Ayers Variety & Hardware

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Dee L.

Go to Ayers FIRST!! One time, while doing a turnover on my condo, I needed to replace a toilet seat. I took the measurements and even took a photo of the seat with the tape measure to ensure I picked the correct size and shape. I took this info to Home Depot in Seven Corners, thinking Id pick up a bunch of other supplies at the same time. I asked in the bathroom dept for assistance in finding the seat. I was told that the size I needed doesnt exist. I showed the photo I had taken with the measuring tape to him and another associate and they both insisted that the seat in the photograph doesnt exist! I ditched my cart and walked out, driving immediately to Ayers. Of course, they were happy to lead me to the exact seat I needed. Another time I was looking for sparkler birthday candles. I started at Party City, Target, and any other store with party in the name - no luck. I happened to be in Ayers a few days later and they had the exact candles I was looking for!! For less than $2!! I have a dozen of these stories...I love this place, and its my 1st stop when I want anything from coffee filters for my 1960s percolator, to Dip It cleaner, kites, socks, signs, blow horns, odd light bulbs, bird seed, candy... they have everything, and are happy to be there and assist us. THANK YOU!

Sciurus Carolinensis

My last visit, I walked in and collected a disparate group of household and hardware items in a few minutes that you could have easily spent over an hour locating in a big box store. Such is the power of Ayers. Yes, the things may have cost a little more than at the big box store. Among the things they have: sewing notions that you dont have to go to increasingly rare fabric stores to obtain, greeting cards that arent smutty, and household products that have been pushed off the shelves at mainstream grocery stores. I think my blood pressure goes down ten points every time I walk in there.

Joseph Putnam

I cant speak highly enough of this place! One would think that a small store like this would not be able to compete with nearby places like Home Depot, but actually, it not only outdoes them in helpfulness and service, it actually has a MUCH better selection of tools and chemical solutions (Flitz Polish, Brasso, things like that) and its prices beat anywhere else I have seen. The ONLY reason I still sometimes go to Home Depot is for large-scale building materials and things like mulch that a smaller place cant have due to space concerns. For anything else, this is my destination.

Scotty ST

This store has everything!!!! If you need a special light bulb, wire, plug, hardware anything this is the place. They have school supplies to games to clothes to art supplies. The list can keep going. The staff is always friendly. I like that this is a family run store and not a Walmart or a major chain. I also can walk here or take my car. Best store in town. People from out of town come here if they need a certain item that is hard to find.

A Private User

Wander in here for something essential, and youll probably wander out with 3 more things you didnt know you needed. Every neighborhood should have a store like this that stocks everything from small appliances and canning supplies, to seasonal decorations, to sewing notions, to home and garden needs.

Scott Hackman

Theyre great. I keep going back here, despite their prices sometimes being a smidge higher than Home Depot or Loews (which is to be expected from a smaller company). I just bought a house and theyve had everything Ive needed so far after about 10 trips.

Matt Neff

I grew up going to Ayers because they literally have everything and anything you could need at a decent price. Ill still travel over 25 minutes out of my way to stop by and get glass cut, keys made, or pick up kitchen gadgets. Can I give them 6-stars?

A Private User

Ayers is our familys: "Cant find it. Dont have one. Go to Ayers." Kitchen. Garden. Tools. Gadgets. Electrical. Crafts. Sewing. Cooking. School supplies. Snow deicers. Ayers has it. And nice people. Helpful. Knowledgeable. An Arlington treasure.

A Private User

Ive been to Ayers many times and it is a refreshing difference from shopping at Home Depot. The staff are friendly and helpful and the store isnt cavernous and dusty. Their prices are reasonable, too.

Ed Revugh

A hardware store where people know things....? You have to see it to believe it. Everyone here is so nice and extremely knowledgeable. Store has everything.

A Private User

Ayers is the neighborhood store I grew up with. It has everything you could possibly want, from fabric dye to paperclips to a huge variety of hardware.

John Zajac

Unfailingly, Ayers Variety and Hardware staff assists with every request made to them. It is a pleasure to deal with a local store like this one!

George Lansing

When I need a thing or two they usually have it in stock. And they make good keys by hand, not the machine made kind you see at the mega stores.

Sharon Milton

You can find stuff here you did not know still existed . And not just stuff,but service and friendliness, one of my favorite stores.

A Private User

A great neighborhood store, with a huge variety of items. Helpful staff, particularly on the hardware side.

Dan Rathbun

If you cannot find it at Ayers, you do not need it. Wonderful selection and extremely helpful staff.

Paige Johnson

If you cant find it anywhere in Arlington, check Ayers. Great store, nice people.