Home Depot's Coming to Town!!

melaj07 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:15 pm

You're not gonna believe what I got in the mail today. I received a friendly looking pamphlet from Home Depot saying that they are "looking forward to serve our community." :roll:

There's an open house workshop scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th at Mount Gleason's Multipurpose Room. There's also a postcard for those who support the cause. Have they no respect for us? I mean, we were here before they were.

Cecile · **Joined:** Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:13 pm **Posts:** 2813

I just got mine. I put NO2HOmeDEPOT in big letters across the postcard they wanted sent back...but instead of detaching it...to make an extra point... I took the whole thing and stuck in a medium size manila envelope I already had on hand, stuck two stamps on it...and put it right back in the mailbox to go out. It was worth the two stamps and the envelope...to get my point across!

Black Velvet · **Joined:** Thu May 31, 2007 12:57 pm **Posts:** 4874

Here is what I did with my post card :

I like how they have a Sunland PO box !
WTF ! ?
It says
Home Depot
PMB 207
8209 Foothill Bl Suite A
Sunland, CA 91040-9976

Erin

Cecile · **Joined:** Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:13 pm **Posts:** 2813

Oh you went to more trouble then I did.... I just posted the No2HOmeDEPOt on it just like you did & mailed it..

Either way... we sent the same sentiment.....Hmm... should we make some signs and put on the fence...like we did that illegal campfire? :wink:

You are so good at those signs!

Black Velvet · **Joined:** Thu May 31, 2007 12:57 pm **Posts:** 4874

I know, i was lovin' on my sharpie
a little much huh ?

I can make signs ... a big home depot
sign with it crossed out !

ha ha !

Erin

Joe · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:34 pm

I have no idea why :wink:

, but Home Depot never mails me these brochures.
I'll have to track one down over the weekend.

jLo · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:13 am **Posts:** 96

My flier was filled out much like Erin's.

The P.O. Box bothers me too.
The flyer states, by mailing back my support, I "will let City officals know you want a new store in the community." That is not a "City officials" address! I fear "no votes" may be lost in the sorting.

I called the information hotline and got a recording that told me to leave a detailed message and someone would get back to me.

Hummingbird · **Joined:** Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:06 pm **Posts:** 7237

Tragically........I suspect they NEVER even read them, but put them in a stack and say "see look at all those supporters who sent in cards" or some such. I hope whomever is told this is smart enough to actually READ the cards. Cindy has two Joe. I usually don't get them either. We're earmarked as Bad Hats by the Home Depot firms doing mailers. :lol:

Ooops........just checked my mail and guess what is there! It has the post card that you mail in already marked with a checkmark in support of them. Now I am really worried that they won't look but will count all cards received as supportive. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I am resisting the temptation to vent on them and not sending it in. Creepy organization really does do some weirdo stuff. :evil:

maggie4health · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:22 pm

Hummingbird wrote:

Now I am really worried that they won't look but will count all cards received as supportive. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I am resisting the temptation to vent on them and not sending it in. Creepy organization really does do some weirdo stuff. :evil:

I was thinking that, too - that they may just rubberband them and claim it is a support response. I haven't sent mine back - was waiting to see if there was any group action you wanted us to take.

Joe · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:33 pm

I agree with Hummingbird. They will just put a rubberband around the whole stack and say that these are all supporters. It's just like with the Open House, they'll spin that to say x amount of supporters showed up
even if it is really x amount of opponents.

jLo · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:13 am **Posts:** 96

why not bring the responses to the open house, and deliver them personally?

danielx · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:37 pm

Joe wrote:

I agree with Hummingbird. They will just put a rubberband around the whole stack and say that these are all supporters. It's just like with the Open House, they'll spin that to say x amount of supporters showed up
even if it is really x amount of opponents.

Joe - Maybe we should ask everyone who sends in a NO2HOMEDEPOT response card to make a copy and send it to STA... that way when they say they received X amount of support cards, we can say "well first deduct all of these."

It is funny that the card offers no option to select that you do not support them.

Dan

Joe · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:38 pm

Hmmmm, there's an idea! And what if we all are wearing our NO HOME DEPOT tshirts (should we order more?)?

coop · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:59 pm **Posts:** 4201

Joe wrote:

Hmmmm, there's an idea! And what if we all are wearing our NO HOME DEPOT tshirts (should we order more?)?

Get some with a guy in an old fashioned gas mask with gas rising and the logo
"NO Agent Orange"

ben franklin · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:54 pm

I got one of those today, also.

My questions are: Why/how does HD get permission to use our public school
campuses for commercial presentations? Are they paying to rent the
hall and if so, ho much does it cost? Is this a "normal" usage of a school?
What other business have been able to use the school facilities for an
obviously commercial purpose?

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