I have zero experience with Fastenal, so it sure will be hard to
compare.

We spend over $50,000-100,000 a year with Grainger. Name brands
available / Dayton quality-ok / price, inventory, and distribution
network will be hard to beat. The shear number of
trades/tools/supplies is staggering.

I contacted 3 local commercial hardware suppliers for some 1/2
mortise hinges. No one had stock and needed 3 weeks plus to
deliver. I never thought of Graingers, but flipped it open for
something else and ended up on the hinge page. They had them in
stock for less than the commercial suppliers.

I don't know where you are headed with this. I have an assortment
of local suppliers with whom I prefer to do business. Grainger's
is one of them. Home Depot is not.

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Hi all,

I know to an extent all of you must have used one of these
suppliers
in the past. How do you rate the two in terms of customer
service,
price, and product availability. I am a former employee of WWG
and
have always been curious of the customer's side of the story.
Please
give any feedback you can.

Thank you,

FJMS