Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Paint & Power Tools

This is a public service announcement for all California residents: OSH has Rust-oleum American Accents spray paint 2 for $6! Plus a 10% off coupon!

Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) is a smaller, friendlier hardware store similar to ACE hardware or the store Richie Cunningham's dad used to run. It's a chain here in California and I am partial to them because the tool guys are not too busy to explain stuff to me.

This week their slogan is "Oh Say Can You Save. " Cute and thematic and I like it. Along with that 10% off coupon, I like it a lot.

I had a wonderful experience yesterday buying some supplies. Like I said they are having a sale on spray paint. They had a 2 for $6 sign right in front of the Rust-oleum Stone spray paint. I thought that had to be incorrect, so I clarified with a sales girl who said, "It says American Accents, it's 2 for $6." Alrighty then! That's 2 cans for less than the price of one!

Of course you know when I got to the check out the regular price of $8.99 rang up. I knew they meant the $3.99 cans of regular American Accents colors. Still, she said it was on sale and since I took the time to clarify ahead of time, I complained. Would you believe they gave it to me! They said it was their error for not placing the signs correctly and not clarifying on the signs!

Whooo hoo! Next to a great deal, I love an honest company!

Oh and I also bought a saw!


It's the Black and Decker HandiSaw. The tool man at OSH didn't have any experience with this saw, but he told me that I could return it within 90 days if I wasn't happy.

I can already tell you that I am happy I won't need to use my drill a million times to make a cut!

3 comments:

Nutsy Coco said...

OSH is great! I wish I had discovered them earlier when I lived in LA because a trip to Home Depot was a NIGHTMARE and OSH was such a nice, quiet, helpful change of pace. And I would NEVER say no to Ahmed Hassan (Yard Crashers) like all those other crazy customers do!

HollyLynne said...

I AM SO WITH YOU ON OSH!!! They are smaller, but I've always found them to be much better stocked for the types of projects my husband and I do around the condo. We had a plumbing issue that we spent eons in Home Depot trying to find the right fixture for with no luck. OSH down the street is literally 1/4 the size but had THREE fixture options for us. They're much friendlier and more knowledgeable too. I only wish they offered custom shutter building . . . cause that could've saved me the FOUR MONTHS of grief I got from having ordered mine at Home Depot.

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