Thread: Great find at Home Depot

I just had to share this. Last week I was walking into Home Depot and notice a weed eater sticking out of the trash can. I knew immediately what had happened. Just to be sure, I asked the girl at the front desk.
She said that a customer had the weed eater for a little over 30 days and they have a 30 day return policy. Enough said, I asked if I could salvage it.
I didn't get a chance to look at it until yesterday. A mud dauber (or what ever you call it) had built a little mud nest in the muffler.
Cleaned it out, poured a little gas in it and it started on the 2nd pull. What a deal.
If only this guy would have the same problem with his "0" radius riding mower or something.
I kinda feel guilty but the guy threw it in the trash, one mans trash is another mans treasure.

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Kevin,

I've had my chain saw for over 12 years....
Recently, I had a lightening strike a very large Bradford Pear tree in my front yard. The tree split right down the middle and luckily fell to the street side.

Well, It had been a few years since I last used my chain saw and I figured I'd have to clean'er up and that would do it--- Naaaaaaa. She was looking for that untouched forest in the sky....

Anyway, this gave me the opportunity to run down to the Lowes't place down the road to look for another one. I picked out a Poulan 20" 'er and felt like Paul Freaking Bunyon ready to go to work. Having to basically assembly the freaking thing, I finally got er up and running. The thing worked like a champ, making short work out of a full yard or debris (a full half a tree that was 40' high).

I had every thing cut to where It could be stacked pretty neat for the shreader and I noticed that I had left several of the limbs a bit too long on one side. Now, everything is done (complete) and all I have to do is cut this one last section in to two...

I start that sucker up and get 9/10th's thru the thickness when the chainsaw dies. I have but less than an inch to saw. I then try to start that sucker with one more pull when the pull cord and re-coil spring jumps off track--- the pull cord is now fully extended and will not recoil.

Now, I just bought this sucker 3 hours before hand and now it's down. Looking at what was left to cut, I jumped down on it with my body weight-- it broke.

I then took the chainsay back to the Lowes't place around and got a full credit on my card. I was out nothing.

Worked out pretty well...

Rich

I didn' know that about Home Depot. I'll start checking out the trash cans from now on. What a deal!

2 years ago, I went to the local HomeWreckers store to buy a paint sprayer. Not willing to shell out $180.00 for one, I bought a cheaper one. On the way home, just by chance, I stopped at the Habitat Re Store. Lo and behold, there was the more expensive model sprayer, priced at $5.00. Label said parts only, guy at the desk said it was probably just clogged. I bought it, took it home, took it apart and sure enough, it was clogged. it even came with the part needed to make it work.
This sprayer was bought and returned to Home Depot and then sent to Habitat.
My gain, Home Depot's loss!

Originally Posted by Brian M Jones

I stopped at the Habitat Re Store.

Never heard of that before, what is it?

Habitat for Humanity is a wold-wide organisation, building homes for disadvantaged peoples. To fund part of their work, they have opened up retail outlets across North America. These stores, called ReStore take donations of un wanted or un needed construction material and other things new and used. When something is returned to Home Depot, at least here in Canada, rather than ship it back to the manufacturer, it gets sent to a central warehouse and then given to Habitat by the truckload. Each store manager drives to toronto and piocks up goos for sale in their store.
building of these homes is done all by volunteers, with donated labor and with materials either bought from donations or donated directly.
Hope this Helps

I know what Habitat for Humanity is, never heard of that other place, though, Habitat Re Store.

These are the Re Store's in the state of Florida

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Habitat ReStore Directory - Florida

