Hardware Stores in Aptos , CA

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.

Hardware Stores in Aptos, CA and Nearby

The big hardware chains give independent stores a drubbing on the price front, but there are many small independents sprinkled throughout the area that provide what many consumers want most: helpful information and advice. A few of these stores even make a reasonable showing on price, and bring a lot of other strengths to the table. We'll help you find them. We've rated 146 area stores.

From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine

	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
			for quality	for price
1.	Aptos Ace Hardware 72 Rancho Del Mar Aptos, CA 831-662-0222	12 ratings	How does "Aptos Ace Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Home Depot 860 E Dunne Ave Morgan Hill, CA 408-779-9755	14 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Ace Hardware 700 Santa Cruz Ave Menlo Park, CA 650-325-2515	17 ratings	How does "Ace Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	Home Depot 4000 Alameda Ave Oakland, CA 510-533-7379	27 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Cole Hardware 2254 Polk St San Francisco, CA 415-674-8913	22 ratings	How does "Cole Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	Home Depot 5631 Lone Tree Way Brentwood, CA 925-513-6060	17 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	Antioch Ace Hardware 501 Sunset Dr Antioch, CA 925-757-2500	20 ratings	How does "Antioch Ace Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
8.	Home Depot 1625 Sycamore Ave Hercules, CA 510-245-9572	31 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Aptos , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.


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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Hardware Stores

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 NOVATO, CA wrote Another Store: Simply the best in every way. Employees are very helpful and knowledgable........wow............
Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote Another Store: Average Home Depot store, Very knowledgeable and helpful floor staff, but hard to find floor..........
Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote Another Store: The staff is helpful and the store is neat and clean with products where they..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Impossible to find someone that knows anything except for paint. Their self-checkout kiosks are too..........
Subscriber from LOS GATOS, CA wrote Another Store: Too often, I can't find what I need because either they don't sell it, or..........
Subscriber from BELMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Perhaps 1-2 years ago the store split into high-end hardware and designated the "low-end" hardware..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Great selection of plants and rocks, etc. for landscaping. Just OK for hardware........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Not quite the variety that they offered years ago before becoming an ACE store, but..........
Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote Another Store: Convenient location for me, which is mainly why I patronize it........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Another hardware store that got rid of all the good stuff - "modernized" now........
Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Store: If its wood, its Southern lumber.......
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Incredibly helpful staff and wide selection. Prices a bit more than Home Depot but service..........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: This is a small local store, which is fine if you live in the area,..........
Subscriber from SAN PABLO, CA wrote Another Store: Too bad they had a buy out and have changed to ..........
Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote Another Store: If they don't have it or can't help you, they will steer you to the..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: They pack a LOT of stuff in there! Good advice for the most part. Gene's..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Hard to find things........
Subscriber from CASTRO VALLEY, CA wrote Another Store: If you need help finding that one screw and only want to buy just one..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: great hardware store.......
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: They used to be better. There used to be several good hardware stores that still..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Very nice neighborhood hardware store with personal service. Can order items they don't carry, but..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Small store with limited selection, but prices are kept reasonable, the store is clean and..........
Subscriber from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote Another Store: The staff here is remarkably helpful and knowledgeable for this type of store........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Only go there when I couldn't find it at ACE........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: It depends on when you go (day of the week,time, etc.). Some people are very..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: They are re-organizing the store, so things should clear up a bit........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: This would be like every other chain store were it not for the staff. The..........
Subscriber from SAN MATEO, CA wrote Another Store: Good general hardware store, better selection and floor service than Home Depot........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Best neighborhood hardware store in San Francisco........
Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote Another Store: too few staff on floor and particularly at checkout.......
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: Ace is the place for the helpful hardware person is truly the case at Pastime...........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Re-opened July 5th. Was missed by the neighborhood. New store is nicer than the old,..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Check out lines are too long. Garden nursery has a good variety of plants; somewhat..........
Subscriber from CASTRO VALLEY, CA wrote Another Store: Lots of things in stock. Not easy to order most special order items........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: Friendly, helpful staff and usually well-informed. Not the lowest prices but convenient when you don't..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: A throwback to a good old-fashioned, family-run hardware store. Intimate, helpful staff, with a wide..........
Subscriber from SAN ANDREAS, CA wrote Another Store: Yes, the variety is there and the prices are competitive...but the staff is SO poor..........
Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote Another Store: Home Depot bought them and closed the store!.......
Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Store: Good local hardware store with a fine selection. A bit expensive, but if you don't..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: If you can't find it here, chances are good that you won't find it........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Great local resource for Berkeley. Parking lot makes for quick in & outs, especially when..........
Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote Another Store: Not a big price leader. Knowledgeable help often difficult to find (order desk better than..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Difficult to find someone of which to ask questions. Difficult to find what you need...........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Store: They carry virtually everything for plumbing and electrical jobs........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Store: I try to shop during their "no sales tax" days, when prices are better. Overall,..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Your classic neighborhood hardware store - a keeper........
Subscriber from MORAGA, CA wrote Another Store: The sales associates are friendly, helpful and approachable. As a small store, they try harder..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: San Lorenzo excels in having people who actually know about the products they are selling..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Staff does not typically know a lot about products. There seem to be a lot..........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: For small, neighborhood hardware store, they have a very wide selection, are knowledgeable about the..........

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