Fastenal

I’m a home-​improvement, fix-​stuff, and work-​in-​the-​garden kinda guy, so I’m a fan of good hardware stores and lumber yards. I especially like the small, home-​spun places like the Ace Hardware in Gardnerville or Collier’s (Chico, CA) or Cranston’s (Woodland, CA) or Nel’s (South Lake Tahoe, CA).
So I was pretty excited when a Fastenal store opened up in nearby Minden. Now I realize that this is a big chain store, but they carry a HUGE inventory of fasteners — stuff you just can’t find at Ace or even Home Depot.
Here’s the problem: they are NOT open weekends. That’s right, when the vast majority of us are working on projects and need a special bolt or screw or rivet… the Fastenal store is CLOSED. Brilliant.
Zero stars.