Went there this morning. Not much to see. Will say that the store does have a good "penny" policy. If you find a penny item they will give you the item (the first time I went to the SCO with a penny item - 2 lighted exhaust fans - the SCO attendant told me to hold on, called the manager and advised that "this was my lucky day" as she told me the exhaust fans were free. She thanked us (my wife was with me) for shopping at Home Depot and wished us a good day. She even allowed me to go back to the bath area to pick up a third exhaust fan (same model as the other two) that we left behind. Can't argue with that type of customer service.
BTW - Went to the Rhode Island store this morning to pick up some of the HDMI cables you left behind. Not sure if it your way with women, or your dazzeling smile, but I was not allowed to purchase the cables. I had 15 in my cart and after scanning the 6th cable the "See Attendant" screen came up. She cleared it and I went back to scanning but the screen came up again. Attendant finally realized that I was scanning penny items and said that she could not sell them. Had her call the Manager on Duty (MOD) to see if they could help but the MOD refused to selll them to me. We discussed the merits of the corporate policy, but the MOD would not budge. I offered to call corporate, but given the early hour (got there shortly after the store opened) Customer Service was not in the office. As such, left the cables behind and went on my way. Still had a reasonably successful day as I found 5 more cables and 5 boxes of T8 flourescent lights (Soft White - 10 in a box - originally $49) all for a penny each (this was the College Park store - nothing else exciting).
At the Hyattsville store, I found some Quirky items that had been sitting on a shelf in the electrical area for quite some time. Three ofthe items were USB Charging dock - which allows you to hook up to 5 USB items to the stand for quick charging of your phones, tablets, etc. The other two items were piggy banks that sync with your Iphone to keep track of the amount of money you put into the bank. When we tried to determine a price for these items, the scanners did not find the products. After a short deliberation the young ladies at Customer Service and SCO decided to give me the items at no charge. I will find quite a bit of use for the USB charger (might keep our kitten from trying to chew/play with the various USB charging cords around the house) and I think my daughter will like the piggy bank (now guess she will be looking for me to give her the rest of my Home Depot pennies......
Watch yourself - Hyattsville is another neighborhood where you will need to be aware of your surroundings. Spent a lot of time there in my younger days driving a tow truck, as a police officer, and as an investigator - not real bad, but getting there........
