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    San Andres Hardware to Close


    Thursday, March 26, 2009
    By Cathy Murillo
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    The depressed economy and competition from chain stores are pressuring Mohammad Hormozfar to close San Andres Hardware. Hormozfar, 61, has owned the business for six years, but the store has been serving the Westside community for 35 years. He has several people interested in buying his seven-year lease. In addition to knowledgeable and friendly clerks, San Andres Hardware is known for having supplies that can’t be found elsewhere, according to longtime customer Daniel Peters. “It would be a great loss to the community,” Peters said. “He has parts for these old houses on the Westside. Who’s going to cater to these needs? And at the big stores, you’re not going to get the help you need.” The soft-spoken Hormozfar had hoped to hand down the hardware store to his sons. “We cannot compete with … Home Depot,” he said, as outlets can buy items in bulk. Additionally, suppliers are now demanding payment within 10 days, instead of 60 days, because of the economic pinch. If the store closes this summer, as the owner anticipates, Capitol Hardware on Milpas Street will be the only independent hardware store on the South Coast. Austin’s True Value Hardware in Carpinteria closed recently, and old-timers still lament the loss of Learned Hardware on upper State Street as well as Mission Hardware — the heartbeat of Old Town Goleta for decades.

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    We live on the Westside and always try to shop at San Andres Hardware first when doing projects around the house, usually riding our bikes there. We'll miss them. I hope they change their mind and decide to stick around.

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    patrickmarr (anonymous profile)
    March 26, 2009 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

    I'm always making runs to San Andres when I need something small, and they always seem to have it. Wish it was enough.

    If they close, there won't be a single hardware store between Ace and OSH. Crazy.

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    TheAverageMan (anonymous profile)
    March 26, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

    I also live on the West side and try to stop at San Andres before going anywhere else for hardware needs. The staff have always been helpful and often do have things that larger stores don't have. I will be sorry to see them go.

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    TrailHacker (anonymous profile)
    March 26, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

    This is the WORST news I've heard in a long time, really, since the time I heard Learned Hardware was closing. Its only a matter of time until SB is COMPLETELY consumed by impersonal corporate chains with poorly trained staff with matching uniforms and crappy service. San Andres Hardware is the epitome of the opposite – great service, great products. What is SB without these businesses??? What's next, Chaucer's?

    The article did say "IF the store closes this summer...." So go shop at San Andres Hardware, and tell you friends to do so also! Seriously, save what's left of our town.

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    March 27, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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