a52-830
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so, i stopped by hd tonight after dropping the youngest at gymnastics. i found a few interesting things:
1) there is a boat load of rolling and top chests there, everything from small, 100$ sets up to their 52 inch top and bottom sets. as an example, they had two unwrapped 41" t/b sets on display, and i counted eight on the top of the racks. they list two in stock online. it was the same on the other things i have looked at, a lot more in stock that they show on the web site.
2) a lot of it has pink stickers on the boxes that say "hold until june 6 for father's day sale" and something about "race track", which i didnt understand.
the sales guy hadn't even noticed the tag, even on the dozen boxes that had been brought down and stuck in the center aisle (is that the race track?). he had no idea what was going on, not that i expected him to.
3) i played with the two 41's for a while. and noticed some subtle differences.
one (call it A) was about an inch shorter than the other (B). A seemed differently constructed on the bottom, it looked like it was sitting on a frame rather than just the flat sheet metal of B. the hole in the top for the locking mechanism for A was narrower and deeper than the one on B. but the big difference was the slides on the drawers. B had slides that clipped on from the bottom, with a single rivet at the end, and the drawers opened and closed normally. A, on the other hand, had slides that were riveted all the way back, and had their new "secure latch" system, where the drawer is a little stiff initially to open, and then slides fine, but when you close it, and get to about an inch from fully closed, it ***** the drawer back from your hand.
they both appear to have the same model and sku number. i kind of assume that B is an older box, and A is the new style. this would explain why they were told to unbox another one and put it on display, but it does leave one wondering what happened to the note to discount the other one to move it down the road.
you can quickly tell them apart by the keys. A has the new style key that is hinged in the head, while B has a traditional key that is one piece.
what happened to the sale? why are they bringing them down from the top of the racks now? is the sale going to happen soon? why did they change the box, and not the sku number (i understand keeping the model number, but some of the parts are different).
these are the kind of things that drive me crazy.
1) there is a boat load of rolling and top chests there, everything from small, 100$ sets up to their 52 inch top and bottom sets. as an example, they had two unwrapped 41" t/b sets on display, and i counted eight on the top of the racks. they list two in stock online. it was the same on the other things i have looked at, a lot more in stock that they show on the web site.
2) a lot of it has pink stickers on the boxes that say "hold until june 6 for father's day sale" and something about "race track", which i didnt understand.
the sales guy hadn't even noticed the tag, even on the dozen boxes that had been brought down and stuck in the center aisle (is that the race track?). he had no idea what was going on, not that i expected him to.
3) i played with the two 41's for a while. and noticed some subtle differences.
one (call it A) was about an inch shorter than the other (B). A seemed differently constructed on the bottom, it looked like it was sitting on a frame rather than just the flat sheet metal of B. the hole in the top for the locking mechanism for A was narrower and deeper than the one on B. but the big difference was the slides on the drawers. B had slides that clipped on from the bottom, with a single rivet at the end, and the drawers opened and closed normally. A, on the other hand, had slides that were riveted all the way back, and had their new "secure latch" system, where the drawer is a little stiff initially to open, and then slides fine, but when you close it, and get to about an inch from fully closed, it ***** the drawer back from your hand.
they both appear to have the same model and sku number. i kind of assume that B is an older box, and A is the new style. this would explain why they were told to unbox another one and put it on display, but it does leave one wondering what happened to the note to discount the other one to move it down the road.
you can quickly tell them apart by the keys. A has the new style key that is hinged in the head, while B has a traditional key that is one piece.
what happened to the sale? why are they bringing them down from the top of the racks now? is the sale going to happen soon? why did they change the box, and not the sku number (i understand keeping the model number, but some of the parts are different).
these are the kind of things that drive me crazy.
