So I actually buy a reasonable amount of stuff from Home Depot, but damn they can be frustrating.
CEDAR GENERATOR SCREEN:
The lovely Mrs_Bob wants me to build a screen to hide the generator. It will be cedar, requires a special tool from KREG. Ok, I'm always up for buying a new tool. So off to the Home Depot website I go.
Kreg K5 tool ... "free shipping to home" with delivery in 3-4 days
Kreg 1.25" screws ... "free shipping to store" available in 14 days???
Kreg 2.5" screws ... "free shipping to store" available in 14 days???
Ryobi Bluetooth Speaker ... "not available on-line, call store for availability"
So I ordered the K5 tool with free shipping from Home Depot.
I ordered the screws from Amazon, at a lower price, with free 2 day shipping.
I ordered the speaker set for my patio from an on-line refurbished tool dealer at a bigger discount.
FAMILY ROOM PATIO PROJECT:
We are looking to rebuild one of our patios with some paver stones. I'll need 3 pallets of pavers, some sand, some special joint sand, a concrete saw, some additional accessories.
$49 shipping for the 3 pallets of pavers from Home Depot. I'm OK with that.
The joint sand ships free in 14 days.
The tool ships free in 3-4 days.
Some of the accessories are not available for shipping and must be picked up in store.
Some of the others have an additional shipping fee charge.
WTF?
It is like they are chasing customers away and sending us to alternative stores.
CEDAR GENERATOR SCREEN:
The lovely Mrs_Bob wants me to build a screen to hide the generator. It will be cedar, requires a special tool from KREG. Ok, I'm always up for buying a new tool. So off to the Home Depot website I go.
Kreg K5 tool ... "free shipping to home" with delivery in 3-4 days
Kreg 1.25" screws ... "free shipping to store" available in 14 days???
Kreg 2.5" screws ... "free shipping to store" available in 14 days???
Ryobi Bluetooth Speaker ... "not available on-line, call store for availability"
So I ordered the K5 tool with free shipping from Home Depot.
I ordered the screws from Amazon, at a lower price, with free 2 day shipping.
I ordered the speaker set for my patio from an on-line refurbished tool dealer at a bigger discount.
FAMILY ROOM PATIO PROJECT:
We are looking to rebuild one of our patios with some paver stones. I'll need 3 pallets of pavers, some sand, some special joint sand, a concrete saw, some additional accessories.
$49 shipping for the 3 pallets of pavers from Home Depot. I'm OK with that.
The joint sand ships free in 14 days.
The tool ships free in 3-4 days.
Some of the accessories are not available for shipping and must be picked up in store.
Some of the others have an additional shipping fee charge.
WTF?
It is like they are chasing customers away and sending us to alternative stores.