[Zrob]

and another thing: Home Depot will NOT allow Salvation Army bellringers at Christmas time. But they do allow illegals to hang around out front.

I do all my business at Lowes which does allow the SA, and I hope you will too.

[seadevil]

I used to do a fair amount of consulting for HD Corporate. This is the direct result of HD being permitted to open stores in Mexico....they were "asked" not to provide "impediments" to "migrants" back in the USA as part of the deal. All any Mexican, illegal or otherwise, has to do is go to the nearest consulate and lodge a "complaint" against HD and the whole arraingment could come unglued for HD...a dirty little secret not readily publicized.

Nardelli (HD CEO) has had corporate level folks canned for repeatedly pointing out - in the face of "hints" not to do so - that this is a form of blackmail.

The bean counters at HD, of course, see it quite differently.

[TheOracleAtLilac]

HD's got it's share of problems compared to Lowes - the biggest being store management & cleanliness IMHO.

there are some things HD does better, however - like plumbing valves, etc.

I shop on price/availability & contribute to S.A. via check.

Personally, I feel HD's & Target's exclusion of S.A. from their stores @ Xmas is due to some a$$hole in their respective legal departments.