Center Ace Hardware

I’m starting to think this store is just a hobby for the owners because the hours are non existent for people who work.

Super helpful, super friendly, super convenient. I would much rather give local business my money. Especially people who genuinely care about their customers. Give this place a try!

Everyone at Ace is so friendly. We just moved in to town and I’ve made several trips. Each time I am immediately greeted and asked how to help me. They also offered great advice on local business owners, town events and general
Info. The store is so nice. We are so glad to have a great store right in town.

I finally got around to getting Rhodie license plates for our car. Our last state of residence did not require front plates (or at least we didn’t put one on), so we didn’t have the front plate holder up. I went to Ace to try and find out which screws I would need to put the front plate on. When I arrived the very nice older gentleman asked how he could help me. I told him and he said that he wanted to come out to the lot and look at my car. He went back in and grabbed a couple of screws along with a screw driver. He took my plate from me and started screwing the plate in for me. When he was done he said, tell the lady at the register that you owe her $.50. When I went to the register I told her that I owed her $ 5. After she had rung me up and I signed the receipt I told her to give that guy the $ 5 as it was only supposed to be $.50. She said that she would do that immediately!
What a great group of people. You would never see anything like that at Home Depot!

A good alternative to home depot/​lowes. They do not have everything, but come pretty close. The paint selection is also quite good and the prices are reasonable. The staff is more knowledgeable than your average home depot/​lowes person also.

This is a great store. The employees provide fantastic customer service. The store may be smaller than a Home Depot, but trust me, they manage to carry just about anything in there! This store is very organized and clean. Ample parking. I will be coming back for future home improvement projects.

Ok, so after countless trips to Center Ace hardware over the last 6 months, I’ve just got to face the facts and fess up. It’s not that great. Maybe it was beginner’s luck at first but over time, it seems that my experiences at Center Ace have just kept going down hill.
First, it’s not being able to get everything on my list… there’s always 1 or 2 important items they don’t carry.
Then it was the prices. A few things that cost a buck or two more is fine. But at this point, I’m averaging $ 2 – 4 more on every item than if I went to the big box store.
Now, the customer service. They are friendly (most of the time) and seem to really want to help but in the end, I’ve learned to just say I don’t need help because no one has ever really given me any useful advice.
Also, a semi-​fiasco with paint. 45 minutes to have 2 quarts of paint mixed. A staff member was inexperienced about having a paint mixed a certain way, took an attitude with me when I tried to further explain what I wanted (I KNEW I wasn’t crazy and that he was misinformed). And after all that was said and done, he had wrongly advised me on how much paint I needed for my project so I ran out half way through.
If there wasn’t another Ace 15 minutes down the road, I’d probably keep suffering through Center Ace but luckily, I have an alternative AND the other guys don’t close at 3pm on Sunday!

Always helpful and convenient, great to have them in town