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Posted: 5/4/2020 9:18:46 PM EDT
Being a contractor, this Just made me cross them off my list. I understand their store their rules, But I also understand I’ll spend my money elsewhere.
It’s so ironic that I go to Fleet Farm Today and employees don’t have to wear masks, but Menards decides we have to 
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Posted: 5/4/2020 9:50:36 PM EDT
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Let Menards know why your money is no longer going there. That is the only way things will go back to normal.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 7:27:12 AM EDT
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Johnson creek nards is selling masks at the door .
$1 " cover charge"... at a very minimum that dollar should be applied to the purchase price of anything you Buy. Agree shop elsewhere! |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 8:33:30 AM EDT
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Do you get the 11% rebate on the mask?
 I have a $2.45 rebate certificate in my truck ... can I use it for 2 masks and 45 cents change? 
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Posted: 5/5/2020 8:45:08 AM EDT
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I went last Thursday to pick up some lumber I had ordered and paid for online.
The "guard" at the lumberyard started to give me grief about not having a mask. I don't know if it's because I'm cute or started to get heated, saying that I'll be outside picking lumber and not shopping, but she let me in anyway. She did say not to be surprised if I'm asked to leave. No issues, other than having to spend 30 minutes digging through the 2x4 pile to find 12 decent boards. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:21:30 AM EDT
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Guess I don't understand the issue.
The US Surgeon general (the last time I saw him on TV) took great pains to explain that the masks were used to protect other people, not the wearer. I have a hard time objecting to wearing masks (especially since I'm an old guy and would hope others would wear them too). |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:25:43 AM EDT
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Wear a lone ranger mask. They never specified what kind of mask.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 12:22:06 PM EDT
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I'll be going to my local hardware store or Home Depot before going back to a Menards. Businesses are allowed to have any rules they want but we can't go through this song and dance every time the flu season rolls around.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:18:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grizz272: Let Menards know why your money is no longer going there. That is the only way things will go back to normal. Totally agree, let them know. https://www.menards.com/main/contactUs.html |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 3:01:59 PM EDT
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It's only required to enter the store. Once you're through the checkpoint, you can toss it.
At least that seemed to be the rule when I went this weekend. 60% of people in the store had no mask. Ditto for Costco, who also mandates masks. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 7:43:01 PM EDT
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Keep in mind the Menards in Burlington was accused of price gouging on hand sanatizer when this whole pandemic thing started.
I'll spend my cash elsewhere. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 8:56:33 PM EDT
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Don't buy your cheap Chinese materials at Menards in the first place.
Advertise it. Your business will thank you. As a person who does a lot of my own stuff and has hired contractors, I won't use anything of any actual value from Menards. I know a bunch of people who feel the same. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:01:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m14reigns: Totally agree, let them know. https://www.menards.com/main/contactUs.html I did let them know. First requiring a mask. Selling a mask= profiteering during a pandemic. Second making people wear a mask when one is not required. Their store there rules. No money from me though. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:13:12 PM EDT
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I went there this weekend (after I first bought some block at Home Depot and then had to return it and go to Menards to match the block my wife bought a few years ago). They had bouncers at every door.
They sell masks at the desk for $1. Not price gouging, but I wasn't happy either. They let folks in with their t-shirts pulled up over the moth and nose.
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Posted: 5/6/2020 8:19:57 AM EDT
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Put your cloth or paper mask on, go in your closet, shut the door...then fart. Rip off a big one. Then tell me how effective your mask was.
 Anything it lets pass through going in, it will also let pass through going out. If you exhale or talk with the mask on, it's not containing any virus molecules. All the mask does is contain the (very huge in comparison) virus contaminated droplets of spit, if you cough or sneeze. Which do not travel more than a few feet. Thus the 6' social distancing thing. The mask may prevent you from contaminating objects that your cough or sneeze "stuff" might land on. But the microscopic virus particles released in your breath hang in the air. |
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Posted: 5/6/2020 10:19:08 AM EDT
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"They let folks in with their t-shirts pulled up over the moth and nose."
This certainly has some possibilities. |
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Posted: 5/6/2020 11:03:13 AM EDT
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Dammit. Now where will I get my lumber?
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Posted: 5/6/2020 11:14:56 AM EDT
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Haven't gone in, but seems like they don't have shit anyways. Looking at their site can't find 6' fence, wood chunks for smoking, etc.
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Posted: 5/6/2020 12:48:47 PM EDT
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I just went there this moring. Saw the sign outside (in addition the no one under 16). Inside the doors they have everything gated off and an employee wearing a face shield (no mask) at the turnstile things. Turned around and left. Fleet farm it is.
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Posted: 5/6/2020 10:13:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2020 10:42:42 PM EDT
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I'm so sick of the 11% BS that I never shop there anymore.
Also hauled crap from the DC to their stores. Never seen or worked for a more backward, miss managed company in my life. Believe me I'm restraining my language cause I would be banned for life if I posted how I really feel. |
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Posted: 5/6/2020 10:43:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2020 3:08:58 PM EDT
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Only things I regularly buy at Menards is mulch, ice melt, and top soil.
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Posted: 5/8/2020 12:50:44 PM EDT
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Fuck Menards. I wont be back till the mask shit is lifted. I'll take my business to Fleet Farm or Lowes. I went into Fleet Farm last weekend, it was refreshing actually almost zero indications we were in a "pandemic"
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Posted: 5/9/2020 9:56:45 AM EDT
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Talking to a guy about this yesterday.
