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Oh, I love Ace. The employees know me by name. That's probably a red flag, but I don't care. Yeah, it's pricey though.
We also have Outdoor Supply Hardware here. The nut and bolt section is handyman heaven.
Still, as great as they are, sometimes I need construction stuff from the other stores.
Do you have Harbor Freight? I forgot about that one. It’s hard to avoid the big places and they know this well.
Yup, have those around too. My motto with Harbor Freight is "buy cheap first. If it works, great. If it breaks, buy better." Serves me well, but not worth testing & investing in battery lock-in tool lines.
Lots of neat gadgets and supplies though. How much tech do you need in screwdrivers, clamps, and consumables.
That is a great motto for that place lmao. I hate the tool lock-in hell.
TBH, I don't see it as a red flag. Well, unless the employee is making notes in a corporate system about you or w/e, that's different.
But if you buy stuff, and employee recognizes you with their human brain and human eyeballs, I don't have a problem with that. It's the data aggregation which is harmful IMO. The automated systems extracting all possible info. The personal dossiers. The population scale. The inferences made about everyone, and selling to other co's to predict and manipulate all our behavior.
I walk into local sandwich shop, Joe behind the counter greets me by name b/c I'm in every week? I'm cool with that.
The red flags were more in jest as I have a habit of spending too much if I hit ACE unsupervised by my better half. :D