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for quality for price
1. Crete Ace Hardware
1050 E Exchange St
Crete, IL
708-672-0649 		How does "Crete Ace Hardware"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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2. Ace Hardware
17 E 34th St
Steger, IL
708-756-3756 		11 ratings How does "Ace Hardware"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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3. Ebel's Ace Hardware
18410 Governors Hwy
Homewood, IL
708-799-8286 		42 ratings How does "Ebel's Ace Hardware"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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4. Home Depot
17845 Halsted St
Homewood, IL
708-647-6084 		15 ratings How does "Home Depot"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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5. Menards
17545 S Halsted
Homewood, IL
708-922-3329 		14 ratings How does "Menards"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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6. Gus Bock's Ace Hardware
3455 Ridge Rd
Lansing, IL
708-474-5940 		13 ratings How does "Gus Bock's Ace Hardware"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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7. Home Depot
20808 Cicero Ave
Matteson, IL
708-481-1551 		32 ratings How does "Home Depot"
rate compared to other hardware stores in Crete , IL?
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Hardware Stores in the Chicago Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Hardware Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Hardware Stores.

  • Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote about a local hardware store: My new favorite store. Great, locally-owned shop with all the basics you need for home..........
  • Subscriber from ROMEOVILLE, IL wrote about a local hardware store: From all our choices this has to be the favorite for now........
  • Subscriber from BARRINGTON, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Kind of like the hardware stores of yesteryear........
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local hardware store: This is the only place to go if you need any advice or want to..........
  • Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Knowledgable, reliable & nice staff for the last 20 years........
  • Subscriber from LIBERTYVILLE, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Staff is great and so are sales.......
  • Subscriber from SCHAUMBURG, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Good neighborhood resource.......
  • Subscriber from OAK PARK, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Dressels has brass hardware for older houses that is hard to find. It is also..........
  • Subscriber from HANOVER PARK, IL wrote about a local hardware store: I go to this big box hardware store when I want to do price comparisons..........
  • Subscriber from RIVERWOODS, IL wrote about a local hardware store: Sales people who actually know about the products and are helpful, ask if you need..........
  • Subscriber from LEMONT, IL wrote about a local hardware store: The help here is phenominal! You cant go more than a few minutes without being..........
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local hardware store: O fthe big stores, we prefer Menards over Home Depot and Lowes.......
  • Subscriber from ST CHARLES, IL wrote about a local hardware store: There is always someone offering to help you. The people they hire are knowledgeable and..........
  • Subscriber from LIBERTYVILLE, IL wrote about a local hardware store: A good, solid hardware store. Rentals (such as aerators) are also quite reasonable........
  • Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote about a local hardware store: If you have a project they are the ones who will help you choose everything..........
  • Subscriber from WILMETTE, IL wrote about a local hardware store: This is one of the few remaining neighborhood hardware stores. It is now part of..........




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