Lowe’s for me. Home Depot has been going down here in Florida for about 10 years. They keep trying to modernize but it ain’t working here.
Now this? Guess the bull dike paint counter associates diluted the management somehow.
I went in to Home Depot some months back where I live here in VA; it was dead compared to Lowe's. I'd be surprised if they're even around in the next five years. With all they're doing for the homo movement, I hope their demise comes sooner.
Ditto here in the Carolinas. I switched to Lowe's years ago and - short of a few specific purchases that I couldn't find elsewhere - I've never gone back.
I can't ever find a dammed thing in the THD stores, for starters. What's the point of going there, if I need to wander around for an hour just to find one part, or another? And, invariably, they didn't have what I was looking for, or it was in the wrong size, or quantity. And God help me if I grab the wrong salesperson to ask where something is. I'd rather hear "Geez, I dunno. That's not my dept. You need to talk to Joe", rather than get led on a merry chase all around the store looking for one thing or another.
And actually, I've started hitting my local hw store more and more. Prices are maybe a little higher, but it saves me a long drive to the big box places. If I ask for help, the owner does the ordering, and more likely than not, the stocking too, so he knows if he has it, and where it is. And, I'll trade paying $2.50 for a $2 part, if it saves me (a potentially wasted) trip across town.....