Spartan Paint & Supply Co. — Local services in Stoneham

The store itself is clean and seemingly well maintained. If it was not for that fact I'd rate it one single star.

If I go into your store and you're having a conversation with somebody at the front, and you're behind the register, you need to strongly consider implementing at least one of these changes:

A) Learn to multi task. There are zero people in line. I shouldn't be waiting 5 minutes to check out $5 worth of hardware when nobody is even in front of me in line.

B) Ask one of the (at minimum, that i saw) 2 other associates that aren't helping customers at that moment to helm the register while you chat it up.

C) At least step away from the register that you aren't using so that there wouldn't even be an expectation that I'd receive timely service from you.

It comes down to the ability/willingness to multi task, how you choose to present your body language (standing at an empty register implies readiness to help), and simply not making me stand there in the middle of the afternoon wasting my time.

Ultimately I have only myself to blame for this experience. I passed right by Round's hardware right up the road and should have just given them all $5.38 of my valuable business.

I encourage anybody associated with the management of Spartan hardware to simply walk into Round's one day and observe the placement of their personnel. It might...

Thanksgiving Weekend 2022...two friends and I were in Stoneham for the Greater Boston Stage Company's production of "Little Women, The Musical" and we had some time to kill since we had planned for possible bad traffic along the way. We ended up milling around the theater area to browse. Voilà Spartan Paint & Supply! The guys inside were very welcoming, personable, helpful, and kind and it was open and it was warm inside. We were not looking to buy anything, but all three of us ended up finding something that we needed and all made purchases. I skipped the complimentary fresh popcorn, but I did score a free calendar on the way out the door! Terrific store...so much variety...impressive collection of YETI products, too. Definitely worth the trip on its own. An...

They stock items those large home stores don't. I was looking for a few 1/4" x 28 TPI screws. Looked for them unsuccessfully at those BIG Box stores. I really didn't expect Ace to have them but gave it a shot. I was amazed that not only did they have it, they had an assortment from hex head to cap, black, galvanized, stainless all neatly organized. Wow how they do it is beyond me. I'm so glad they have such a vast assortment of fasteners in such a wide range of...