is your local Home Depot severely incompetent?

[OWC Jamie]

Michael wrote:
We had a great Ace Hardware 4 miles away until last winter. And then it burned down. Nothing indicating that they are rebuilding.

I have two Ace hardwares within several miles depending on whether I want to go East or West. One has been an Ace since I can remember and has become a Craftsman Sears outlet of sorts, but still sports the Ace name. The other was purchased by a different Ace franchisee ( http://www.rockys.com/store_locator ) and become horribly expensive.