Our Home Depot learned this lesson when we went to buy a $700 item. My husband was with me so they thought they could ignore my request to open a large box. When I said that we would be going to Lowes which is located 125 miles away on the other side of the island because they knew the value of customer service, the man had the nerve to actually laugh. I laughed too, on my way out of the store. I won't deal with that clerk anymore. Betsy At 09:01 AM 11/16/2009, you wrote: > > >I agree with you a hundred percent Betsy. Lowes is very good about opening >packages for inspection. Home Depot, on the other hand, is not so >accommodating but if you tell them what you said, all of a sudden, they >change their attitude. > >Tom Hodges > >From: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >[mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] >On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney >Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:41 PM >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] surprising question > >Aloha Matt, >I would take one of your bits with you and tell >them to open the package for you so you know what >you're buying. If they are doing their job, they >won't mind opening it if they think you're going >to buy it. If they open the wrong one, or sell >you the wrong one, they'll have to deal with an >open package when you return it anyway. I hate >those plastic packages. If they give me trouble, >I ask them if they would buy something they >couldn't see and didn't know if it would work. Changes their attitude >quickly. >Betsy >At 06:03 AM 11/16/2009, you wrote: > > > > > >Does anyone know a good handle out there I can get for my screw driver >bits? > >I have a ton of those and my good ratcheting > >handle walked off in my brother's pocket. My > >brother is no longer welcome in my home much > >because of general untrustworthyness stemming > >from drug use and bad choices, so I feel pretty > >confident in searching for a new one to buy. > >This handle had a ratcheting and locking piece, > >and you could change the direction of the > >ratcheting with a switch. The only thing it > >didn't do was bend, or fold sideways and I figure they have those. > >I got this handle in a socket and wrench set, it > >was a package deal, probably by craftsman > >The screw driver bits are probably six sided > >ends which fit into the screwdriver handle. I > >think that's pretty standard. I had another handle, but it's not >ratcheting. > >Just figured someone might have a suggestion > >which would save me the frustration of buying > >that which I can't see under the plastic. > >Thanks, > > > >Matt > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Tom Hodges > >To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:32 AM > >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] surprising question > > > >I just counted my screw drivers. I have 57 of them. I must have lost one > >or two of them, I thought I had more. > > > >Tom > > > >From: > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >[mailto:<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com > >blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] > >On Behalf Of Dan Rossi > >Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:02 AM > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] surprising question > > > >Cliff, > > > >I need more screw drivers as I can never seem to find the one particular > >driver I need at any given time. > > > >Your story gives me the heeby geebies. The only thing I find more > >horrifying than the ignorance in the sighted community about what a blind > >person can do, is the ignorance in the blind community about what a blind > >person can do. If other blind people can't imagine a blind person doing > >this or that, then how can we possibly get the sighted community to > >believe it. > > > >Incredibly sad story. > > > >-- > >Blue skies. > >Dan Rossi > >Carnegie Mellon University. > >E-Mail: > ><mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>d...@andrew.cmu.edu ><mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > > <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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