The local hardware store added the amount of die needed for a quart as opposed to a gallon. 

House still had a very nice kitchen with granite countertops, new roof, new windows, baths we redid master shower and vanity, the other 2 baths we just upgraded hardware, paint, tubs and vanities were good were good. ... house on 2.5 acres.

Your paint rep and hardware store owner will know all of the players.I get a few from bank contacts, but this isnt happening as much anymore because the banks I had relationships with got aquired.I send some targeted letters and have never gotten a deal from that.I got one deal from a neighbor at one of my rentals.

Also, many ATMs all over the world now dispense cash in local currency from Bitcoin wallets. 

We have a family business of hardware manufacturing in India and are now looking to expand our business in USA.

That's why I leave my wallet in the car!

Installation is $75/window in quantity in the Raleigh area (2 installers gave me that number) and the window (solid state hardware) itself was about $130.

The local hardware stores and big box stores sell materials, they hire local workers.

BP, REI, CI and other locations provide just as good of content with people who are doing deals, doing work, but who aren't trying to separate you from your wallet.

I've had central A/C units torched through bars/cages and stolen to all my new doors and hardware pulled off every doorway taken in minutes in these areas.