My first ever "Home Depot Sucks" thread

[Ricemarine]

I usually prefer Home Depot over Lowes because HD is closer :laugh:...

You just have to wait for em, or run after one.

 

[Baked]

What if you fell off the ladder, broken your spine, and end up on a wheel chair or worse? Are you gonna sue HD for billions? I think so.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Wait, I am confused. You were a dumbass, and got called on it. Then you blame the store you were in because you were emasculated in front of your wife. What are you, stupid? Trust me, she already knows how dumb you are, and the size of your penis.

I think I am required to post in this thread.

So he is supposed to wait around and wait for someone to never come help him? You will never get anything done in places like that if you wait around for the employees which are understaffed and dont give a crap about customers.

Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands to get anything done in places like that.

 

[Kelemvor]

THat's why I always hate Home Depot and far prefer Menards. But I actually had a good experience last night. We are putting down some plywood as a flooring in our attic so we can store stuff. But we don't have a very big access hole so we needed the plywood to be cut in half the long way. We found a really nice guy who helped us figure out how thick we really needed to go and then took them to their big panel cutting contraption and sliced them all in half. Was really cool.

But the only reason we went to HD in the first place was because Menards only has a chop saw so they couldn't help us. Menards also always has lower prices too so HD is only where I go as a last resort.

 

[ta8689]

I swear I saw the EXACT SAME thing at walmart last week. This guy in his mid 50's id say was looking at celing fans and this fat bitchy manager walks over and starts givin him ****** about it... hes like "well no one would help me, so i helped myself"

 

[j00fek]

nothing wrong with your decision man, i would have done the same thing.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: tk109
Maybe you should hit the Sears or something. You have to remember Home Depot is kind of a mix place. Not quite as friendly for the casual buyer. It leans more towards the serious people who know what they want already and are contractors there to get everything in one place. Or hardcore do it yourselfers. So it can be a little rough around the edges for your average casual person. But it's still a great place. I'll keep all the great prices, the super convenience or everything being there, the great selection etc than give that up so it can be like a k-mart or something.

You don't understand the contractor very well. Most would not want to set foot in the HD. The knowledge of their associates is terrible and they aren't helpful. It's big so it must be good right? Their prices on most things are very high when compared to what contractors really pay for goods. HD is for the average DIY guy and the 1-truck handyman. They are now trying to buy their way into the wholesale market and that will fail as well.

 

[lokiju]

Even my fiancee's brother who's worked at Home Depot forever always says no one is ever around to help since they understaff them all the time and that at Lowes you'll get better help.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: lokiju
Even my fiancee's brother who's worked at Home Depot forever always says no one is ever around to help since they understaff them all the time and that at Lowell's you'll get better help.

You guys call it Lowell's?

 

[Sphexi]

Home Depot has done a few studies over the past few years, as well as a LOT of customer feedback surveys (millions a year), and has determined that a whopping 60%+ of the customers who walk into the stores do NOT want to be helped/hounded by sales people. They simply want to be greeted, then left alone to do their shopping. Because of that they slashed hours/associates on the floor, leaving enough to do the moving around and heavy lifting for the 40% who do want help.

It's a low margin business, so they try and squeeze out every dollar they can. Apparantly they're doing something right, because they're opening more stores, they're the largest in their industry, and overall they have a very good reputation.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Home Depot has done a few studies over the past few years, as well as a LOT of customer feedback surveys (millions a year), and has determined that a whopping 60%+ of the customers who walk into the stores do NOT want to be helped/hounded by sales people. They simply want to be greeted, then left alone to do their shopping. Because of that they slashed hours/associates on the floor, leaving enough to do the moving around and heavy lifting for the 40% who do want help.

It's a low margin business, so they try and squeeze out every dollar they can. Apparantly they're doing something right, because they're opening more stores, they're the largest in their industry, and overall they have a very good reputation.

I'd rather have 10 really knowledgable workers fanned out around the store than 40 teens and retirees glassy-eyed at the first mention of something technical.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: lokiju
Even my fiancee's brother who's worked at Home Depot forever always says no one is ever around to help since they understaff them all the time and that at Lowell's you'll get better help.

You guys call it Lowell's?

Meh, lowes.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Home Depot has done a few studies over the past few years, as well as a LOT of customer feedback surveys (millions a year), and has determined that a whopping 60%+ of the customers who walk into the stores do NOT want to be helped/hounded by sales people. They simply want to be greeted, then left alone to do their shopping. Because of that they slashed hours/associates on the floor, leaving enough to do the moving around and heavy lifting for the 40% who do want help.

It's a low margin business, so they try and squeeze out every dollar they can. Apparantly they're doing something right, because they're opening more stores, they're the largest in their industry, and overall they have a very good reputation.

I'd rather have 10 really knowledgable workers fanned out around the store than 40 teens and retirees glassy-eyed at the first mention of something technical.

Most stores actively hire people who have past experience in various home-building/improvement fields, hence all of the old fogeys. A lot of the floor employees are retired from construction, or contracting or something like that. If you have zero experience you're more likely to end up doing lots, cashier work, or night work. Even then night work is some of the hardest work in the store, so most don't last a week at it.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I'd rather have 10 really knowledgable workers fanned out around the store than 40 teens and retirees glassy-eyed at the first mention of something technical.

You are not a 'standard' customer iamwiz.