I am having SO MUCH TROUBLE ordering yard bags and a garden hose, and I can’t tell if the problem is me. I don’t think it is, but how can I be sure?
I started with Home Depot. Yard bags are about $2.50 for five. Great. But wait – why go pick them up (and encounter people) when surely I can get them from Amazon? Because AMAZON charges nearly $3 PER BAG, that’s why. Back to Home Depot. We need a garden hose, too, so I’ll just get both at the same time. Easy!
NOT EASY. First, we need a second hose because our first isn’t long enough. But what size is our hose, 1/2′ or 5/8′? Neither of us knows. Let’s assume 5/8′ because that seems to be the size of most of the hoses. I pick one. I go to my cart. Error. Why? That hose is no longer available online. Not out of stock – no longer available online. IT WAS AVAILABLE TEN SECONDS AGO. So I picked another one. It’s not available at my store, but it can be shipped for free from another store. Great! Oh, not until June. And if I just want something shipped directly to me, it’ll take almost three weeks.
Deep breath. I can get the bags at Home Depot. Let’s go to Amazon for a hose. And now I’m back to choosing which hose. Amazon’s pick is $40. That seems ridiculous for a garden hose. The same brand has one for $25. Cool. Reviews are positive…but then there’s the one that mentions needing to buy some different fittings before it’ll connect to another hose, which is LITERALLY why I’m buying a hose.
Counting to ten. Walking away. WAIT. I changed my search a little bit and found a 50′ hose with what appear to be normal ends that’s only $32. This brand’s 25′ version (we only need 25′ for a second hose) is – DEAR GOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME – $40.
WHY? Why is the shorter hose, same exact hose but HALF the length, MORE expensive? This is stupid. I’m ordering the 50′ hose. And going to bed.
Momma Betty
You need to talk to your father about this. We just went through similar problems, via amazon.mx, with a hose and fittings that fit nothing else!