- Joined
- Feb 9, 2017
- Messages
- 5,256
You really nailed it. We are lucky to have a local Ace that really does a good job of stocking what our little highly DIY community needs in a really tiny store. The big box stores have truly bred this monster Amazon through their ineptitude.Your story sounds familiar. I was trying to maintain 2 houses 250 miles apart. When I couldn't find something after searching one house, I would decide it must be at the other....until I got to that house a week later. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Your fuse problem started well before Amazon, when the big-box stores started displacing the well-stocked locals and franchises. Despite their size, the big-box chains only stock the stuff that moves, and only in season. One of the few well-stocked west coast chains, Orchard Supply, closed their doors in the last couple of years. We still have a couple of really good Ace Hardware stores where you can buy 1 unusual fastener if that's all you need. Living 40 miles from town, next day delivery is better than "local" availability.
When calling around looking for an item like your fuse, ask to speak to the oldest guy in the store.
It’s been mentioned before how if Sears hadn’t been so stupid they would have been Amazon before Amazon. The thing that keeps me begrudgingly coming back to Amazon is the astoundingly fast shipping/w real tracking. I went with some eBay sellers that had the same thing at the same price as Amazon and say now something about US stock. This is the second time where they send a USPS #right away but now 3days later the package has still not arrived at USPS. Because when pressed they admit they are using DHL e-commerce to get it to the USPS. And DHL is how it comes out of China, DOH! Should have gotten it from Amazon as it would have been here yesterday while I’m still seeing it’s not gotten to USPS.