OSH Clearance Location

OSH has a sign up «20−70% off, store closure»
time to look for some bargains!

Since moving here, I became a fan of OSH. I got myself a OSH card and get store coupons to use on my purchases.
I had my eye on a particular smoker grill combo for awhile. It was both charcoal and propane with a separate smoker box. I really wanted it for my birthday, so when I got a 15% off coupon, we bought it.
I’m very happy with the price we paid, the quality of the grill and the ease of buying it and the accessories we needed (propane tank, etc.)
It’s one of our favorite purchases and we will get lots of use out of it. Now I make sure to save all those coupons for anything I need.

Dead man walking

Giving the same review as the berkeley store!
good prices (once and a while they will have no tax weekends), excellent customer serice. keep your receipt if you buy plants they will replace if they die etc. The employees are well trained in their departments. Never Never go to home depot! they dont know shit and there is never anyone when you need them! I highly recommend this store for all your needs!

Hardware stores are hard to review. Until you notice that they can’t help you, you don’t notice their service or selection.
OSH falls under this heading. Every time I’ve gone in to buy something, they’ve had it. The people are always helpful and friendly.
Recently I’ve started planting veggies and fruit in our garden, and they have a wide selection. granted, maybe not everything you may want, but you can get a really good start.
I grant you, you could cut and paste this review for Home Depot, but it’s true

This is a decent OSH with mostly friendly staff. I love that I have another option beside Home Depot in El Cerrito.
However, I have encountered one employee (Caucausian, around 6 foot tall, blonde, ponytail, goatee) who needs a serious attitude adjustment.
When a customer asks if the store carries an item, a proper response is not «If you don’t see it, we don’t carry it.» (My first experience with him)
When a customer asks for help in locating stuff, you should not walk away without making eye contact and say «I don’t work in this department». (2^nd experience on a totally different day.)
One time, benefit of the doubt is in order. Perhaps you were having bad day. But you were two for two in being condescending and unhelpful so I am going to guess that you kinda don’t want to be bothered and that’s your default mode. You might want to find a job in a different line of work that doesn’t involve human interaction, like shovling snow in Siberia.

This store location is right down the street from Home Depot. The workers are nice and it’s so much easier to find things here.

Cassandra and Alice went the extra mile to help me out. I forgot to pick up a speciality item near work in Walnut Creek. I called OSH to see if they had it. They were busy, but said they would call me right back and let me know if they had it. They did! It would have been easy for them to say, «Sorry, too busy to check.»
Thanks!

Being a gardner is tough. Being a gardner who doesn’t know what she is doing is even tougher. Is too! Oh, yeah? You try it.
I was pleasantly surprised at this store. For some reason I thought it was like long-​dead «Yard Birds» — for old people, you know. I was wrong. And who would have thought that OSH is part of the Sears family.
OSH is cool in many different ways. And in many different ways it is different from Home Depot. Customer service is great. Staff is very knowledgeable. Organization of the store is superb. You can find things in places they should be under the signs, not in the opposite end corner of the store.
Variety of gardening tools, seeds and fertilizers is awesome. Additional bonus: there is a LIFETIME guarantee on the plant purchases. If your plant dies, a month or 10 years from now, you can dig it up and bring the poor sucker back for a refund or replacement (assuming there still is an OSH around). Just save your receipt.
So with a pair of work overalls, two apple trees, a cherry tree, three rose bushes, a shovel and a bag of chicken doo-​doo, I was happily out the door and into the world of gardening.
Thank you, OSH!

I started my BBQ quest here and got a substantial amount of help and information. They have a range of BBQs and the salesman helped me come to a decision about what brand (Weber) to get. Now the problem is figuring out which one of many styles. Unfortunately they don’t have the model that I have decided upon, so I’ll have to get it elsewhere, but I’ll be back for supplies that I need because of the helpfulness of the employees.

