Olebiker wrote:

I don't share her nostalgia for hardware stores though. Give me an
orange or blue Borg any day. I want to be able to buy what I want
when I want it at a reasonable price without some wholesaler adding an
unnecessary layer of cost to the item.

FWIW, we have a noticable resurgence in good hardware stores in my area.

I would imagine this is directly related to the quality of the local
BORG service.