Hardware Stores in Annandale , VA

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Hardware Stores in Annandale, VA and Nearby

Our research finds that the area's two largest chains-Home Depot and Lowe's-offer low prices, but their customers are typically less than thrilled with the advice and service each offers. Yet picking a hardware store doesn't have to be an exercise in tradeoffs. Sprinkled throughout the area, there are many independent stores that provide helpful advice, and some of these stores even make a reasonable effort to compete with the Big Guys on price.

From Washington 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.	Annandale Hardware & Supply 4711 Backlick Rd Annandale, VA 703-256-1200	27 ratings	How does "Annandale Hardware & Supply" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Glover Park Ace Hardware 2251 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 202-333-6378	37 ratings	How does "Glover Park Ace Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Mag Hardware 2200 18th St NW Washington, DC 202-265-3205	22 ratings	How does "Mag Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	Ace Hardware 5057 Westfields Blvd Centreville, VA 703-378-7320	39 ratings	How does "Ace Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Lowe's 13000 Gateway Center Dr Gainesville, VA 703-468-6000	30 ratings	How does "Lowe's" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	Ashton Paint & Hardware 25 Olney Sandy Spring Rd Ashton, MD 301-570-1300	122 ratings	How does "Ashton Paint & Hardware" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	American Hardware & Hearth of Waldorf 2875 Crain Hwy Waldorf, MD 301-645-2700	19 ratings	How does "American Hardware & Hearth of Waldorf" rate compared to other hardware stores in Annandale , VA? Subscribe Washington 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 MCLEAN, VA wrote Another Store: Excellent service and always helpful...........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: Customer service is top notch! ONe of my favorite stores!.......
Subscriber from COLLEGE PARK, MD wrote Another Store: If you can find what you need, then you're doing well. I find that they..........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: Everything that's best about the best, still available today........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Store: Staff know little about the products and are impossible to find........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote Another Store: Cleaner than Home Depot and staff is more knowledgeable about merchandise they are selling........
Subscriber from RESTON, VA wrote Another Store: The best service around. Beats the big guys in every way........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Store: Convenient. Staff can be a bit grumpy on some days but are generally pleasant and..........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: People are helpful. Selection is naturally not as broad as the big box stores and..........
Subscriber from MANASSAS, VA wrote Another Store: Go during the week days if you want real advice from real professionals........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: very responsive, friendly & well stocked little store.......
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: At about 1/5 the size of the big box hardware stores, they seem to have..........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote Another Store: A store that has beenhelpful to do-it-yourselfers for many decades........
Subscriber from NORTH POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Store: parking a bit of an issue.......
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: I use the Georgetown Ace. Nice store with nice people........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: Two months and 10 days to install carpet and tile after innumerable errors in estimating,..........
Subscriber from MC LEAN, VA wrote Another Store: You can do better on the internet. If you know what you want, Home Depot..........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: Finding guidance/direction really difficult. Keeping stuff stocked equally bad........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: Help is often impossible to find, unless you manage to interrupt a shmoozefest. Most employees..........
Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Store: In the time I've lived in the area (since 1963) I always gone there first..........
Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Store: One of the last great Mom and Pop shops. Worth paying the higher prices for..........
Subscriber from CHEVY CHASE, MD wrote Another Store: Superior! Very knowledgeable, very service-oriented. Thank goodness for wonderful stores like this........
Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote Another Store: Better than Home Depot. This store at least offers a nice clean facility, polite staff,..........
Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote Another Store: See my comments on Home Depot and my comments on this Lowes when I purchased..........
Subscriber from WOODBRIDGE, VA wrote Another Store: This is an amazing store with an incredible array of products sold and serviced by..........
Subscriber from MC LEAN, VA wrote Another Store: Norman Rockwell would love this place!.......
Subscriber from ANNANDALE, VA wrote Another Store: Good small hardware store. Excellent lock and key service. Higher prices than box stores, but..........
Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Store: No one came to help even after being paged. Went to service desk and still..........
Subscriber from ANNANDALE, VA wrote Another Store: The best hardware in the area, unquestionably, with old-fashioned service and really good stock; very..........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: Home Depot has a good variety of products, but it's often difficult to find something,..........
Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Store: Nice neighborhood hardware store. They usually have things I cannot find in the large chain..........
Subscriber from KENSINGTON, MD wrote Another Store: A lot of fun to visit.......
Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote Another Store: May they go the way of Heckengers!.......
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Store: Not a bad second or third choice........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: The rental dept at this HOme Depot is terrible! The equipment I rented did not..........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Store: A good neighborhood hardware store. Far better than Home Depot for advice, range of products...........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote Another Store: Wow. Extremely eclectic mixture of tools, hardware and household items. Prices ABSOLUTELY cannot be beaten...........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: I thought the staff were very helpful, but the store is small and there is..........
Subscriber from COLLEGE PARK, MD wrote Another Store: The best hardware store in PG County by far. They have every arcane fitting and..........
Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Store: It's hard to find help in Home Depot. When I do find help, they are..........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: Nice people, good variety of stuff for sale. They are the only place I can..........
Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Store: What can I say? If you can't find it at Fischer's you probably really don't..........
Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Store: Home Depot was great when they first came to town but Lowes is better for..........
Subscriber from KENSINGTON, MD wrote Another Store: Beats Home Despot........
Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Store: Sometimes the staff are wonderfully helpful, other days it takes 15 minutes to find someone..........
Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Store: Displays are often short of stock. Staff people are often mobbed and therefore unable to..........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: The staff is incredibly unprofessional and unhelpful. I used one of the kitchen designers and..........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Store: The place to go for quality items........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Store: Great neighborhood hardware store. A bit high on prices........
Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Store: If you need a couple of smaller hardware items or hard to match nuts, bolts,..........

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