Home and beyond is like an online True Value. They actually are a partner of True Value and you can find basically the same kind of things on this website. The site looks nice and has a wide variety of products including appliances, hardware, automotive, paint, outdoor items etc. My husband ... Read review
Advantages: Easy to use, good prices Disadvantages: Credit card payments only
Home and beyond is like an online True Value. They actually are a partner of True Value and you can find basically the same kind of things on this website. The site looks nice and has a wide variety of products including appliances, hardware, automotive, paint, outdoor items etc. My husband likes this site quite a bit because he doesn't have to leave the house to buy the things he needs. I actually came across this site by accident and bookmarked ... ...or twice. The site is easy to navigate with tabs at the top that take you to whatever category you are looking for. Prices are good, pretty much what you would find in a store like that, nothing seemed inflated and many items were actually cheaper than at other places. Finding what you need is very easy because once you choose a general category, the left side of the screen shows tons of more specific categories. They have so many things on this ...
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