posted 09/02/08 09:40 AM
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Shop Rite, I love you!

By final answer
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I'm not entirely sure about this blog's history with Shop Rite (sorry, CHS -- I didn't have time to fully vet you), but I'd like to open a new chapter.  I have been to Shop Rite 3 times in the past 4 days, and I love it.  Loads of wacky contact paper -- check.  A mop bucket -- check.  A yarn stash -- (OMG) check!  Heck, even the guys who worked there picked up on the fact that I was moving and let me take all of the cardboard boxes I could carry.  Is there something that I'm missing?  Do *we* love Shop Rite?  Hate it?

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the middle between great and not great
Well, it did make our list of 15 hardware store options not too far from Capitol Hill.

This post pretty much sums up the CHS position on ShopRite to-date: ShopRite -- What will you pay for convenience?

Summary: It is a hodgepodge of convenience and dollar store-type goods crowded into a small space -- sometimes they have what you need, usually they don't (but you'll often note the appearance of said item in the future, your request clearly inspiring new inventory).
Comment by jseattle
September 02, 2008
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They have everything
There's been many times where I think, "I wonder if they'll have XYZ?" and the answer has always been Yes. I'm not sure how they do it!
Comment by Uncle Vinny
September 02, 2008
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They DO have everything, for cheap
We call it The Shit Shop and go regularly for birthday presents, lazy browsing, and whenever we need a single nail or whatever.
Comment by Katelyn
September 02, 2008
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that place is a maze...ing
I have been searching the hill for:
1. 1/8” male to male headphone cable (if possible 6 feet or longer)
2. Staple gun or preferably staple hammer!
3. More strike anywhere matches
4. Black poster board
5. Finally I have been searching the world and craigs list for an e-mail letter opener.

What are my chances?
Comment by inside art project
September 02, 2008
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Hey final answer...
Where are you moving? Not off the hill, I hope.
Comment by EmilyP
September 03, 2008
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RE: Hey final answer...
I am now a proud Miller Park resident! Hey 98112!

Once I get my home 'nets up and running, I hope to get back to my normal hillku-ing (and CHS-ing) routine. I have so many new things to write about! I think I had officially ku'ed about every piece of trash, graffiti, and cat in my old one-block radius.
Comment by final answer
September 03, 2008
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But wait - there's more
Don't forget Dunn Lumber at Northlake way and Latona. It's a full-service hardware store as well as a lumber yard, with great customer service. Unlike Lowe's and Home Depot, they provide guidance and advice, an experience unknown since the late lamented City People's or Welch's Hardware.
Comment by angus
September 07, 2008
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