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HD used to be pretty good. I used to be able to get what I wanted and often was able to speak to someone who could offer me some help/advice. They built one less than a mile from my house. I had wood because the other was a pain in the butt because of the drive. This one was well stocked with people and stuff for a short period of time. THese days, it looks like the inventory is done by a chimpanzee, not a computer or human. I bet if someone came in and did a thorough inventory they'd find that the place only had 70% of the parts that they are supposed to have in the store. They might squeak up to 80%, but that would be because the other 10% was in the wrong place or fallen behind/under a shelf someplace. The help is pretty much all kids who could give a crap because they are making crap. I still shop there because it's close and they have the basics.

There is a Lowes another 2 miles farther down the road. For whatever reason, I don't like it at all. They seem to have more of their stuff in stock. That's the only reason that I go is when HD doesn't have what I need.

I'd be totally tickled if they both just had 99% of what they were supposed to have and had employees for nothing other than making sure that all of the crap was neat and where it was supposed to be. The bins and pegs of crap on the nut/bolt aisle are a joke. It's like they let a hundred 7 year olds loose in them for a day.

The HD closest to my house is the worst in the area IMO.