I am reworking the DC drops behind the knee wall in my shop as part of the autogate installation. I needed a few feet of 6" PVC S&D. Of course, as all of you who have looked know, that stuff is hard to find. I tried all the local plumbing supply, Ferguson's Waterworks, etc. here in Washington and Greenville. No luck, whatsoever. Then I thought I remembered that John Deere Landscapes had it. So, what the hey, I gave them a call. Ureka, they had 6" S&D!!!! though I was a little skeptical, he repeated the correct nomenclature to me- PVC S&D, ASTM 2729, solid perf. I was in the big city already, so it was just just a quick trip to the other side of town to the John Deere place. As I pulled in the lot I could see stacks of the stuff in their yard. :eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc
I eagerly went in with a big grin, told the guy that I was the one who called earlier, and said I just need one 10' length. We chatted about this and that while he did up the ticket. When he said, "that will be $56.58" ($5.30/ft. + tax), I nearly fell on the floor!!!!! Yikes!!!!! I was speechless, but paid it anyway. When you gotta have it, you gotta have it. Only a few years earlier, before the price of gas and petroleum based products had gone crazy, I paid about $13 for a 10' length. I had forgotten what the NCWWers paid last fall.
When I got home and researched the prices mentioned by Jim Murphy and others here, I felt sick. Then I went to the John Deere online catalog where it listed for $2.27 / ft. I knew I had been taken to the cleaners. You better believe I will give them a call tomorrow and give them a piece of my mind!!!!! :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
I eagerly went in with a big grin, told the guy that I was the one who called earlier, and said I just need one 10' length. We chatted about this and that while he did up the ticket. When he said, "that will be $56.58" ($5.30/ft. + tax), I nearly fell on the floor!!!!! Yikes!!!!! I was speechless, but paid it anyway. When you gotta have it, you gotta have it. Only a few years earlier, before the price of gas and petroleum based products had gone crazy, I paid about $13 for a 10' length. I had forgotten what the NCWWers paid last fall.
When I got home and researched the prices mentioned by Jim Murphy and others here, I felt sick. Then I went to the John Deere online catalog where it listed for $2.27 / ft. I knew I had been taken to the cleaners. You better believe I will give them a call tomorrow and give them a piece of my mind!!!!! :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead: