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Date Posted: 06:44:15 06/19/02 Wed
Author: Pot
Subject: I Dunno 'Bout It Being Good....
In reply to: Wanna' Chat? 's message, "Good for Home Depot." on 18:49:46 06/17/02 Mon

>Home Depot Ends Government Sales
>Mon Jun 17, 8:51 AM ET
>
>ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Home Depot Inc., the nation's
>biggest hardware and home-improvement chain, has told
>its 1,400 stores not to do business with the U.S.
>government or its representatives, the St. Louis
>Post-Dispatch reported Sunday.
>
>
>The newspaper checked with managers at 38 Home Depot
>stores in 11 states. All but two said they had
>received instructions from Home Depot's corporate
>headquarters in Atlanta this month not to take
>government credit cards, purchase orders or even cash
>if the items are being used by the federal government.
>
>"Engaging in business practices with the federal
>government is not a strategic focus of the Home
>Depot," company spokesman Tom Gray said. "The Home
>Depot is not and does not plan to become a federal
>contractor or subcontractor." He said it was an old
>policy.
>
>But the store managers contacted told the newspaper
>they received the policy within the last couple of
>weeks.
>
>Responding to the newspaper's request for
>clarification, Gray said the refusal to sell to the
>government was "a business decision based upon the
>company's strategic direction."
>
>The company said in a statement released Sunday night
>that it will monitor the situation and could change
>its policy in the future.
>
>The General Services Administration just learned of
>the policy, said Susan McIver, director of the GSA's
>Services Acquisition Center.
>
>"Home Depot has not contacted us, so I've got no idea
>what their problem is," she said. The GSA was checking
>with federal agencies before calling the company,
>McIver said.
>
>As of April, 384,520 government employees were using
>"GSA Smart Pay" cards for purchases other than travel
>or fleet operations, McIver said. Congress approved
>use of the cards to reduce paperwork and to streamline
>the paying of merchants. McIver said use of the cards
>is mandatory for purchases under $2,500. The cards are
>backed by MasterCard and Visa.
>
>McIver called Home Depot's policy "puzzling."
>
>Most of Home Depot's managers interviewed by the
>Post-Dispatch shared the confusion. All of the
>managers declined to be quoted, but most said they
>didn't know what was behind the company's refusal to
>sell to the federal government.
>
>The notification that Home Depot sent to its stores
>offers little explanation. But the document, obtained
>by the Post-Dispatch, offers elaborate details on how
>the policy is to be implemented.
>
>For example, under a scenario where a customer wants
>to buy 3,000 light bulbs and asks that the product be
>delivered to a military base, the document says, "That
>transaction should not be processed."
>
>If store workers are questioned by customers, the
>document advises, they should respond that "our focus
>is directed at do-it-yourselfers and private
>contractors" and "this has always been our policy."
>
>The notification has a section that says commercial
>credit-card customers will receive a notice with their
>June bill that purchases could not be made "that would
>cause the company to be covered by or responsible in
>any way for compliance with" three federal laws or
>executive orders:
>
>_Executive Order 11246 of 1965, which bans
>discrimination against any employee or applicant for
>employment because of race, color, religion, sex or
>national origin.
>
>_Section 503 and Section 505 of the Rehabilitation Act
>of 1973, which requires affirmative action and
>prohibits employment discrimination by federal
>government contractors and subcontractors.
>
>_The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
>of 1974, which requires that anyone doing business
>worth $25,000 or more with the federal government must
>take affirmative action to hire and to promote
>qualified targeted veterans. ThankeewYahoo.com



With Home Depot already in financial trouble, I kinda wonder how they can afford to pick and choose who their customers are. I, for one, won't buy anything else from Home Depot if they won't do bidness with the guvmint. I can't speak for anyone else, but I suspect in these times of heightened patriotism, there may be some other people who feel the same way.

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