WOW !! Home Depot just opened up a mom and pop store , to knock out the others

Jersey Strong !!

Loew's will be next... find a Depot and Lowes is a block or two away... always was always will be.

Buy from Seaside Lumber!

And Our Governor was right there for it,didn't a few people already say he was going to push the middleclass out and allow big corps in ? groundbreaking! Jersey Strong!

I find it hard to believe that a store front that doesn't have anything in stock is "central" to anything. But, nice try!

Maybe he can get a tax abatement to build a Walmart too, while he is putting his foot in his mouth?

I was at this location today. It's just a design center, really pushing installed sales. On one end depot wants the contractor to shop with them, and on the other they want to do the install themselves. Either way, if you want a tube of caulk, they cant help you.

he wants to loan small businesses money to get back on their feet while promoting home depot. pathological lire.

Someone should see if Boss Gilmore the republican chairman of Ocean County and Seaside Hts. attorney is on the Home Depot payroll? He was on the Ashbritt payroll for clean up, and Walmart for the new Manchester location.

In other breaking news, Joe Blow, chairman of Home Depot, announced he just made a 500,000 dollar contribution to the Reelect Christocrite Campaign. Shocking.

And the Steamrolling begins Notice again The Boardwalk take spotlight before residents Just amazing .Thank God the drug rich environment will be back in place . Just Amazing ..........

Yeah go to seaside lumber. Where you can buy a tube of caulk that was floating around the store in October and has a no returns policy. You get what you pay for.

Wow . Such haters . I happen to know many many people employed by Home Depot ... LOCAL people getting real paychecks and providing for their families . ...I also know that besides providing job security to locals - they also donated 20,000 just TODAY to waves for water and waves for hope -both non profit organizations that help displaced LOCAL residents who aren't able to get back in their homes .
Home Depot also donated a million dollars towards the relief efforts.
Just because it is a large corporation - don't assume they are here to take down other businesses ....
They are jersey strong !
They are your neighbors... Friends .. And family working there- and proud to be a part of the recovery efforts .

He mentioned that from his helicopter he could see all the repair still needed, I hope he took the long way home and drove the island, instead of jumping back off. I made the ride today, very little going on. Businesses that seem to be sticking it out are working on them, or open, but most homes just sit there, in whatever condition they happen to be in. As for the depot, to heck with a showroom, we need real stores, the 2 available on the island are not enough for the tens of thousands of homes that need repair work. Give me box stores, mom and pop, I really don't care.

Depot sales were struggling before Sandy hit the Jersey Shore ..Now they are blowing there sales plans away from hardship of others so when you mention they have donated millions to help relief ..I WOULD HOPE SO SINCE THEY WILL ALL RECEIVE A NICE BONUS FROM THE STORM..

And yes they have hired more sales help do to the large volume of people trying to put there lifes back together ..but they are part time employees and no bennies and 20 to 30 hours.and they continue to have 3oo to 500 thousand in sales per day..thats over 3 million per week...per store..do the math..nothing for nothing...

How about woodhaven lumber, Allied, lowes, lavallette hardware, seaside lumber, Atlantic aluminum, all the contractors, building material distributors, mills, the guys that chop trees down, all are making more money because material is needed. Welcome to America... Not for nothing.

If you took Home Depot and all the above mentioned suppliers and contractors, we still need more supplies and more help. We need corporate help ,local help and political help from both parties. Anyone who has seen the damage and worked in the field knows we will all need to work together for years to rebuild the shore.

The damage from this storm needs more than a home depot . I wonder how much over market value the taxpayers are paying to rebuild the boardwalks ,probably the same deal assbritt gave us !

Rob - smartest comment I've heard. No time now for animosity. We need to help each other and we need as much help as we can get.

George Gilmore should be charged for influence peddling for taking money from Ashbritt knowing his conflicts with his friends in each town.

http://public-corruption.com

There will be many businesses that will not be ready as the insurance has not been paid due partly to the fact that there were restrictions on access after the storm. Glad to see the boardwalk progressing and the hardy businesses that are open.

i have spoken,,,go drive all the way to those big stores, between gas and time your an idiot. Mom and pops are not more expensive, do the research. Then while you are in lowes try to ask a question or find help, good luck. I will install 6 windows by they time you get back, and if u forgot something or your paint was mixed wrong by the disabled person drive back. The hardware store in lavallette is priced the same, even if it was a lot more i would support them instead of supporting government gas, and big corps. That store is small and has everything including 1 intelligent worker every 10 sq ft..Contractors know where to go on the island. But you go to lakewood for the kosher box of screws

But the white pearl above home depot does have swinger parties, ask around its true. I believe thurs night it is, herpes time

Seaside Lumber is my family business. We have been in the community for over 60 years, through good times and bad. We were hit hard, just like everyone else, but are open and trying to do our part for the rebuilding efforts. There has been a groundswell of support for people to buy locally, and hopefully will continue to support us.
To Shoreguy, yes we had caulk floating around, along with numerous other items, as is the case when you have 3 feet of water come through your store.....and I, like many others was there, digging through what was left of their homes, businesses, and their lives really......cleaning up, sweeping up the black muck, and trying to put our lives back together. We are open, and hope you will come support us. The Home Depot's lease is for one year, and they have made it clear they intend to leave after, which one can assume they mean, "we want to make as much money as godly possible from this disaster, and then move on to bigger and better things." Hopefully, people will choose to support a business that has been part of the community, and will continue to be part of the community, rather than a large corporation that is only looking to add a few cents to their earnings per share. We'd certainly like to thank those of you who continue to shop with us, and hope that those of you that didn't know we were there will give us a shot.

You have my support as well, although I use lavallette hardware, it's closer to my home. I have visited the Home Depot showroom, it's built to compete with contractors, they are pushing installed services. This store will not take any sales from the local stores, if anything it will increase sales, as when I see a Home Depot sign, I assume I can buy material there. When a customer walks out upset, where will they turn? Jay, use this to your advantage, buy some ad space right outside pointing them to your business.

Thank you all for your support. It has certainly been a trying time for everyone. It's everyone's right to shop where they want and do what is best for them. We are trying to do what we can to get the word out, but our marketing budget is somewhat slim (pretty close to $0 actually). Lowe's had actually put up a trailer with advertising across the street from us, which thankfully the town removed, but it just goes to show what we are dealing with (and really many small businesses besides us, as I don't want to play the pity card, as I know other families and businesses are in just as bad, if not worse shape than us). But I do thank you both for your kind words, and hope that others will join in and buy locally, wherever you buy. For those of you on facebook, the Seaside Lumber site is https://www.facebook.com/Seasidelumber. Thanks again for all the support!