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City/Restore NameAddressContactApopka
Home Store, HFH of Gtr Apopka 2001 N Rock Springs Rd
Apopka, FL Phone: (407) 880-8852
Arcadia
Arcadia-DeSoto Co. HFH Re-Sale Store 33 W Magnolia St
Arcadia, FL Phone: (863) 494-4118
Big Pine Key
HFH Home Center of Key West 30320 Overseas Hwy
Big Pine Key, FL Phone: (305) 872-4456
Fax: (305) 872-4404
habikeysrestore@yahoo.com
Boca Raton
South Palm Bch Co HFH Restore
272 S Dixie Hwy
Boca Raton, FL Phone: (561) 362-7284
Fax: (561) 362-7286
habitat_restore@bellsouth.net
Bunnell
Flagler HFH Home Store 312 S State St
Bunnell, FL Phone: (386) 437-9855
Chipley
Washington Co (FL) HFH Thrift Store 808 Main St
Chipley, FL Phone: (850) 415-5600
Cocoa
Space Coast HFH Thrift Shop 333 E King St
Cocoa, FL 32922-4607Phone: (321) 454-3890
Dade City
East Pasco HFH ReStore 14940 Citrus Country Dr
Dade City, FL Phone: (352) 523-2020
Fax: (352) 523-2021
ephfhrestore@earthlink.net
Daytona Beach
Halifax Habitat Home Store 695 Mason Ave
Daytona Beach, FL Phone: (386) 226-2006
Fax: (386) 271-9990
homestore@halifaxhabitat.org
Deland
West Volusia Bargain Barn
604 S Spring Garden Ave
Deland, FL 32720-6671Phone: (386) 734-7268
Fort Lauderdale
Broward Co, Habitat Restore of
513 W Broward Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312-1743Phone: (954) 763-7771
Fax: (954) 763-7771
habitatf@bellsouth.net
Fort Pierce
St Lucie Habitat Blders Barn 2904 Okeechobee Rd
Fort Pierce, FL Phone: (772) 460-6336
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa Co HFH Thrift Shop 311 South Ave
Fort Walton Beach, FL Phone: (850) 862-3769
Gainesville
Alachua Habitat Resale Store 2317 SW 13th St
Gainesville, FL 32608-2006Phone: (352) 373-5728
Fax: (352) 371-5871
Groveland
Lake County HFH Thrift Store (Clermont) 7432 W Hwy 50 Ste 112
Groveland, FL Phone: (352) 243-8330
Fax: (352) 243-8332
Inverness
Citrus County HFH FL Home Store
3685 E Forest Dr
Inverness, FL 34453-0787Phone: (352) 341-1800
Fax: (352) 341-0824
thehomestore@earthlink.net
Jacksonville
Habijax-Home Store 8159 Arlington Expwy
Jacksonville, FL Jupiter
Palm Beach Co, Thrift Store of 1635 N Old Dixie Hwy
Jupiter, FL Phone: (561) 743-3660
Fax: (561) 743-5877
Leesburg
Lake County HFH Thrift Store (Leesburg) 200 N Lone Oak Dr
Leesburg, FL 34748-4715Phone: (352) 728-6366
Fax: (352) 728-4834
Malone
Jackson County HFH Thrift Store (Malone) 5404 10th St
Malone, FL Phone: (850) 569-5493
Marianna
Jackson County HFH Thrift Store (Marianna) 4441 Jackson St
Marianna, FL Phone: (850) 482-7997
Melbourne
Brevard Co, Inc. Restore; HFH 4450-L Enterprise Ct
Melbourne, FL Phone: (321) 255-5950
Miami
HFH Restore of North Miami 3800 NW 22nd Ave
Miami, FL Phone: (305) 637-4913
Fax: (305) 637-4953
Miami
HFH Restore of South Miami 19100 SW 106th Ave Unit 18
Miami, FL Phone: (305) 259-2891
Fax: (305) 251-1144
Middleburg
Clay County Home Improvement Thrift Store
1707 Blanding Blvd
Middleburg, FL Phone: (904) 282-7590
Fax: (904) 282-7591
cchh4@bellsouth.net
Naples
Collier County Habitat Home Store 11145 Tamiami Trl E
Naples, FL Phone: (239) 732-6388
Fax: (239) 775-0047
jpash@hfhcollier.com
New Port Richey
West Pasco HFH ReStore
3531 Grand Blvd
New Port Richey, FL Phone: (727) 843-8786
Fax: (727) 843-9001
WPRestore@Verizon.net
New Smyrna Beach
Southeast Volusia Habitat Thrift Shop
722 S Dixie Fwy