“... So I go to buy one & the F’n things are made in China! I threw it back at the cashier & went to Lowe’s.” 
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Posted: 5/9/2020 11:08:46 AM EDT
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Old John seems to be becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Chinese crap. Hard to find Made in USA stuff there. Must be taking tips from WallyWorld.
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Posted: 5/10/2020 4:33:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stonia: Fleet farm it is. And they're not much better. Since they sold, it's been a continual downward spiral. Crap out of stock, more shit on the shelves. COVID hasn't helped either. I was there last week; they had two registers open. About 20 people in line for each, stretching halfway to the back of the store. Then the fuckers decided to close one of the registers. Didn't tell anyone, or let people in line finish. They just turned off the light, and when someone asked the cashier what was going on, she said she was closed. Good number of people said fuck it and left. |
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Posted: 5/11/2020 10:52:13 AM EDT
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Very pleasant experience at Fleet Farm on Saturday. We did not feel like cattle with hoof-and-mouth.
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Posted: 5/11/2020 11:01:03 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By NAM: And they're not much better. Since they sold, it's been a continual downward spiral... Good number of people said fuck it and left. While I generally agree with their post-sale decline, I haven't yet had a store experience like that. Plenty of folks wearing masks (voluntarily) and overhead announcements about Covid precautions (iirc), but otherwise business as usual. Menards has gone off the deep end since they first put up their "no one under 16" sign. I saw a guy and is daughter, maybe 8-10 y/o, both wearing masks and gloves chased down by a female employee and asked to leave because "you know she's not supposed to be in here, right?" Edit to add quote |
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Posted: 5/11/2020 12:49:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stonia: While I generally agree with their post-sale decline, I haven't yet had a store experience like that. Plenty of folks wearing masks (voluntarily) and overhead announcements about Covid precautions (iirc), but otherwise business as usual. Menards has gone off the deep end since they first put up their "no one under 16" sign. I saw a guy and is daughter, maybe 8-10 y/o, both wearing masks and gloves chased down by a female employee and asked to leave because "you know she's not supposed to be in here, right?" Edit to add quote Shit is getting real old. |
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Posted: 5/11/2020 10:40:16 PM EDT
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Got a lame response from the email I sent them
I'm very sorry, but we are doing the best we can to keep everyone safe. Hopefully the need to do so will be temporary and we can all get back to normal. Thank you for your patience and understanding - Ray Yep, Lowes or the Depot it is. |
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Posted: 5/12/2020 6:04:31 AM EDT
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I built some shelves on Saturday. I wasnt quite happy with what HD in West Allis had, and even though Menards is just around the corner I went to HD in Waukesha instead. HD in Waukesha had less of what I was looking for and even though there is a Menards just across the street I went BACK to the HD in West Allis and made the wood and brackets they had work.
I had a mask with me too. But f all that jazz. Menards lost out on a $500 bill. For the record, I normally buy stuff at F&F and Menards. |
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Posted: 5/12/2020 8:21:39 AM EDT
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Was at FF in St. Point yesterday for some stuff and took the obligatory stroll through the guns/ammo section. While they were pretty well stocked last fall, I was surprised at how empty the ammo shelves and handgun cases were. I hope this is because of the run on those items and not some new direction the new ownership is taking. It was also hard to find employees to help find a battery I was there for.
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Posted: 5/12/2020 8:27:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USMARINE1108: I built some shelves on Saturday. I wasnt quite happy with what HD in West Allis had, and even though Menards is just around the corner I went to HD in Waukesha instead. HD in Waukesha had less of what I was looking for and even though there is a Menards just across the street I went BACK to the HD in West Allis and made the wood and brackets they had work. I had a mask with me too. But f all that jazz. Menards lost out on a $500 bill. For the record, I normally buy stuff at F&F and Menards. it definitely can be a hassle standing up for your beliefs...In my area I have Lowes or Menards for box stores (unless I want to drive an extra 30 minutes ) I won’t go to Menards anymore, And in order to get building materials from Lowe’s I have to go inside and load a cart instead of back my truck up to the pile like I did at Menards.
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Posted: 5/12/2020 8:36:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kapusta: Was at FF in St. Point yesterday for some stuff and took the obligatory stroll through the guns/ammo section. While they were pretty well stocked last fall, I was surprised at how empty the ammo shelves and handgun cases were. I hope this is because of the run on those items and not some new direction the new ownership is taking. It was also hard to find employees to help find a battery I was there for. Nobody else has anything in stock right now either, so I do believe it's because of not yet getting restocked after the panic buying back in March & April. It was the new owners that substantially upgraded the gun dept. All those handgun display cases and long gun racks were not there when it was owned by the Mills family. Time will tell. |
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Posted: 5/13/2020 12:53:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USMARINE1108: I built some shelves on Saturday. I wasnt quite happy with what HD in West Allis had, and even though Menards is just around the corner I went to HD in Waukesha instead. HD in Waukesha had less of what I was looking for and even though there is a Menards just across the street I went BACK to the HD in West Allis and made the wood and brackets they had work. I had a mask with me too. But f all that jazz. Menards lost out on a $500 bill. For the record, I normally buy stuff at F&F and Menards. Maybe next time try going to Franklin after White Allis. Got HD and Lowes minutes apart. And you can mock the menards driving between each. Just a thought. |
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Posted: 5/14/2020 12:13:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By olyman: Very pleasant experience at Fleet Farm on Saturday. We did not feel like cattle with hoof-and-mouth. Blaine’s in Rice Lake was packed yesterday. |
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