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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.
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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
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Hardware Stores in Alameda, CA |
Hardware Stores in Antioch, CA |
Hardware Stores in Aptos, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Belmont, CA |
Hardware Stores in Belvedere Tiburon, CA |
Hardware Stores in Ben Lomond, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Benicia, CA |
Hardware Stores in Berkeley, CA |
Hardware Stores in Boyes Hot Spring, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Brentwood, CA |
Hardware Stores in Calistoga, CA |
Hardware Stores in Campbell, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Capitola, CA |
Hardware Stores in Castro Valley, CA |
Hardware Stores in Colma, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Concord, CA |
Hardware Stores in Cotati, CA |
Hardware Stores in Daly City, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Dublin, CA |
Hardware Stores in East Palo Alto, CA |
Hardware Stores in El Cerrito, CA |
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Hardware Stores in El Sobrante, CA |
Hardware Stores in Emeryville, CA |
Hardware Stores in Fairfax, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Fairfield, CA |
Hardware Stores in Felton, CA |
Hardware Stores in Foster City, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Fremont, CA |
Hardware Stores in Gilroy, CA |
Hardware Stores in Half Moon Bay, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Hayward, CA |
Hardware Stores in Hercules, CA |
Hardware Stores in Kensington, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Lafayette, CA |
Hardware Stores in Larkspur, CA |
Hardware Stores in Livermore, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Los Altos, CA |
Hardware Stores in Los Gatos, CA |
Hardware Stores in Martinez, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Menlo Park, CA |
Hardware Stores in Mill Valley, CA |
Hardware Stores in Millbrae, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Milpitas, CA |
Hardware Stores in Moraga, CA |
Hardware Stores in Morgan Hill, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Mountain View, CA |
Hardware Stores in Napa, CA |
Hardware Stores in Newark, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Novato, CA |
Hardware Stores in Oakland, CA |
Hardware Stores in Orinda, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Pacifica, CA |
Hardware Stores in Palo Alto, CA |
Hardware Stores in Petaluma, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Piedmont, CA |
Hardware Stores in Pinole, CA |
Hardware Stores in Pittsburg, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Pleasant Hill, CA |
Hardware Stores in Pleasanton, CA |
Hardware Stores in Point Reyes Station, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Portola Valley, CA |
Hardware Stores in Redwood City, CA |
Hardware Stores in Richmond, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Rio Vista, CA |
Hardware Stores in Rodeo, CA |
Hardware Stores in Rohnert Park, CA |
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Hardware Stores in San Bruno, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Carlos, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Francisco, CA |
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Hardware Stores in San Jose, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Leandro, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Lorenzo, CA |
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Hardware Stores in San Mateo, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Rafael, CA |
Hardware Stores in San Ramon, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Santa Clara, CA |
Hardware Stores in Santa Cruz, CA |
Hardware Stores in Santa Rosa, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Scotts Valley, CA |
Hardware Stores in Sebastopol, CA |
Hardware Stores in Sonoma, CA |
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Hardware Stores in South San Francisco, CA |
Hardware Stores in St Helena, CA |
Hardware Stores in Suisun City, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Sunnyvale, CA |
Hardware Stores in Union City, CA |
Hardware Stores in Vacaville, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Vallejo, CA |
Hardware Stores in Walnut Creek, CA |
Hardware Stores in Watsonville, CA |
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Hardware Stores in Woodside, CA |
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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).
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 10/17/09
- Only go there when I couldn't find it at ACE........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about PASTIME ACE HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/12/09
- mixed service. some staff are superior, some inferior........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about PASTIME ACE HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 07/29/09
- If you can't find something, ask; they often have it rat-holed elsewhere, or will suggested..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 07/29/09
- Experience can be terrible to excellent, mostly the former. They seem to run their stocking..........
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Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote about PASTIME ACE HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 07/20/09
- Family run, has everything including very knowledgible help.......
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 07/17/09
- Gave this adequate, but in terms of getting help regarding products...not good.......
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Subscriber from PINOLE, CA wrote about PASTIME ACE HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 06/23/09
- The staff is always very helpful and ready to assist anyone needing help. I go..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 09/12/08
- they can solve most problems on the spot........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 09/11/08
- Not a discount hardware store, but the knowledgeable staff, the customer service they offer, and..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/27/08
- Excellent selection. Staff tries to be helpful, but this is often a busy place and..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 08/26/08
- I hate shopping at HD. Even though it's four blocks from my home, a short..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 08/15/08
- Too big. Sometimes hard to get help........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/15/08
- Friendly, helpful staff and usually well-informed. Not the lowest prices but convenient when you don't..........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/12/08
- Not quite the variety that they offered years ago before becoming an ACE store, but..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/08/08
- greatest variety of items in a hardware store I have ever seen........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 08/05/08
- This place is a local treasure. It has been at this location for at least..........
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Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 07/23/08
- This store has a very large variety of products. The staff is usually knowledgeable about..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote about HOME DEPOT, El Cerrito, CA on 02/28/08
- train employees.......
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 02/04/08
- A very good local hardware store. The place to go if you are not sure..........
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Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote about PASTIME HARDWARE, El Cerrito, CA on 09/30/07
- Get rid of the take a number system!.......
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- See more comments at Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK.
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