3 cent charge on items at Home Depot?

[GetawaysRus]

Ok I am going to edit the first post. I had Mr. KLP take another look. LBR=lumber, not labor.

So only the lumber gets the 3 cent charge. I got everyone all worked up for nothing - and at 3 cents, it *was* always nothing.

Well, the outrage was fun while it lasted.

 

[clifffaith]

I actually reuse those. The super thin ones always had holes in them and weren't useful for anything except blowing in the wind. I remember the first time that I received one of those instead of paper. I was horrified because I needed to walk back to my apartment and there were multiple bags and they were uncomfortable to carry. Everything would have fit in a single paper bag. But I have been using canvas bags from Trader Joes for years, so it hasn't been a difficult change for me. Every once in a while, I miscalculate the number of bags I will need and have to pay for another bag, but it isn't too often. They are great bags for when you make donations to Goodwill or Amvets. That's what I use them for at least.

It took some getting used to several years ago when they started charging for bags. We’d have bags in the car but forget to bring them in. If there were two of us Cliff would run out to the car if we got all the way to the checkout stand without bags. At most twice I didn’t remember until too late so said “load them back in the cart and I’ll bag them at the car”. I’ll be damned if I pay 10 cents for a bag! Then during Covid you had to bag yourself because they wouldn’t touch your bags. That is until they figured out I was going to watch the items being scanned and then pay before bagging if I was alone. Then they’d offer to help.

But at least in our area you can buy underwear and have JCP bag your items like in any civilized society. In Palm Springs they send you out the door with your receipt and unmentionables flapping in the desert breeze.

 

[Talent312]

Where we live a few restaurants charge a 1% fee for using a new bridge to cross over the interstate. One customer protested, "But I already live on this side of the interstate." Sorry, it's a special tax that everybody pays.

 

[youppi]

Ok I am going to edit the first post. I had Mr. KLP take another look. LBR=lumber, not labor.

So only the lumber gets the 3 cent charge. I got everyone all worked up for nothing - and at 3 cents, it *was* always nothing. I have no idea what the fee is for. What, are we supposed to recycle the lumber or something?

The 3 cents, is it the 1% fee on lumber products charged in California ?
As per https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/l403.pdf, the lumber products assessment supports the activities of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and helps protect California’s forests.

 

[dioxide45]

I still reuse those thick bags that were handed out for free during the early stages of Covid. Back then, any bag that you brought to the store yourself was considered heavily contaminated with cooties.

From what I have read, I believe those super thick plastic bags are on the way out. California politicians are starting to realize that this program is a total failure and has actually backfired. The hope was that people would reuse the thick bags, thereby reducing plastic waste and saving trees by eliminating paper bags. But most people just throw them away, so actually the plastic bag pollution problem has gotten worse. So I suspect that we are someday headed back to paper bags, but most likely they will now cost 10 cents a bag.

My biggest issue is with those reusable bags that every company just hands out for free. Just checked into a timeshare and one was handed to me as a welcome gift. I probably get three or four of them a year. Some estimates peg those to needing to be use hundreds or thousands of times to equate to the cheapie plastic grocery bags. I’ve thrown away more of them than I can count.

 

[GetawaysRus]

My biggest issue is with those reusable bags that every company just hands out for free. Just checked into a timeshare and one was handed to me as a welcome gift. I probably get three or four of them a year.

I'm a Californian and your profile shows that you're a Floridian. I'll take those bags off your hands! They're valuable here, and maybe you can understand why you got one as a welcome gift.. Like clifffaith, I absolutely refuse to pay 10 cents a bag. I keep all our vehicles stocked with reusable bags.

I ran my own little "study" about the 10 cent bags. Dioxide was shopping at Ralph's (Kroger) in Palm Desert. PD is an upscale community. When I query cashiers at stores in upscale communities "what per cent of shoppers bring their own bags," most often I'm told 50% or greater. But if I'm shopping at a store in a less high-class area, I'm usually told that the percentage is very low. In other words, the 10 cent bags do greater harm to the lower socioeconomic class of people. This is another example of California politics backfiring.

