# Beware of this latest Home Depot scam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950 "2007-11-27T20:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/21 "2007-11-28T03:56:54Z")
I don’t go to Home Depot anymore. I used to work there back in college in the paint department. I went to a different one a few years later, looking for a gusset. I ended up leaving with a ball valve, wooden trusses, and one hell of a carbide-tipped bit. All of this without the female joints. :smack: Tripler Man, sometimes all a guy needs is just a good dovetail. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/22 "2007-11-28T04:04:10Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] Please tell us which Home Depot they are operating at, so that we can check this out ourselves (with empty wallets, of course). [/QUOTE] Stay out of this Ohio, we’ll just keep them to ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/23 "2007-11-28T12:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Ladies - if a man comes to the door and asks to see your tits, _do not show them to him_. It is a scam: he is only trying to see your tits. [/QUOTE] What is it about guys always wanting to look at a pair of small birds? \*Why yes, I am aware that jjimm is in GB and of the obvious double entendre, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/24 "2007-11-28T13:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] A few years ago I borrowed $100 from a buddy of mine. When I went to his house to pay him back, he had run an errand but was going to be returning soon. His wife, who had some of the nicest jugs I had ever seen told me I could come in and wait for him. While waiting I just could not get my eyes off his wife’s boobs. I finally worked up the nerve to ask her if I could see her boobs, I would even give her $100. To my surprise she agreed, raised her shirt and gave me an eyeful. After 5 minutes I told her I had to go so I gave her the money. She told me she would tell Dave I stopped by, I told her to tell Dave I gave her the money I owed him. [/QUOTE] Clever, that. I wish I had the nerve. I’ve done some electrical work for some rather well-to-do’s and for some very nice looking clients. “You know, rather than paying me in cash…” 'Cept I always seem to need the money more than I need an eye-full of boobies. I don’t really mean that ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/25 "2007-11-28T16:36:39Z")
**Uncommon Sense** was _lying_? I’ve been at Home Depot every day for a week, taking stuff in and out of my trunk. You suck, buddy! Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/26 "2007-11-28T18:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] taking stuff in and out of my trunk. [/QUOTE] Jesus man! What you do in the privacy of your home is fine, but in the parking lot? That’s just rude. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/27 "2007-11-28T18:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] **Uncommon Sense** was _lying_? I’ve been at Home Depot every day for a week, taking stuff in and out of my trunk. You suck, buddy! Peace, mangeorge [/QUOTE] No, you are just either hideous or look incredibly poor. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/28 "2007-11-28T18:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] No, you are just either hideous or look incredibly poor. [/QUOTE] Or he’s an elephant. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/29 "2007-11-28T19:51:41Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] No, you are just either hideous or look incredibly poor. [/QUOTE] Picture Quasimoto’s ugly twin, driving a trashed '63 Dodge Dart. It has a trunk. So! ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/30 "2007-11-29T01:07:26Z")
Oh, I see. Move to West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/31 "2007-11-29T01:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I don’t go to Home Depot anymore. I used to work there back in college in the paint department. I went to a different one a few years later, looking for a gusset. I ended up leaving with a ball valve, wooden trusses, and one hell of a carbide-tipped bit. All of this without the female joints. :smack: [/QUOTE] This reminds me of the time Mrs. J. and I were picking up supplies at Home Depot. I met her near the front registers and said “Hey, I got some caulk”. She shushed me, don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/32 "2007-11-29T02:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] Oh, I see. Move to West Virginia. [/QUOTE] Why? Whaddya gonna do to me? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/33 "2007-11-29T02:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] Oh, I see. Move to West Virginia. [/QUOTE] As that is where I am from, I think that comment is unnecessary and untrue. Why is it that a stereotype against a state is okay, but if you made fun of a persons race, religion, or sexual orientation, it is hate speech? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/34 "2007-11-29T04:13:47Z")
[QUOTE=jtgain] As that is where I am from, I think that comment is unnecessary and untrue. Why is it that a stereotype against a state is okay, but if you made fun of a persons race, religion, or sexual orientation, it is hate speech? [/QUOTE] Hey, I’m from California. Wanna compare put-downs? BTW; are you saying that for me to be in West Virginia would be some kind of insult? Wanna see an [insult](http://www.philster.net/)? 😃 (read the addy) Probably not supposed to do that, but our **Philster’s** probably going to say that ain’t him. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/35 "2007-11-29T15:39:54Z")
I can’t get past the question of why the sight of scantily-clad women outside in November in butt-freezing Wisconsin isn’t making someone suspicious. . . . ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/36 "2007-11-29T15:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] I can’t get past the question of why the sight of scantily-clad women outside in November in butt-freezing Wisconsin isn’t making someone suspicious. . . . [/QUOTE] :dubious: Testosterone man, testosterone. Clouds the senses. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/37 "2007-11-29T19:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] I can’t get past the question of why the sight of scantily-clad women outside in November in butt-freezing Wisconsin isn’t making someone suspicious. . . . [/QUOTE] Have you _seen_ scantily clad women in cold weather? You should. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/38 "2007-11-30T15:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Have you _seen_ scantily clad women in cold weather? You should. [/QUOTE] Not around here. Kansas girls are too damned sensible. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/39 "2007-11-30T17:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Not around here. Kansas girls are too damned sensible. [/QUOTE] …except that one with the dog and the funny shoes. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950/40 "2007-11-30T17:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] …except that one with the dog and the funny shoes. [/QUOTE] I saw the unrated version, made some years later of course. Where the tinman got his part. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-this-latest-home-depot-scam/427950.md?page=3)