very near every lowes. snip

I know of at least two Lowes with no HD lurking around them. The
one I was reerring to is in Garner. I know of probably half a dozen
within maybe 15 or so miles from me. But, for some as yet unknow reason
my truck window refused to roll up the other day, and is still down. So
I'm not in any real mood to drive in to Raleigh, or any further than I
have to, until I get something done about the window.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

the lowes in garner is at 70 and 401. before you get that far maybe a
mile or so before there is a HD on your left. its a fairly new one
only a couple years there i think.

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 8:29pm (EST+5) (skeezics) says:
the lowes in garner is at 70 and 401. before you get that far maybe a
mile or so before there is a HD on your left. its a fairly new one only
a couple years there i think.

Yes, I'm aware of each. There's also a Lowes at 42 and 40, and
one in Smithfield, on 301. No HD near either, as far as I know, not
been to the 42 and 40 Lowes in awhile.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Well, got ahold of the HD in Garner today. Phone got answered by
some type of machine, then took about 5 minutes for a "live" body to
answer, but then I was just left hanging. Tried again, then a body
answered the phone, but took about 5 minutes again to be transferred to
the tools section. Then took them about 5 minutes to tell me no sander.

This only reinforces my decision that HD is not the place to shop.
If I "have" to deal with the Borg, it'll be Lowes.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

Luigi Zanasi wrote:

On Thursday 27 Jan 2005 8:01 pm, Duane Bozarth scribbled:

Joe_Stein wrote:

Where I'm from:
20 miles to nearest Lowes
25 miles to HD
...

OK, 230 and 65...don't go there often...

Lessee
Home Depot:
Prince George 1069 miles
Grande Prairie 997

Lowes, only in Alaska:
Fairbanks 600
Wasilla 643

Coming to think of it, they also have HD in Fairbanks and Wasilla. Don't
go there often either...

But we do have a borg-like Home Hardware which carries mainly General
and General International large tools and the whole gamut of smaller
power tools. Plus the employees are easy to find and usually know their
stuff.

Guess not.

But you must be in someplace of size then ... we have Wally-World and a
pitifully inadequate Best Buy Home Center although they did build a new
building so may beef up just a little...

In article ,
Luigi Zanasi wrote:


[snip]



Plus the employees are easy to find and usually know their
stuff.

What do you usually do to find them? Lift up a bearskin? Eh?

In article ,
(J T) wrote:

Looked at the thread about the Ryobi OSS on sale at HD, and decided
to see if the closest one to me (about 10 miles) had any.

First looked in the yellow pages of the local phone book. Two
Lowes were there, but no HD. Hmmm. OK, checked the white pages. Found
HD listed there.

OK, called, and no answer. Called again. Same. Repeat several
more times. So, tried operator assistance, and got the same number.
Tried calling several more time, still no answer.

Dug out a couple more phone books. The two Lowes are listed, but
no HD.

I haven't been in a HD in a lonnnng time, and obviously that was a
good move. I wouldn't mind getting one of those sanders, but I'm not
about to drive that far just to check.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown


HD--- 4 minutes.
HD Port Huron-- 10 minutes
Lowe's Port Huron---10 minutes
Lee Valley London--- 55 minutes.

J T wrote:

This only reinforces my decision that HD is not the place to shop.
If I "have" to deal with the Borg, it'll be Lowes.

Hear hear! I just never have been able to get into HD at all. They have a
few things Lowe's doesn't, but the hassle of getting them makes it rarely
worth the effort. I also hate the color orange, which doesn't improve my
warm fuzzy feeling when I'm in there.

--
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(J T) writes:

Well, got ahold of the HD in Garner today. Phone got answered by
some type of machine, then took about 5 minutes for a "live" body to
answer, but then I was just left hanging. Tried again, then a body
answered the phone, but took about 5 minutes again to be transferred to
the tools section. Then took them about 5 minutes to tell me no sander.

Ideally. phone customers and in-store customers should get equal levels of
service. If a choice has to be made, the customer in the store should get
better levels of service versus a potential customer on the phone.

You'd probably be upset if you went to the store and all the help was
talking on the phone. To be fair, every time I have called Home Depot
around here, they have a live operator who answers promptly.

I used to work retail and juggling the phone and customers in the store
was a real challenge. Customers in the store get upset if you stop to
answer the phone and phone callers don't want to have the phone ring
forever. I worked in a brand new computer store and our department had 4
employees. We should have had 10 employees for the first few months.

Brian Elfert

Silvan writes:

Hear hear! I just never have been able to get into HD at all. They have a
few things Lowe's doesn't, but the hassle of getting them makes it rarely
worth the effort. I also hate the color orange, which doesn't improve my
warm fuzzy feeling when I'm in there.

The first Lowe's just opened here in Minneapolis. I went there the second
day they were open. I didn't think it was anything special versus Home
Depot.

Prices were higher than Menard's and Home Depot in general. The store was
very clean, but so was every Home Depot on the second day.

I won't be back unless they have something nobody else sells. Lowes is 10
to 15 miles away and there are at least five Home Depots and as many
Menard's closer to home.

Brian Elfert