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Originally posted by turbo6bar
There are many mom and pop specialty supply stores that would love to have your business. Sometimes you pay less, and sometimes you pay more, but the hassles are magnitudes lower. I can hash out enough stories to make the head spin.
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I regularly rehab properties as a side activity, and used HD or Lowes to get the lowest prices, so I thought. A couple times I used local building supply shops as a matter of convenience, and was shocked to see that prices were basically similar on true building materials (some lower, some higher, but generally on a par). AND, I walk to the counter, never more than 2nd in line, they deliver the materials on site for free, are helpful when I have a problem, etc etc etc.
Needless to say, I've changed my thinking on the subject.