The 3 cents, is it the 1% fee on lumber products charged in California ?
As per https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/l403.pdf, the lumber products assessment supports the activities of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and helps protect California’s forests.

This thread is amusing. Youppi is apparently a Canadian. You guys don't understand California politics. For example, we have high gasoline taxes in California which were supposed to help fix the roads. But our roads are awful. Frequently, tax revenue is diverted to other uses than the originally intended use.

 

[RX8]

This thread reminded me of Emily Litella.

 

[dougp26364]

10 cents a bag. An example of Kamala's hated price gauging.

I still reuse those thick bags that were handed out for free during the early stages of Covid. Back then, any bag that you brought to the store yourself was considered heavily contaminated with cooties.

From what I have read, I believe those super thick plastic bags are on the way out. California politicians are starting to realize that this program is a total failure and has actually backfired. The hope was that people would reuse the thick bags, thereby reducing plastic waste and saving trees by eliminating paper bags. But most people just throw them away, so actually the plastic bag pollution problem has gotten worse. So I suspect that we are someday headed back to paper bags, but most likely they will now cost 10 cents a bag.

I don’t think we’ll see the return of paper bags. I think what we’ll see is like Costco or Sam’s Club where you bring your own bag or go without.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I remember when using plastic instead of was the environmentally correct option, to help save trees. Now......

We very well might see a similar thing happen with atomic energy.

 

[dougp26364]

I remember when using plastic instead of was the environmentally correct option, to help save trees. Now......

We very well might see a similar thing happen with atomic energy.

We stopped using paper to save the spotted owl. Now we must stop using plastic to save the turtles. I’d say next time we’ll get it right, but we won’t

 

[isisdave]

The 3 cents, is it the 1% fee on lumber products charged in California ?
As per https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/l403.pdf, the lumber products assessment supports the activities of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and helps protect California’s forests.

This has been in place since 2013. I have read that at one time at Lowe's each piece had a notation of $1, but at the end the correct amount was figured and included.

I can't imagine what piece of lumber costs only $3, though, and if it exists I want to buy some!

 

[klpca]

This has been in place since 2013. I have read that at one time at Lowe's each piece had a notation of $1, but at the end the correct amount was figured and included.

I can't imagine what piece of lumber costs only $3, though, and if it exists I want to buy some!

Some wood to repair the gate to our courtyard. Btw we needed metal braces because the old gate was sagging. The box said "build a new gate in 20 min!" Definitely false advertising. But the new gate is up and looks great. It just needs a couple of coats of paint and it will be as good as new.

 

[zentraveler]

10 cents a bag. An example of Kamala's hated price gauging.

I still reuse those thick bags that were handed out for free during the early stages of Covid. Back then, any bag that you brought to the store yourself was considered heavily contaminated with cooties.

From what I have read, I believe those super thick plastic bags are on the way out. California politicians are starting to realize that this program is a total failure and has actually backfired. The hope was that people would reuse the thick bags, thereby reducing plastic waste and saving trees by eliminating paper bags. But most people just throw them away, so actually the plastic bag pollution problem has gotten worse. So I suspect that we are someday headed back to paper bags, but most likely they will now cost 10 cents a bag.

Does anyone know where the $0.10 (or whatever) goes? I bring my own bags but don't mind buying the paper ones if I need more. I just use them for recycling. But would love knowing hoping the accumulated money goes to help with climate change.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

Really? I get box wines at Tablas Creek and they have never charged me the 10 cent deposit.

Your profile shows that you don't live in California.

 

[geist1223]

Hate Self Checkout. At our local HD you are lucky if you find 1 Register with a live person except for the Garden Area and Lumber Area. When we Checkout a Clerk always has to come over and help because in Self Checkout you can not get the 10% Veteran Discount unless the Clerk puts it in. So we just stand there holding up the line waiting for a Clerk to come over.

