I think I can see why they'd want to do this. Basically, if you get a bunch of government agencies buying from one Home Depot, and they buy a crapload of stuff, there goes your stock of supplies! But in the same sense, why WOULDN'T you want this to happen? I think every store, especially in the times we're in now, DREAMS of the stuff flying off the shelves instead of collecting dust.

Hey, there's always Lowe's around here. Never had a problem there.