GREAT STAFF, TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT -…read more
The people in the store are great. Real professionals in coatings, they know paints and stains, do excellent color matching for paints and stains, are courteous and helpful, and even lug the case out to the car for you.
Unfortunately, it should be called Hadlock's House of Paint RATIONING because the owners are bean-counting skimpy skinflints, who somehow imagine they can make more money in the retail paint business by NOT keeping paint in STOCK.
I have three projects going and have bought thousands of dollars in paints and stains from this store, but every time I need more paint, they only have A LITTLE. I can have a gallon maybe, if I get lucky, they'll have two, and occasionally I'll have a lottery winning ticket where they have three gallons! Beyond that, everything is a special order, and come back on Friday. REALLY? It's a 30 mile round trip! It's an absolutely preposterous way to run a paint store.
I really try to support local businesses, but you have to wonder what these people can possibly be thinking, and how they stay in business? I really want to support the in-store experts and keep access to them, but it's really grueling when their bungling bosses make it so difficult for their store employees to sell paint. When everything "has to be ordered", you have to make two trips to get the paint you need, when it should only take one.
I will probably finish out these projects with these guys, since I don't want to change horses in the middle of the stream, but their terrible inventory (mis)management will have me looking for alternatives for my next renovation. If everything "has to be ordered", maybe I should just be ordering online and getting it delivered?