Here is one example why I love buying things at Home Depot:

I bought my dremel rotary tool from them 1.5 years ago, stupid me thought the warrenty was only for a year so I threw it out a few months ago. Then all of a sudden my dremel started working like chit (running at different rpms than what I set it at, turning itself off for no reason, etc.). I looked through the manual to see what could be wrong in the trouble shooting section, nothing was listed but then I noticed that it has a 5 year warrenty (doh!).

I went back to Home Depot and asked them what are my choices, they said the would exchange my faulty one with a brand new one but I need a reciept. Luckily I keep all of my mastercard bills, my M/C bill doesn't have dremel rotary tool written on it but they excepted it anyways and now I've a new (redesigned) dremel tool (with a better switch so it won't go faulty like my last one did).

Summary: Home Depot will take care of your warrenty needs while other places might get you to deal with the manufacturer direct.

PS: I made myself a brake master cylinder brace using nothing but my dremel tool.


[Modified by Tommy_Gunns, 12:04 AM 8/26/2002]

 

Chit... buy a house, then you'll hate home depot

Craig - Who's been to home depot twice today and 3 times in the past 4 days

 

That is soooo true. I dont own a house, my father does, and i help him every weekend on the house. I can say in the last few years i have been to home depot maybe 10,000+ times. I hate that place

 

The only thing I can't stand about Home Depot is that some of the workers there don't know chit. I find it funny when I ask them about a product and they grab it from my hands and read the label....one of these days I'm gonna say "um...I can read english and have already read that."

BTW - I refinished a house with my uncle, was back and forth to the local Home Depot for a month (and that Home Depot is opened 24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

 

I love home depo... Kind of like a candy store for the home owner

 

Perfectly said!!

 

The only thing I can't stand about Home Depot is that some of the workers there don't know chit. I find it funny when I ask them about a product and they grab it from my hands and read the label....one of these days I'm gonna say "um...I can read english and have already read that."
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LOL That's so true!!!

 

Home Despot sucks - Lowe's is where it's at


[minor rant] Except they quit selling Kobalt tools [/minor rant]

 

Lowes

Mine still sells kobalt tools... but I only buy craftsman

 

Me too, usually, but their wrenches are nicey nice, and cheaper

Maybe they just quit selling the screwdrivers. Which sucks, because I have two more bent ones (they have given me money back for the other two )

 

That maybe true, but we don't have a Lowe's in Canada.