I would give this place at least a negative five stars if it were possible, probably more.
Went in for 12 sheets of 12' drywall and three buckets of mud --first time for that at this store. First time in their "lumber yard." Employee kept trying to give me 8' sheets. He had to move several pallets out of the way prior to pulling out the drywall I needed, which took a bit of time. Another employee showed up. Then another. I angled my truck to make it easier for them to load the drywall. I'd told them to snug the drywall to the pole at the edge of the hitch carrier extension from which I'd removed one to make it easier for them to load. They did not. I needed that pole on the extension to hold the drywall in place. Several sheets of drywall were damaged, so the employees had to move them across the storage bay to get them out of the way. (Seriously? Who wants to buy damaged drywall? Being that I was a woman I was expected to take it?) To move onto other customers, they left me trying to move the 12 sheets of drywall over, to snug them against the pole. That didn't work, so I grabbed bungees to hold them in place. Meanwhile, I had male customers screaming, yelling, and swearing at me to move my truck, that my loading had taken too long. I took my time. Should have taken longer. Wish I'd gotten in their faces and asked them their problems. Doubt they would have expected that from an old woman. Don't think I mentioned I'm 63 and was subjected to that abuse.
Not one of the 3 male employees came to my defense to inform the lowlifes it wasn't my fault it had taken so long --which really hadn't been all that long. Guess they thought, since I was a woman, and an older one at that, it was okay to act like as*holes toward me. Yeah, about that... I'm a military vet. I don't back down.
I spoke with the manager. Her stance was it was better for a customer to scream at another customer than to have an employee try to soothe things over. She then made the excuses the older employee was new, and the two others were young. She also informed me the man doing the most screaming and swearing was one of their best customers --obviously she didn't want to alienate him with his money. (I'm in the process of renovating an entire house, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, but my money and business apparently aren't good enough for them.) The manager excused what happened by stating that was the type of customer they attract --apparently rude, obnoxious, ill-mannered, uncivilized, loud-mouthed, profane, self-centered, misogynistic dregs from South County. She shrugged it all off by telling me I should have given them all "the finger" --classy woman any employer and company should be proud to have on their payroll! With that in mind, beware if you go in there. According to her, their customers are the dregs of society. (Fortunately, the location in Dunkirk attracts more well-heeled customers.)
They didn't have the mud I needed, either, plus what they did have was stored outside. Don't need mud that's been freezing and thawing.
Told the manager that was the last time I ever set foot in that place. I'll stick with Sneade's and the Upper Marlboro Home Depot. read more