My wife likes Home Depot for landscaping needs and it's her favorite store. I prefer Lowes. So there you have it---a tie in our house. Wife wins all ties!

Lowes.

Home Depot or Lowe's?
 

Home Depot. Lowe's does not honor their maintenance agreements. Never had an issue with HD though.

Lowe's for me. I've pretty much disliked HD from the day one opened in California. Have never had a pleasant experience there.

Prefer to go to Ace, then Lowe's if necessary...however have more than once been advised to check Home Depot by a Lowe's clerk when they didn't carry a particular item I was looking for. Last time it was an electric light socket for a lamp, before that, a floor putty to repair scratches...before that...a few other items. Home Depot helps about half the time, the other times, I need to buy on-line.

First choice checkbook to pay the handyman. I'm over being the Mr. Fix It Man. If it's something that can't wait definitely The Home Depot. Never Lowes again ever for any reason because of a water heater installation that went bad and when I say never She I mean I mean it. lol.

Understand that. Amen.

Have walked out of Lowes many times because lack of employees to help answer any questions.

Went to HD yesterday to get a price on a window. Then went to Lowes for a price for the same window. HD priced an Anderson window and Lowes priced a Pella window. Both are of the same quality and Lowes price was $64.00 less than HD.
Guess which one we ordered.

Reverse here too.
 

I compare online for prices but have left the HD store because of lack of service.

I stopped going to Ace a log time ago for the same reasons that I quoted about Home Depot. The people there all seem to be too bothered to answer question that they think you should know the answers to.

I also had a problem once when I bought a tube of what I thought was caulking compound. It was on a sale table. There were several tubes and a sign that said no refunds. When I got home I realized that it was some kind of adhesive and not caulking.

I went back to the store and asked if I could put it back and take the correct product. I was told no. No refunds, no exchanges. I explained that I had just grabbed the wrong tube and only wanted to exchange it for the right one that was the same price. They refused to allow me to do that.

Yes, I know I should have been more careful and looked at the tube before I paid for it. Yes, I know the sign said "All Sales Final". I take some responsibility here, but seemed like such a petty little thing that I decided to never shop there again. It was about a two dollar item and they wouldn't let me grab another two dollar item off the same sales table. What difference could this have made to them?

I e-mailed the store manager and explained the story and never heard back. Lowe's and Home Depot have so much more selection and usually better prices. The only thing that Ames has going for it is convenience. It's easier for me to get to, but I'll drive by it every time after that incident.

That's funny. In my neck of the woods, I can get to Lowe's by golf cart but have to use the car to get to Home Depot.

Lowe's because I can get there on my golf cart

Try Spar located on 44 right across from Brownwood. It's a large store catering to farm and builders. They don't have the large selection of different products, but sometimes they have products that are better.
Last year I needed to replace my lamp post lamp. After going to Lowes and HD I found what I wanted at Spars for a much lower price.

I agree. Ace is much better than either, but I do prefer Home Depot over Lowe's.