BEACON HARDWARE — Local services in New York

I walked in today with my 8 year old son looking for some paint for my apartment. After standing there for like 10 minutes making eye contact with several staff members and they just went about their business. I asked a middle aged man can I get some help with the paint section. He then walked over to me and said..... "the paints you are looking at are 69 dollars a can maybe you should look at those over there...they are cheaper"...Wow.....talk about racial discrimination ......he then had another customer walk through the door and say I bought this paint and I dont need it....he then turned around and walked away with the customer who just walked in and left me standing there to help him....I stood there a few minutes more till I finally walked out and went to Home Depot....I needed 10 cans of grey paint.....I thought going to my neighborhood hardware store would be better service than a big store but ....WRONG....they treated me poorly and assumed maybe I couldn't afford the paint....That's why these large stores and pitting the smaller ones out of...

I bought a window AC unit this past weekend and had a WONDERFUL experience. This is my first time going to Beacon after the new management took over, and they did not disappoint -- just as good as the old management (which was always excellent). I live on the first floor of an apartment building so my windows have bars over them with no AC cutout, so I didn't know if a window AC would fit. I stopped by Beacon to ask a question about it, and Angel, a great guy, immediately said he would come to my apartment to look at the window and see what he could do. He measured everything and then told me about an AC unit that would fit, and then immediately delivered and installed the unit, even getting special plexiglass to fit my unusual window. I would recommend Beacon Hardware (and especially Angel, if you need help with installation or other handyman services) to anyone...

Great shop. I've come in here a few times for this and that and they never disappoint. Tell them what you need and they find it in two seconds. Done! On with your project, no wandering off into the aisles and coming back like its 40 years later and now you're the royalty of Narnia. They're always nice to me no matter how cheap or expensive or ridiculous (...you need how much sand?) the thing I'm asking for is. Prices are fair for the area you're in. They'll even help you make sure you've got all the pieces you need and that you know how to work the thing you're buying. Thanks to the convenience and good service its just a higher level of...