Platt Electric Supply — Local services in Portland

Check your receipts. I noticed after leaving I had been charged $55 for a roll of electrical tape. When asked about it they said "he must have put the wrong price in," without apology. Apparently manually putting in prices depending on the situation is a normal occurrence here.

A metal electrical box was $18 when a nicer version was $5 at home depot.

I returned everything else I had gotten which took 5 minutes because "the credit card machine is old, and we have put to put it in manually." Other stores don't struggle with this.

I gave a bonus star because they are close to me, which they have no...

First, the positive - I was helped promptly, got good advice, and got the part I needed. I'm happy to pay extra for service/expertise like this. But how much more? The exact part they sold me for $53 I later found is sold for just under $20 at all the big box stores. When I called back to see if there had been a mistake, I was told that their cost for this part is $43. When I suggested they try sourcing the part from a big box store who sells it for under $20, I just got the phone equivalent of a shrug. So - good expertise, but at...

terrible service you walk in and everyone has an attitude like how dare you ask for parts or ask them to do their job!!! This store constantly gets the orders wrong, sending it to jobs at the wrong time or location this is ridiculous and costing me large amounts of money. stay away from platt!!! terrible staff they don’t even know the products they sell! home depot has more...