Home Depot Opens in Bedford Stuyvesant
A Brownstoner regular reports from the new Home Depot that opened last Thursday in Bed Stuy: “I was there over the weekend — sure enough, it’s a fully stocked Home Depot complete with a Garden Center. They have a pretty good lumber and wood section and enough molding, banister spindles and ceilings medallions to fake…
A Brownstoner regular reports from the new Home Depot that opened last Thursday in Bed Stuy: “I was there over the weekend — sure enough, it’s a fully stocked Home Depot complete with a Garden Center. They have a pretty good lumber and wood section and enough molding, banister spindles and ceilings medallions to fake a brownstone interior!”
If you prefer big box retailers, that’s fine. But if you bemoan the loss of Mom & Pop shops, then support your local hardware store.
I find Lowe’s and Home Depot often more expensive than local hardware store (Tony’s on Smith st) if you compare exact same item.
They box stores have more variety and do carry cheaper item – which may make it seem like a bargain.
Hamilton Ave. HD is has filthy parking lot and messy store, and Lowes parking lot is getting dirtier by the day. But have never found employees rude – sometimes not knowledgeable but always polite.
Next time you go to Home Depot try this experiment. Buy something and when you leave the store refuse to show your register receipt. Say, “I prefer not to”. The law says that they can’t hold you for shop lifting unless they charge you with a crime and they won’t stop you because they don’t want to be sued for false arrest. I never show them my receipt.
Or call the 800 number on the back of your HD credit card and ask customer service in Atlanta why the security firm they subcontracted out to doesn’t trust their cashiers to ring up a simple transaction. They always tell you that they are checking for errors but anyone who has a legitimate error on their receipt knows how hard it is to get your money back.
LIKE THAT MAGIC MARKER CHECK-MARK THEY DO IS SOME KIND OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROTOCOL.
Ask customer service why when you shop in the South, they don’t check for errors or have swat teams dressed in black waiting at the door, but they do in Brooklyn. LIKE THAT LITTLE MAGICMARKER CHECK THEY DO ON YOUR RECEIPT IS SOME KIND OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROTOCOL.
I read somewhere (maybe the Times) that Lowes aims to cater to women– recognizing that a lot of women shop at hardware stores and dread going to Home Depot.
As a member of the female demographic myself, I find this plausible. Home Depot sucks ass as a shopping experience, although things are so much cheaper there than they are at the much-more-charming-and-hospitable Pintchik.
Of the superstores, I find Lowes infinitely more manageable. Things are organized better and there might even be someone around who can answer a question.
However, having framed this in terms of gender, I’ll also say that my boyfriend shares my preference for Lowes. Maybe it’s the store for people of both sexes who lack Hardware Machismo (ie ladies & geeks)…
Is this some cruel bad photoshop joke?
Home Depot is the hell of hardware stores- evey consumer’s worst mightmare. They go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible to spend your money there. I think they deliberately train their employees to be unhelpful and rude. Lowes is so much better- I think they pay their employees a bit more, so they actually try to help you and are more competent. Having another hellish home depot that is demoralising to customers and employees is tragic.
check it out — we won’t tell …
You would not catch me dead in a Home Depot of Lowes. I love Pintchik on Flatbush. Possibly the best hardware store in the city.
I went in on the day they opened to look around. It is an unusual HD since it has a SECOND FLOOR! There were a lot of people there just looking around. Most were looking confused since they didn’t know the layout of the store yet.
On Saturday I went back to buy a gift for the neighborhood handyman who has helped me so many times and that’s when I saw the wave of people descend on the store. I was so excited to see so many people walking up and down the street to go to HD. I actually met up with my next door neighbor in an aisle and we talked about how amazing it was to see so much activity in this part of bed-stuy.
I’m extremely happy that they are here.
we find lowes to be no better in the end. they just have a slightly different focus in terms of what they stock. i’m going to check this new depot out later today.