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Years ago my son played baseball in Little League. I was a coach and involved with Little League management. We had a really nice fenced in field with lights and snack bar. We played a lot of night games with the older kids. The electricity bills were quite high because of the lights. We decided to build a small extension to the clubhouse to install a generator to power the lights. We had carpenters and handymen in our organization so the labor would not cost anything. We put together a list of lumber and supplies we needed and sent it to 3 local lumber yards and to Home Depot headquarters. This was at a time when Home Depot was opening stores all over the region. People were complaining about how Home Depot is going to put all the family owned lumber yards and hardware stores out of business. People called for boycotts, saying Home Depot was going to ruin our local economy. We received quotes from the 3 local lumber yards. They all were willing to give us a small discount. We received a letter from Home Depot headquarters instructing us to go see a particular manager at a Home Depot about 30 minutes from the field and he would supply us with everything on our list at no cost. They did not ask for anything in return. Our economy was not ruined, 2 0f the 3 local lumber yards closed, but the Home Depot employs dozens more people than those 2 yards did. We still have local hardware stores although the have changed somewhat. We don't really know what the future holds but I am optimistic.
Johann
www.coachtrim.com
Johann
www.coachtrim.com