For the same Reason do not like self-serve Kiosks or online Ap ordering at Fast Food. They do not allow for the 10% Senior or Veteran Discount. Can only get these if you Order and Pay at the Counter.

 

[buzglyd]

Kinda like my trip today to Ralph's in Palm Desert. I forgot to grab reusable bags on the way out so I had to pay 10 cents each for two bags at the store. Perhaps the 10 cents prevented me from using three if they were free, but each bag are so heavy they are probably the plastic equivalent of at least 10 standard grocery bags I get outside CA. Will I reuse them, perhaps but I would have reused the regular grocery bags too.

Dude! You’re in Palm Desert. I’m back in Carlsbad at the moment but will return Wednesday. If you want to say hello. Hit me up. I’m at Shadow Ridge.

 

[TolmiePeak]

Your profile shows that you don't live in California.

I don't but I buy boxed wines from Tablas Creek. I have never seen a 10 cent charge.

 

[dioxide45]

I don't but I buy boxed wines from Tablas Creek. I have never seen a 10 cent charge.

Where are you buying it? In California? Or do you have it shipped. Or are you just buying the CA wine in WA?

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Dude! You’re in Palm Desert. I’m back in Carlsbad at the moment but will return Wednesday. If you want to say hello. Hit me up. I’m at Shadow Ridge.

I was in Palm Springs Saturday and Sunday. Took the mountain road back to NCSD Ocean Hills, so went through Palm Desert about 4 pm yesterday. Hit the Home Depot on Melrose in Vista twice today. Both times went through the manned\womanned\otherwise personned checkout in the garden center.

Now I'm back in Mukilteo, WA. Took me 30 minutes to be at my front door from when the wheels hit the runway at Paine Field this evening. And that includes wait time for luggage and for Lyft.

 

[PigsDad]

I don’t think we’ll see the return of paper bags. I think what we’ll see is like Costco or Sam’s Club where you bring your own bag or go without.

In Colorado, when they outlawed plastic bags statewide a couple years ago, the stores started offering paper bags at 10 cents each.

Kurt

 

[Brett]

Ok I am going to edit the first post. I had Mr. KLP take another look. LBR=lumber, not labor.

So only the lumber gets the 3 cent charge. I got everyone all worked up for nothing - and at 3 cents, it *was* always nothing. I have no idea what the fee is for. What, are we supposed to recycle the lumber or something?

OK - but I wasn't worked up.
No lumber surcharges in Virginia but I usually go to the more convenient Lowes

 

[pedro47]

Three (3) cents time over 1 million transactions is a good profit margin. IMHO

 

[Brett]

Three (3) cents time over 1 million transactions is a good profit margin. IMHO

But it's not "profit", - it's more like a California sales tax on certain types of lumber to prevent forest fires or regulate timber companies ... or something

https://www.sfgate.com/business/net...lumber-tax-More-trouble-than-it-s-5988204.php
https://www.latimes.com/business/la...fornia-collect-lumber-fee-20121203-story.html

 

[TolmiePeak]

Where are you buying it? In California? Or do you have it shipped. Or are you just buying the CA wine in WA?

They ship to Washington State. Although I buy there in person as well during the owners updates where they give me sales pitch while pouring me samples of wine. It is a lovely property about 10 miles west of Paso Robles.

 

[TolmiePeak]

I was in Palm Springs Saturday and Sunday. Took the mountain road back to NCSD Ocean Hills, so went through Palm Desert about 4 pm yesterday. Hit the Home Depot on Melrose in Vista twice today. Both times went through the manned\womanned\otherwise personned checkout in the garden center.

Now I'm back in Mukilteo, WA. Took me 30 minutes to be at my front door from when the wheels hit the runway at Paine Field this evening. And that includes wait time for luggage and for Lyft.

Yes but you missed the beautiful aesthetic that is SeaTac now days with a maze of construction walls to navigate through.