"Economy" "Hardware"?

By Jay Levitt on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 7:30am

I always wonder: does anyone know where Economy Hardware got their moniker? Is it named after the founders, or something? Or is it whimsical, like "Banana Republic" or "Aeropostale"? A clever, winking retail satire, like "Monster at the End of this Book"?

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agreed.

By pomsmith on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 11:04am.

But, more importantly, "The Monster at the End of This Book" is one of the greatest books of all time.

Hardware? I can buy about a

By Anonymous on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 11:15am.

Hardware? I can buy about a thousand kinds of screws there, so I'll give that to them. Economy? I'll give that to you. It isn't the cheapest place to buy things. However, for certain items they compete on price quite nicely...you just have to do some searching.

Convenience trumps all though. At least for my local Economy. If you don't have a car, it's great.

Hardware

By Jay Levitt on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 1:46pm.

For screws, sure - they've got the standard hardware-store drawers that that local company (whose name I forget) keeps stocked.

Plumbing... hoo boy. Their plumbing selection is slightly better than CVS - they have a few more showerheads.

I asked a guy who worked there if he had any brass plumbing parts. "Brass.. parts?" and he just stared at me. I said "you know, maybe there are some sliding cases or drawers or bins of brass plumbing parts?" So he led me to your screw aisle. :)

plumbing parts

By MonexFRAUD on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 2:47pm.

Ebay is a great place to get valves and fixtures. I bought a normally $500 high-end Kohler faucet on ebay for $400 and it was brand new, not used.

owners

By amusings -- so not logged in... on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 1:40pm.

i used to nanny for the family that owns the store (back in the day, it was just the location across from the mother church on mass ave).

he's a really really nice guy.

you can go to their webpage and read their history on the about us page (down the bottom).

I think it's as in ...

By OldProfessorBear on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 6:15pm.

I think that must be "economy" as in "It's the economy, stupid."

OTOH, it's not the most expensive hardware store around.

OTTH, the selection of actual hardware is pretty pitiful (even counting the (A)Isle of Screws). E.g., you can't buy a spring there. The company that supplies the drawers of screws does indeed supply springs, but there are none to be had there.

I recall they were gonna change the name a while back to something more descriptive, but that seems to have been abandoned.