New Smyrna Beach, FL Phone: (386) 428-5010
Fax: (386) 427-4352
sevhfh@hotmail.com
North Fort Myers
Lee County HFH Retail Thrift Store 1288 N Tamiami Trl
North Fort Myers, FL Phone: (239) 652-0388
Ocala
Ocala HFH ReStore 911 N Magnolia Ave
Ocala, FL 34475-5109Phone: (352) 401-0075
Orange City
Southwest Volusia Thrift Shop 196 W Blue Springs Ave
Orange City, FL 32763-6510Phone: (386) 774-0083
Orlando
Orlando Area Habitat Home Store
2105 N Orange Blossom Trl
Orlando, FL Phone: (407) 426-7192
Fax: (407) 426-7859
sjones@habitat-orlando.org
Pensacola
Pensacola HFH HomeStore 5810 N Palafox St
Pensacola, FL Phone: (850) 476-0001
homestore@pensacolahabitat.org
Punta Gorda
Charlotte County Habitat ReSale Store 1750 Manzana Ave
Punta Gorda, FL 33950-6049Phone: (941) 639-0586
Fax: (691) 639-7414
resalestore@charlottecountyhfh.org
Saint Petersburg
Pinellas HFH ReStore 3071 118th Ave N
Saint Petersburg, FL Phone: (727) 209-2199
habitat.outlet@phfh.org
Sanford
Seminole County HFH Thrift Store 1100 Americana Blvd
Sanford, FL 32773-8027Phone: (407) 688-8874
Fax: (407) 688-6648
Sarasota
Sarasota HFH Home Improvement Outlet
1757 East Ave N
Sarasota, FL Phone: (941) 363-0777
Fax: (941) 363-7775
habitat.hio@verizon.net
Sebring
Highlands County HFH ReStore 137 S Commerce St
Sebring, FL Phone: (863) 385-7111
Tallahassee
Tallahassee Restore HFH
2921 Roberts Rd
Tallahassee, FL Phone: (850) 504-3939
homestore@nettally.com
Tampa
Hillsborough Co. HFH Home Improvement Center
3738 E Hillsborough Ave
Tampa, FL Phone: (813) 237-1978
Fax: (813) 237-1967
Venice
South Sarasota Co ReStore, HFH
1400 Ogden Rd
Venice, FL Phone: (941) 493-0529
briandvenice@yahoo.com
Vero Beach
Indian River Habitat Home Ctr
1
Vero Beach, FL Phone: (772) 257-0222
Fax: (772) 257-0218
bridgest@fdn.com
West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Co. ReStore 1225 S Military Trl
West Palm Beach, FL Phone: (561) 304-0222
Wildwood
Sumter County HFH Homestore 6761 County Road 149
Wildwood, FL Phone: (352) 330-0881
Fax: (352) 330-2027
sumterhabitat@aol.com
Winter Haven
East Polk HFH Home Improv. Supplies Store 3550 Recker Hwy
Winter Haven, FL Phone: (863) 292-2256
Fax: (863) 292-2257

Navigate through Habitat for Humanity Int'l to find ReStore's and affilliates in the US and Canada

Thanks for the info. but I'm in Texas land. Where in Florida are you located? My wife is from Key West.
Carl

I am in Ontario, Canada. My wife hails from Houston. Matter of fact she's there right now visitin' kinfolk. then on to Georgia for more visitin'

Weed eater update: the trashed weed eater works great, but it has that auto feed thing so you don't have to tap it on the sidewalk to expand the line.
I don't know if I really like that feature, sure glad that other guy bought it.
But, I sure won't be throwing it away, it'll make a great stand by if something happens to my other one.

Which reminds me, I can't believe I forgot to mention this. I was helping a friend clean out a shed that he was going to tear down. He said everything goes to the dump. I asked, what about these two weed eaters? He said they both go, the newest one was never used because it wouldn't start. I tossed the old one and took the new one home. I dumped the poorly mixed gas and added my own, that fixed it. I have been using it for about 3 years now.
At this rate I may never purchase a weed eater again.