Did Home Depot Raise The Price Of Water
Did a Houston breadth Home Depot advertise a case of baptize canteen for $42?
Rhea Titus, WUSA 10:14 PM. EDT September 05, 2017
QUESTION:
Did a Houston breadth Home Depot advertise a case of baptize canteen for $42?
ANSWER:
Yes they did, but bound accepted that putting that assurance out was a aberration and they bound confused to advertise the bottles for 17 cents each.
SOURCES:
Home Depot spokesperson, Matthew Harrigan
PROCESS:
With all the arising of donations Blow Harvey victims accept been receiving, it’s adamantine to accept any business would accession prices for aliment at a time like this.
But that’s absolutely what some bodies are angrily claiming a Home Depot in the Houston breadth did afterwards a account alike on amusing media aftermost anniversary of Dasani baptize bottles with the amount $42.72 taped on.
WUSA9 Account contacted Home Depot spokesperson, Matthew Harrigan who accepted the photo and amount were real, but there’s a backstory.
According to the spokesperson, The Dasani baptize was alone labeled in their computers for alone auction at the abundance in Clear Lake Shores, Texas and a chump capital to buy the distinct bottles afore actuality unwrapped from the plastic, at $1.78 per canteen that adds up to $42.72 for 24 pack.
Home Depot admits putting the assurance out was a mistake, but Matt Harrigan says all alone bottles are actuality awash at 17 cents now and says would “never accession prices during a adversity and we benumb prices as anon as a accompaniment of emergency is declared.”
By the way this photo was taken BEFORE Blow Harvey and afterward the after-effects of the hurricane, the Home Depot foundation appear their charge of $1 actor to adversity abatement efforts, to apprentice added bang here. Team Depot, an associate-led advance force is actuality mobilized to arch bottomward to the impacted flood areas and advice the association apple-pie up and rebuild.
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