"Mel M Kelly" wrote in message
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When you go to Home Depot or Wal-Mart or any of those big box stores you
know you are going to get screwed before you get there. But that is all
we have any more. The big ones ran all the good small businesses out. I
will not go in a Wal-Mart. I don't like the way they do business. Look
what they did to Rubbermaid Co.


From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley


If you know what you're doing you can get the best bargains ever at Home
Depot and Lowes. I bought 2 slightly damaged landscape trailers for the
price of one - fixed one in the parking lot with a piece from the other -
and got the 2nd fixed at no cost with a replacement part from the
manufacturer. - I bought a returned and fixed Troybilt tiller for 1/5 the
original price - and a trailer load of broken bags of potting soil / manure,
etc for $20 - and a whole box of asparagus plants for the price of one. -
plus I have a never ending supply of pallets for kindling, compost bins, and
firewood racks. I have to look out for #1 - and I couldn't make out like
that at a "small business".