Whew. One word—blisters.
I now have one on each thumb. Ouch.
Well, you know, HD is close to me in New Hampshire, which is tax-free. Lowes is a ways away in the opposite direction. The local hardware stores scalp the local clientele. That’s probably because of a combination of the toney town and HD being just up the street. Nevertheless, I balk at spending $16 plus tax on a rake when I can get one tax-free for $8.99. I would have bought one at KMart, but they took down all their garden tools and have now set up their back to school displays. Grrr!
I have, however, completely weaned myself from stepping foot inside WalMart.
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ME TOO! ... and I love Canadian Tire stores. They aren’t cheap and I could get the same at WallyWorld, ... but it’s closer. 
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I’d go just about anywhere else besides WalMart. They play the worst crap on their speaker system. One of the last times I was there, there was some WalMart produced program on teaching women how to be better wives and mothers. It was so insulting. Maybe I missed the program teaching men how to be better husbands and fathers, but I kind of doubt there was one. I hate that place.
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Y’know, there do exist less-Walmartian mega-hardware stores. Even Lowe’s might be a better corporate citizen.
That said, my last hardware purchase (metric and English-sized Allen wrench sets) was at HD.