Shoppers are stupid. They don’t know quality, if they did, they wouldn’t be buying the Chinese crap that has taken over the stores. Shoppers don’t know how to buy things that will last and they don’t take care of the stuff they buy.
I don’t follow shoppers. I have some things. a lot of antiques and a good house. I don’t throw stuff out and I repair and maintain what I have. HD does not have the expertise to assist me.
and They support gay marriage which I choose not to by not shopping there.
All of that is fine - your decisions are made in liberty, and I respect them.
But for you to say that “shoppers are stupid” is exorbitantly arrogant on your part - as if you are the only “non stupid” shopper. To say that you don’t “follow shoppers” is too inane to even comment on, except to say that you are not interested in market realities. Shoppers ARE market reality. Get over it.
The same market that allows you to collect and shop as you do in liberty allows others to be “stupid” - and yet, you are too ignorant to understand that. I have several good houses, no interest in antiques, and no interest in repairing stuff myself. Actually, I have little interest in “stuff” for the most part. My decisions are made in liberty, like yours. And it is you and I, and millions of others, who are the market. HD is a product of that, having met that market better than anyone else - nothing more and nothing less.
Go enjoy your antiques. As a collector told me the other day, they aren’t worth anything any more. Can’t give ‘em away.
>>they wouldn’t be buying the Chinese crap that has taken over the stores<<
Stanley Tools [some of the best hand and power tools on the planet]...moved their production to China. Through multiple mergers and acquisitions, Stanley owned DeWalt, Bostitch, Mac, Craftsman, Husky, Kobalt....yada...good stuff made in China.
We’re doomed. :)