We have started shopping at Walmart again for groceries. I just won't take the time to walk in and fight through the crowds. If I can pick it up heck yes.
My personal favorite is order pickup from Home Depot. I think I’ve saved hours of time. Both from not searching through aisles to find what I want (which never seems to be where it’s supposed to be...) and because when something is not actually in stock, you don’t waste a trip to find out.
Doesn't Home Depot show the stock levels for each shop on their website?
Just yesterday I wanted something from a Danish equivalent (Silvan). The website said the nearest store to me had 8 in stock, so there's little chance they'll be gone by the time I get there.
Home Depot’s site will tell you the location in your store down to Aisle and Bay. It’s very rarely wrong in my experience. I have experienced out of stock (when claimed to be in stock, presumably due to shrinkage in the store).
I just ordered 3 items for in store pickup today from Home Depot and one of them was wrong. That is going to cost me another 40+ minute round trip that I wouldn't have had to make if I would have just gone inside and picked the items myself. There is 0 chance I will be ordering groceries online in the next 10 years.
Then you get to play the "how and why was it wrong" game. Was the image online wrong? Did the pick the wrong item? Did the UPC code mis-scan?
In my case, it seems like the manufacturer was sloppy and put two different incompatible versions in the same bag. The one I got wasn't even sold by that company. Possibly in a production line change switchover.
