Don,

Quite true!

We have several apartments and the only thing we buy at "the orange store" (as the 4.5yr old calls it) are {some} light fixtures and sinks/vanities and then only because they have a descent selection.   We purchase our tools and building materials elsewhere (local & regional suppliers) as the pricing is better and the monies stay in the community.

On 06-Aug-2015, at 19:12, Don Hanson wrote:

>  I know it isn't Friday quite yet, but I'm going off this weekend with no
> Net contact so I thought I'd send this along a little early...
> 
>  When everyone mentions Home Depot as a (the only?) good source for stuff
> we use in our Vanagons (there, a little van content)  be aware that Home
> Depot is no longer always "the" automatic bargain place to source
> products...rather the opposite is what I have been finding.
> 
>