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I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson

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  • HoraceH Horace

    Plot twist, Home Depot called me and asked if I meant to make five identical orders. Like a person caught for a crime and in jail, I couldn't help but brag about it. So rather than do the smart thing and just tell him yes, it was intentional, I also told him my shameful reasoning. He said "okaaaay", one of those drawn out "okaaaay"s where his voice raised at the end, then put me on hold. Then I got disconnected a minute later.

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    @Horace said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

    Plot twist, Home Depot called me and asked if I meant to make five identical orders. Like a person caught for a crime and in jail, I couldn't help but brag about it. So rather than do the smart thing and just tell him yes, it was intentional, I also told him my shameful reasoning. He said "okaaaay", one of those drawn out "okaaaay"s where his voice raised at the end, then put me on hold. Then I got disconnected a minute later.

    Good for you!

    The Brad

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    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

      Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

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      @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

      Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

      Houston is a mecca for pickups. I just spec'd out a F-150 XLT Super Crew ... Naturally aspirated 5.0 Coyote V8, 2WD, 10 speed tranny with with limited slip rear axle, mid-level option package, chrome wheels and bumpers. Specified the color Atlas Blue Metallic.

      Good mid-level truck.

      Truck is $53,815 before negotiation, in Houston.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • B blondie

        I’ve never ordered mulch in bags. I just call a mulch company and they truck it and dump it, spread it, or spray it, whatever my preference. Is it cheaper to go to Home Depot?

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        @blondie said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

        I’ve never ordered mulch in bags. I just call a mulch company and they truck it and dump it, spread it, or spray it, whatever my preference. Is it cheaper to go to Home Depot?

        We add northern white cedar mulch throughout our backyard every 3 years, that's a dump and spread job I'll hire for, definitely. The front/side need regular brown mulch, it's about $2 per bag (2 cubic feet) so about $125... yes lots of plastic bags, which I feel slightly bad about until I realize I live in Minnesota and any global warming caused by plastic waste will only increase my property value.

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          Horace
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          Our lawn guy offered to do the whole job from supplying the mulch to putting it down, but last time we did that, the mulch grew mushrooms immediately and they were everywhere. Slime molds too. My wife was displeased. So now we're supplying the mulch and the lawn guy will put it down for $150.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

            @Horace said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

            Plot twist, Home Depot called me and asked if I meant to make five identical orders. Like a person caught for a crime and in jail, I couldn't help but brag about it. So rather than do the smart thing and just tell him yes, it was intentional, I also told him my shameful reasoning. He said "okaaaay", one of those drawn out "okaaaay"s where his voice raised at the end, then put me on hold. Then I got disconnected a minute later.

            Good for you!

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            Horace
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            @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

            @Horace said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

            Plot twist, Home Depot called me and asked if I meant to make five identical orders. Like a person caught for a crime and in jail, I couldn't help but brag about it. So rather than do the smart thing and just tell him yes, it was intentional, I also told him my shameful reasoning. He said "okaaaay", one of those drawn out "okaaaay"s where his voice raised at the end, then put me on hold. Then I got disconnected a minute later.

            Good for you!

            Thanks. I made $45 on the heist, and I didn't have to leave my chair.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

              Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

              Houston is a mecca for pickups. I just spec'd out a F-150 XLT Super Crew ... Naturally aspirated 5.0 Coyote V8, 2WD, 10 speed tranny with with limited slip rear axle, mid-level option package, chrome wheels and bumpers. Specified the color Atlas Blue Metallic.

              Good mid-level truck.

              Truck is $53,815 before negotiation, in Houston.

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              @Jolly said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

              @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

              Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

              Houston is a mecca for pickups. I just spec'd out a F-150 XLT Super Crew ... Naturally aspirated 5.0 Coyote V8, 2WD, 10 speed tranny with with limited slip rear axle,

              I thought trannys were illegal in Texas? Oh, wait, Austin…

              The Brad

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              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                @Copper said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

                I brought 110 bags home in 6 trips in my suv, no charge.

                That’s a Texan, right there. He might have been born in New England and lived in Virginia, but that’s Texan…

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                @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

                That’s a Texan, right there. He might have been born in New England and lived in Virginia, but that’s Texan…

                Actually Texas was home for a while during the 70s.

                This is what I drove at the time, mulch would have been a problem. I always wanted long horns on the hood, I never got around to it.

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                This can handle 20+ 2 cubic feet bags, no problem.

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                  I don’t know, that trunk on the coupe would have been pretty damn big.

                  The Brad

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                  • B blondie

                    @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

                    Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

                    Actually, this is what most people do here if they have an older truck.

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                    @blondie said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in I wonder if Home Depot will learn its lesson:

                    Communist wuss… A real Texan would have drove his pickup over and picked them up himself…

                    Actually, this is what most people do here if they have an older truck.

                    That’s why I hang on to my old 3/4 ton Chev long box. Over the course of any given summer its usefulness is cheaper than delivery charges or the rental of a utility trailer for hauling.

                    Elbows up!

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                      blondie
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                      @Renauda Those are in high demand here for hauling, plus snow & offroad toys. They seem to have special rail systems for both. They must be custom made.

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                        Horace
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                        Logistics fail. I only got three of the orders in the first trip.

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                        Education is extremely important.

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                          LuFins Dad
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                          That’s going to cost them some money

                          The Brad

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                            Better get Nacho to distribute that mulch ASAP so it doesn't kill your grass!

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                              Horace
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                              After I go for my 10 mile jog this morning between 9 and 9:45 am, I'll grab the 18 bags and put them in the garage. My breakfast of a half cup of oatmeal awaits at 9:47.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                A bit cooler today. Make use of the weather.

                                Summer in Houston is coming...

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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