Home Depot Prices? Off Topic

[Builder45]

There is a reason HD and Lowes are cheaper. I live in the town where Lowes was started and know some of the big wheels that run the company. Lowes is about selling home-improvement products just as is Home Depot. Lowes or Home Depot cannot afford to hire professionals to inform people about products. The simple solution is; Know what you need before you go and plan on waiting a while to get it.

As a contractor I see Lowes and Home Depot in a different light.
I use lowes for cabinet quotes inexpensive tile and lighting and appliances(because people can see what they have not just look at a book) for everything else I use specialty stores for plumbing and electrical fixtures,any kind of flooring products etc. Lowes and Home Depot were designed for the do-it-yourselfer nothing more nothing less. Lowes used to cater to the Contractor with trips and home packages and incentives but that was before my time and before Home and Garden Television.