Be anal retentive and keep all of your receipts to ensure yourself a lifetime of garden happiness!!!
If it weren’t for a neighbor/​coworker who told me about this unbelievable policy they have, I’d continue going hither and thither to maintain my front garden… it’s looking kinda pretty, with all sorts of flowers growing, but I’m most proud of my pink hydrangeas (an undeniable reminder of the oncoming sunset years occurs the instant I stand up and wincingly cry out for the Motrin).
Suhh weeeEEEEET!!! I can be a complete bungling green thumb and I won’t furrow a pretty brow or grow a grey hair, because all flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, bushes that are purchased and then unexpectedly obeisantly respect the immutable laws of mother nature shall live again!!! in the form of a new replacement!
I worked hard on the garden for the past few days, transplanting, uprooting, and fertilizing. The mantra for the past 48 hours that also promulgates rapprochement has been, «B1 for all»! (did anybody out there get that joke?!)
And, since we’re speaking of OSH, just heard over the radio that they’re having a 25% sale on plants starting this Saturday. Though I know my generous heart has disclosed this and I’ve just added for myself an additional 10 minute wait in line for the cashier, you’re worth it (wink).

Really big store, kind of tiring to shop at, though employees are willing to help and seem knowledgeable. I copied keys here.
I bought the biggest piece of beef jerky I’ve ever seen as part of a Christmas present. I think it was 2 feet long (reformed obviously) and branded. Saw it near the register. Their smart placement marketing worked on me.

Worse OSH store that I’ve been to. Every time I went, I had to go to the cashier asking for help. If you know what you are looking for, good luck finding it. You would be wasting a lot of time trying to find someone to help you. They have no sense of customer service!
Go to Ace Hardware where. You will see a difference in customer service!

This OSH is my favorite local hardware store. It is large and carries all the basics but not so overwhelming that you get lost. And they have absolutely great customer service. Sometimes when I ask questions elsewhere, I feel like I am not taken seriously since I am a young (pretty) female who still feels out of place in a hardware store. But not here!
I was particularly impressed yesterday when I went to pick up an odd shaped halogen light bulb for my motion detector. With the old burnt out light bulb in hand, I was pointed in the right direction by an associate who then found a manager (Kent) to help me identify the right one. Since my light bulb was poorly marked, he got out his magnify glass to determine the right size base while being very friendly and giving me a range of good suggestions on other topics (including recommending a competing hardware store as necessary).
This is what keeps me going back to buy the essentials for my house — from light bulbs to copying keys to paint to tools to plumbing to garden supplies.

My husband and I like OSH. We love Pastime ACE hardware but sometimes they don’t have the large selection OSH has.
We were looking for a laundry sink, and at OSH we found it. I much prefer it here than Home Depot. They actually do have customer service. There are friendly people around looking to help, and not dodging or ignoring you. huge plus!
Their signage is very clear and you find your way around much easier. We are very pleased. Their selection is pretty good — prices are moderate.
Recently when I was looking at upgrading bathroom accessories, I was able to find the one I liked at OSH and found something less expensive on line.
it all works well.

Dear Guy (Perhaps Manager?) In Charge of Closing the Xmas Tree Section that Sunday Night,
You fine, but I didn’t need the attitude. In a store where the staff is always friendly and outgoing, you were rude, cocky, and overly abrupt when answering my questions. I didn’t want your dry trees anyway.
Signed,
A True Xmas Tree Hustler

When I need something hardware-​related, my order of proprietor priority is to go to Pastime Hardware first, then OSH, then Home Creepo.
This OSH location is in my mind a bit safer than the one on Ashby. It’s newer, and the parking lot is along a major street, so I feel a little better if I need to go there at night. There’s still Richmond’s share of riff-​raff out and about, so I’d advise that you still be careful. But the real advantage over the Ashby location is that the El Cerrito employees do ask you if you need help, then are willing to walk you to the specific aisle or even hook where the product in question is located. They have a wider selection in general than Home Creepo, which is the lowest common denominator leader.
I’d say the one department in which OSH is lacking over Home Creepo is lumber. OSH’s lumber, such as clear poplar or red oak boards is quite a high premium over HD©. Same story with the plywood paneling, or ‘handy panels’, as they are popularly known.

OMG. Why has no one reviewed OSH? I love Osh. Although I love Berkeley Horticultural, it is one damn expensive nursery. I do get more exotic flowers, etc. at Horticultural, but for basic perennials and annuals, OSH really does the job. I can leave OSH with a carfull of flowers for $ 50 (compared to 2−3X that much at Horticultural). It ain’t fancy, but it’s cheap! For that I give OSH 4 stars.