Hardware Stores in Fremont , CA

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Friday, March 19, 2010

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

Hardware Stores in Fremont, 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.	Dale Hardware 37100 Post St Fremont, CA 510-797-3700	411 ratings	How does "Dale Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Home Depot 43900 Icehouse Terr Fremont, CA 510-490-0191	105 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Lowe's 43612 Pacific Commons Blvd Fremont, CA 510-344-4920	19 ratings	How does "Lowe's" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	McIvor Hardware 43350 Ellsworth St Fremont, CA 510-656-0211	64 ratings	How does "McIvor Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Orchard Supply Hardware 5130 Mowry Ave Fremont, CA 510-797-1723	92 ratings	How does "Orchard Supply Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	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 Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	Home Depot 4000 Alameda Ave Oakland, CA 510-533-7379	27 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
8.	Cole Hardware 2254 Polk St San Francisco, CA 415-674-8913	22 ratings	How does "Cole Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
9.	Home Depot 5631 Lone Tree Way Brentwood, CA 925-513-6060	17 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
10.	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 Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
11.	Home Depot 1625 Sycamore Ave Hercules, CA 510-245-9572	31 ratings	How does "Home Depot" rate compared to other hardware stores in Fremont , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
12.	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 Fremont , 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 SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Outstanding! Puts the Warehouse places to shame!.......
Subscriber from STANFORD, CA wrote Another Store: Offers convenient recycling of batteries and fluorescent light bulbs........
Subscriber from ANTIOCH, CA wrote Another Store: This HD store has become very run down. I realize that it is the clientele..........
Subscriber from EL GRANADA, CA wrote Another Store: I like the hardware store, but not the rentals-- they're 'way too expensive!.......
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: They are re-organizing the store, so things should clear up a bit........
Subscriber from PLEASANT HILL, CA wrote Another Store: Generally can get assistance without a wait........
Subscriber from LIVERMORE, CA wrote Another Store: What a joy to enter this store and get immediate, expert advice on a wide..........
Subscriber from MORGAN HILL, CA wrote Another Store: Home depot has one of the most rediculous return policies. Especially unused products with receipts........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Very helpful advice on what to buy and how to use products. The quality is..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: If you live in the Mission San Jose area of Fremont, this hardware store should..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Workingman's Headquarters is an old-fashioned hardware. Two brothers work in a place that looks like..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Old fashioned, behind-the-counter store........
Subscriber from SUISUN CITY, CA wrote Another Store: This is the best all-around hardware store I have ever found. Extremely good in answering..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Cashier's lines are long........
Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote Another Store: I prefer Lowe's to Homedepot because of service, availability,and display areas........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Fun to shop there. Helpful advice........
Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote Another Store: Service varies by department.......
Subscriber from EMERALD HILLS, CA wrote Another Store: An old time hardware store with knowledge of today's solutions........
Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Store: staff always ready to help some new staff not as knowledg eable.......
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Excellent selection for neighborhood hardware........
Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote Another Store: They are not helpful and parking is VERY poor........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Amazingly friendly and helpful staff. Very crowded store, but they have almost anything needed for..........
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 FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: This is an awesome store for getting advice. Best I've ever been too........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: A great little neighborhood hardware store.......
Subscriber from SAN PABLO, CA wrote Another Store: Helpful, friendly, good advice, patient.......
Subscriber from MARTINEZ, CA wrote Another Store: The store is difficult to navigate and it is difficult to find help. The staff..........
Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote Another Store: Remains one of the best places to do business on the Peninsula.......
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: If you can't find something, ask; they often have it rat-holed elsewhere, or will suggested..........
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Store: Not enough staff!.......
Subscriber from BRISBANE, CA wrote Another Store: A very clean, neat store, with competitive prices and friendly staff. More employees would be..........
Subscriber from ORINDA, CA wrote Another Store: What impressed me was that the salesperson tried to help me complete a project and..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: I really wish we had a Lowes so we wouldn't need to deal with Home..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: A real neighborhood store with a well-stocked back room. I've often hunted all over town..........
Subscriber from ANTIOCH, CA wrote Another Store: I love OSH. What can I say? Pricier than the big box stores and a..........
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 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 EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Store: Experience can be terrible to excellent, mostly the former. They seem to run their stocking..........
Subscriber from CLAYTON, CA wrote Another Store: Very disappointed with the "new" Yardbirds / Home Depot. They can't decide if they are..........
Subscriber from LAFAYETTE, CA wrote Another Store: Very personal and professional service from knowlegable staff. If they don't have it, they will..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: love the store, especially the way they take back items, even without receipts........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: I special-ordered a product. The model number on my invoice, written by Carlos at this..........
Subscriber from SAN PABLO, CA wrote Another Store: Basic-- doesn't carry full range of HD products. Friendly at times but terrible service when..........
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 SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: This is a brand new Home Depot and the availability and helpfulness of the staff..........
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 JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: Level of service, and variety of products, has decreased lately. Maybe they are having budget..........
Subscriber from SAN PABLO, CA wrote Another Store: Very impressed by quality of products as compared to the "big orange store." Much cleaner...........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: They often stock items that can't be found elsewhere........
Subscriber from MILPITAS, CA wrote Another Store: Great variety, great prices - hard to find help when you need it, and some..........

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