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#1 Postby boca » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:36 pm

Home Depot will be on Hurricane status as of tomorrow here in S FL
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#2 Postby jlauderdal » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:44 pm

boca wrote:Home Depot will be on Hurricane status as of tomorrow here in S FL

and waht happens when home depot goes on hurricane status?
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#3 Postby stormraiser » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:46 pm

They probably do what they do after they drive the little guys out of business.......raise the prices
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#4 Postby mf_dolphin » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:49 pm

I bet they're already rolling in plywood by the truckload. Time to buy stock in Georgia-Pacific and Home Depot. By Wednesday I bet the rush is on in S Florida.
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#5 Postby drudd1 » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:50 pm

I love to take shots at the big stores too, but in my case, Home Depot really came through. They diverted material from up north to our area, and the prices didn't go up a bit. I know that from having been in the store making purchases both before and after the storm. Don't know about all of them, but ours didn't take advantage of the situation in the least.
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#6 Postby jabber » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:06 pm

Was in a HD today... They were getting ready. All the generators and propane tanks were already sold out. It was not going nuts yet. I figure Moday or Tuesday the sh*t will hit the fan around here. I am ready but will still go to Publix on Thursday or Friday just to take in the sites :)
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#7 Postby btsgmdad » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:07 pm

I don't envy y'all in the least. The closest I ever saw to what you go through on a regular basis was during the blackout last year.
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#8 Postby drudd1 » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:14 pm

Sigh, and let the chaos begin again. We are really in no shape to have another storm hit. Guess I can hope and pray for a fish!
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#9 Postby KBBOCA » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:55 pm

jabber wrote: I figure Moday or Tuesday the sh*t will hit the fan around here. I am ready but will still go to Publix on Thursday or Friday just to take in the sites :)


LOL! Too funny... I'm FAR away from S. FL at the moment, but if I were at my home in Boca, you know where I would want to go to check out the "sights" and eavesdrop on all the kibbitzing? The Boys on Military Trail in Delray Beach. Boy I would just LOVE to hear the cash register conversation there! It's a great store, but crazy even at normal times!
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Re: Home Depot

#10 Postby Deenac813 » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:55 pm

boca wrote:Home Depot will be on Hurricane status as of tomorrow here in S FL



How do you know? I was in there today and everything seemed calm and not really busy.
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#11 Postby LaPlaceFF » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:52 pm

drudd1 wrote:I love to take shots at the big stores too, but in my case, Home Depot really came through. They diverted material from up north to our area, and the prices didn't go up a bit. I know that from having been in the store making purchases both before and after the storm. Don't know about all of them, but ours didn't take advantage of the situation in the least.



In their Hurricane guidebook they say that they don't gouge prices when a storm is coming or as someone says, alert mode or something like that.
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#12 Postby Downdraft » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:14 pm

I know how Home Depot was here when Charley hit. They didn't raise prices and they diverted stock from northern stores to here. They are in business to make money I don't begrudge them that. The fact is they got in what the people needed when they needed it. I'll shop Home Depot anytime for anything they are okay in my book!
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Re: Home Depot

#13 Postby vbhoutex » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:18 pm

Deenac813 wrote:
boca wrote:Home Depot will be on Hurricane status as of tomorrow here in S FL



How do you know? I was in there today and everything seemed calm and not really busy.


He works at Home Depot. I know that from a previous post weeks ago.
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