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Pool Manufacturer Shuts Down, Leaving Homeowners With Empty Pits And Liens On...
The Aqua Pool & Spa company in California had been building pools for over 20 years and had built up a good reputation, but after a bank went under and called in a $3 million loan, the company...
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Home Depot Won't Let Me Use My Electronic Gift Certificate Without Printout
Lucas saved up his credit card reward points to buy a Home Depot eGift Card with the understanding that he only needed the number to make a purchase. A Home Depot clerk denied his purchase, insisting...
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How To Make Your Home More Environmentally Friendly On The Cheap
You don’t have to line your roof with solar panels, disconnect all your appliances and install a sun roof in every room to green up your home. Nor do you have to wage a destructive deforestation...
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Former Installer: Why You Shouldn't Get Lowe's Installation (Or Why You Should)
An anonymous reader who once worked installing as an installer for Lowe’s shared some very helpful advice with us: you probably shouldn’t go to a big-box store for your deck-building and...
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Lowe's Teaches Us: Protection Plans Are Useless, And/Or Lock Up Your Receipts
W. warns us all: don’t buy expensive tools and the Master Protection Plan that goes with them from Lowe’s. If you do, keep the receipt somewhere that you will absolutely not lose it, like a fireproof...
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Lowe's Wants You To Be Your Own General Contractor At Home
Eric’s dad bought his kitchen renovation from a local Lowe’s store. What he didn’t know is that to wander in and buy services like this from a big-box home improvement store, you personally are in...
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Save Money When Remodeling Your Kitchen
You don’t have to overcook your budget to revamp your kitchen. Be willing to get your materials from unorthodox places, as well as learn how to do some of the improvements yourself, and you can end up...
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Research And Determination Made Lowe's Fix My Carpets
A few years ago, Justin had workers from Lowe’s come install carpet in his house. After the warranty on the work had expired, the carpet began to stretch out in high-traffic areas. Even though he’s not...
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Kohler Advertises Lifetime Warranty, Actually Means it
Often our readers feel like “customer service” exists to send customers in circles, and a “lifetime warranty” only lasts as long as the company thinks the lifetime of the warranty should be. But there...
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Lowe’s Installs Wrong Door, Wants Customer To Pay For Installation Of...
WRONG A Sacramento woman ordered a beautiful new front door for her house: shiny white with brass fittings and a window up top. It was a very nice-looking door, and that’s what was on the estimate she...
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How To Not Suck… At Deciding When To DIY
(NineInchNachosVII)Considering how expensive home repairs can be — and how dang easy they make fix-it jobs look on TV — it can be incredibly tempting to save some money by doing it yourself. But DIY...
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Beaver Wanders Into A Lowe’s Store, Finds Nothing Useful
If you find a trip to your local home-improvement superstore daunting and stressful, imagine being a young adult beaver preparing to build your first home. One of the rodents wandered into the chain’s...
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Sears Bringing Paint Back To Store Shelves Nationwide
Now that home improvement materials are selling like hot cakes, Sears is hoping it can capitalize on the DIY trend by selling paint for the first time in four years. Noting that a strong housing market...
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DirectBuy Wants Everyone To Know Its Business Model Is Less Terrible Now
Yesterday, we shared the news that DirectBuy, a company often featured on this very site for its anti-consumer practices, had filed for bankruptcy protection. However, the company wants to make sure...
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Home Depot, Menards Customers Cry False Advertising When They Learn “4x4s”...
Talk to any contractor or carpenter — or most people who are reasonably familiar with home construction and repair — and they’ll tell you that a “4×4” piece of lumber is not actually four inches by...
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