Hardware Stores in Fairfax , CA

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

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

Hardware Stores in Fairfax, 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.	Fairfax Lumber & Hardware 109 Broadway Blvd Fairfax, CA 415-453-4410	42 ratings	How does "Fairfax Lumber & Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Cole Hardware 2254 Polk St San Francisco, CA 415-674-8913	22 ratings	How does "Cole Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Home Depot 1625 Sycamore Ave Hercules, CA 510-245-9572	31 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fairfax , 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 Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	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 Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	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 Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	Lowe's 43612 Pacific Commons Blvd Fremont, CA 510-344-4920	19 ratings	How does "Lowe's" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fairfax , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
8.	Home Depot 5631 Lone Tree Way Brentwood, CA 925-513-6060	17 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fairfax , 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 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 FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: This is a Pro store, for bulk purchases of building materials, plumbing and electrical supplies..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Orchard Supply is the place to go to ask how-to questions for home repair projects...........
Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote Another Store: Window railway display has not been functional for years........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Very helpful advice on what to buy and how to use products. The quality is..........
Subscriber from PLEASANT HILL, CA wrote Another Store: Forget about service in this place. try to find someone qualified who does not have..........
Subscriber from PLEASANT HILL, CA wrote Another Store: It's often hard to find help, but when found, they are excellent........
Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote Another Store: This is a relatively small hardware store but seem to have "one of everything." The..........
Subscriber from PIEDMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Has a parking lot........
Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote Another Store: we lovethese guys.......
Subscriber from CLAYTON, CA wrote Another Store: I'm impressed with how friendly and outgoing the staff is here. It makes me want..........
Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote Another Store: I prefer Lowe's to Homedepot because of service, availability,and display areas........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: The staff really know their stuff. Not the cheapest, but good quality and selection........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: great hardware store.......
Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote Another Store: With a little service we might be onto something........
Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote Another Store: They don't emphasize customer service, and many of their products are of inferior quality. In..........
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 JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: The employees do not know their products. The store does not ensure things will be..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Each different hardware store is the 'go-to' of choice for different products around here..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Almost always find what i'm looking for when i go into cliff's. The location is..........
Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote Another Store: Remains one of the best places to do business on the Peninsula.......
Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote Another Store: Always difficult to find what I want. Help is difficult to get........
Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote Another Store: Service varies by department.......
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Still a contender........
Subscriber from PLEASANT HILL, CA wrote Another Store: Eames has provided helpful advice, excellent service, and diligent product variety and availability........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Highly variable. Some staff are outstanding in knowledge and helpfulness; others are barely adequate. Store..........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Store: Exremely helpful, knowledgeable staff. Readily accept returns/exchanges so you don't have to hesitate when trying..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Best service around and very knowledgeable staff. Takes the time to explain things to you........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: This location is exactly why when a small company has more then two locations what..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: greatest variety of items in a hardware store I have ever seen........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Best hardware store for getting advice; most of the staff is very knowledgeable except for..........
Subscriber from MORAGA, CA wrote Another Store: This store has been in Moraga for years and is beeing competed with by a..........
Subscriber from SARATOGA, CA wrote Another Store: Best refund policy around!.......
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Check out lines are too long. Garden nursery has a good variety of plants; somewhat..........
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 PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Store: Knowledgeable staff who seem to enjoy working with customers........
Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote Another Store: About my only issue is it sometimes takes a little while to find an employee..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: I go here when I can't find the thing I need elsewhere........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Dale Hardware is the world's greatest hardware store. There are very few times they did..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: When you go to Home Depot, you had pretty much already know what you want...........
Subscriber from ALBANY, CA wrote Another Store: i would never go there except for its convenient location.......
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: I love the general store atmosphere of this place. I support it whenever I can........
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 JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Impossible to find someone that knows anything except for paint. Their self-checkout kiosks are too..........
Subscriber from BELMONT, CA wrote Another Store: They are a very reliable neighborhood hardware store........
Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote Another Store: Home Depot bought them and closed the store!.......
Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote Another Store: They continue to amaze me. I've shopped there over a dozen times and they have..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: This Pro-Store has slightly better help that the one at #2 colma general HD store,..........
Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote Another Store: When the owner is away, the mice do play. Sometimes most of the staff is..........
Subscriber from SAN PABLO, CA wrote Another Store: Too bad they had a buy out and have changed to ..........

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