04-06-2019, 06:49 PM
(04-06-2019, 01:36 PM)rayray Wrote:(04-02-2019, 06:54 AM)fenders53 Wrote: Chick Fila, Hobby Lobby, Levis until recently. And definitely Menard's. Menard's absolutely crushes it wherever they exist. I deal with that everyday at my job at HD. They are the king of cheap stuff people want, that I can't compete with that crowd.
As far as "quirky". I happen to share the values of some of these quirky companies. Appears to me they are proving you can work around being closed on Sunday. If nothing else, it helps manage the overtime problem retailers face with the fulltime part of their staff. They are proving there are plenty of people OK with that plan.
Looked at Menard's because I never heard of them before--reminds me of cheapo Harbor Freight Tools--so damn cheap and WILL BREAK but who cares in our throw away society. It does bother me--one of my weaknesses is I hate cheap shit.
It's like a basin wrench--I have an old good one made in u.s.a but since I only use it once every 10 to 12 years who cares lol....a cheap one would last just as long how I use it...
I have a selection of tools. From high end if I ever made a living with them, to Harbor Freight stuff for one off jobs. Around here HD has good, better and best, at a slight premium price. So does Lowes IMO. Menard's mostly sells probably good enough, and really cheap junk. If I need ten good boards I can go sort through 50 at Menard's if I want to save 20%. Pros have no time for that foolishness, and neither do more discerning DIYers. That said, Menards is very dominant wherever they exist in the upper Midwest. They aren't putting HD out of business, but I have no doubt my HD store would do another $20M annual sales if they weren't here. (We do $30M now). We'll beat their prices on identical items , but mostly they don't carry them.