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In a city, how do you handle buying a socket wrench to fix something in your house? (It sounds like a MAJOR hassle.)
by MarkusAllen 8y ago
In a city, how do you handle buying a socket wrench to fix something in your house? (It sounds like a MAJOR hassle.)
- sillysaurus3 8y agoAmazon prime 2hour delivery. $22 has it at my doorstep in two hours. If I want it faster than that, or cheaper, I walk to the home depot a mile away.
- kalleboo 8y ago15 minute bike ride to the hardware store
- couchand 8y agoI walk a block to the locally-owned hardware store and give my dollars to my neighbor, obviously. What do you do, throw your money into the giant corporate black hole?
- c22 8y agoI just use the socket wrench at the community makerspace 5 blocks from my house.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoBike to one of the 3 (or 4?) hardware stores in a 10-15min radius. The closest one is barely 5 minutes away, but it's a bit expensive. If I need something specialized, I either take public transit all the way there, or ride my bike to the S-train station and bring my bike on the train.
- ACow_Adonis 8y agoI walk down to the hardware store, i purchase it, i walk back :| If i want to go to the really big hardware warehouse, I catch the tram from just outside my house. And if i need big things for some reason, I book the share-van, drive there, load it into the back, drive home, unload it, park the van, walk away.
- kaybe 8y agoHow do you handle it somewhere else? It can only get worse. In the city I have the shops around and a lot of transport options (bike, bus, tram, walk, carsharing..) or I can order it online, or, gasp, ask any of my 20 neighbours. Elsewhere your options are far more limited.