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MS International Greecian White by Home Depot is almost average - Carrera Venato from Builders Depot Direct is far superior - 40% lower prices and better quality. Read on to discover more.

The Home Depot is trying to push more products through commerce with their online ship direct program. This is a good idea to increase sales and to compete against the online ecommerce suppliers such as Builders Depot Direct.

The Greecian white line from the Home Depot is a nice line, however it does have some significant disadvantages. Firstly and just an obvious one - it would have been nice when they put the product description together for all 13 SKU's within the line if they'd spelt the word Greecian correctly in their product description - see below cut & past from Home Depot's website:

'Grecian' white is a natural stone marble that illustrates a classical romance. With a large selection of sizes and accessories to choose from, Grecian white can easily be laid in a pattern or single layout. This particular marble is suitable for residential and commercial installations, including kitchens and bathrooms'

There attention to detail and lack of knowledge does not end their however, it is difficult for a large company liek home depot to have an expert in all the fields of all the products they stock - I appreciate that - but their problem with the Greecian White marble line is the fact that it:

Disadvantages of the Greecian White Marble Line From the Home Depot

Advantage of Greecian White Marble Line from the Home Depot

How does the Greecian White line compare to the Venato Carrera Line from Builders Depot Direct - The Advantages of Carrera Venato from Builders Depot Direct:

1. The Carrera Venato Collection exclusively from Builders Depot Direct comes in both honed and polished - the Home Depot Greecian White is only polished.
2. Carrera Venato offers more elaborate mosaics, including, basketweave, Hexagon, 5/8x5/8" Square Mosaic, etc.
3. More trim choices to finish your room - how do you complete the ceiling - from wall to ceiling - Home Depot does not offer a Crown Molding
4. Builders Depot Direct has Lower prices than Home Depot. We could charge our customers $15.00SF for the mosaics or $10.00 for the flooring, but this is not fair, what about larger purchases - or freight dock deliveries for only $100, if you order 100SF of mosaic and it only costs $100.00 to deliver your product cost should be X + $1, for example Octagon Carrera Mosaic $10.15SF from Builders Depot Direct - 100SF delivered to Texas costs $125.00 - your total delivered price is $11.40. The is significantly lower than Home Depot's $15SF and $4SF over 100SF is $400 in savings. Huge!!
5. Better customer service - we answer your emails almost 15 hours a day - Home Depot's online service lacks knowledge and difficult to talk to anyone (point 6)
6. Builders Depot Direct customer service staff have extensive knowledge of the marble industry and the related products - Home Depot online - None.
7. We offer Black Marble trims to modernize a traditional look, our black and white checkered border is just $3.50 - Home Depot is $7.99 - the saving just keep adding up.

We can go on and on - but ultimately Home Depot Greecian White Collection is a good basic start, but for lower prices, better quality and more choice please go to www.BuildersDepotDirect.com or visit our Carrara Venato Collection on line click here

Let me know what you think to this posting - is it clear, does it make the point? Comments and thoughts would be greatly appreciated