Do you pay more to shop at locally owned stores?

<p>“Dealing with customer “service” these days with the corporate giants is so time-consuming and frustrating, and you never know if you’ve gotten accurate information because they’re not accountable to you.”</p>

<p>So true! In my experience, of all big chains, only my favorite SAs at Nordy’s and the photo guy at our local Costco are good. H once came form the Home Depot store steaming mad - the advice given to him by one of their “electrical specialists” was so dangerous, a person without enough experience to know better would have gotten into a lot of trouble by following that advice. :eek:</p>

<p>The local charity of choice here is a local pet shelter. Humans have a huge safety net compared to the helpless animals who are dependent on us because we tamed them.</p>