A New OGR Advertiser

Rich

Kudos to OGR on the new client. Will the adds feature hardware or are they going into train distribution

Steve

I wish we had one local......I went to one while traveling and liked it. Plus being a train AND NASCAR guy.....can't be anything but good! Welcome!

That's great news for OGR, Rich!  I hope OGR makes a ton of money so this forum, and all things OGR, can stay around for a long, long time!

I too wish we had one locally. I think the nearest one is about 65-70 miles in the next town of size to the north of us. May have to drive up there one of these days and check it out. Maybe they will make it down here someday? Glad they are advertising with OGR! New issue just arrived today will have to look at the ad tonight.

Menards is all over the northern and central Indiana area. Now I have one more reason to give them my business 

Well it is there on page 30  i like it but we don't have one

don't they do mail order?

I've never even seen one of their stores, but O.K. - I will keep an eye out just in case.

Yes 

Wonder what the shipping is on 10 sheets of 1/2" plywood!!!!

I never heard of them. Where are they located?

One of my sons lives in Illinois and it is his favorite store, over Home Depot and Lowe's.  I wish we had one near here.

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Dennis

This is great Rich, the more the merrier. Hopefully more advertisers will come.

I also favor Menards over HD and Lowes.

Ron

Some where close to  the cost of a new Menards/Lionel train set.....

My son works for Menards at there Plano, Illinois distribution plant. He sends out stuff through the mail almost every holiday including Birthdays and every year that you have worked for them. + he gets a 10% discount on all items. John Menard is a decent man when it comes to his employees.

Dennis there is a Menard's up near me @ Hall Rd and I-94.

This is great news. We have one here and I like it. Dennis next time you are running west on I-94 take exit 98 south and go 1/4 mile south through the intersection and then do a MI U TURN back Noth and turn right on Beckley road and it is all the way back in the shopping center.

Yup, I know Menards from my former Wisconsin roots.  Moved to Ohio about 28 years ago.  I certainly wish that Menards would open a store somewhere near me.  As i is I have Homeless Despot located about 1/2 mile away and Lowe's about 4 miles.  Our original hardware stores, both ACE and True Value, have both downsized and are heading toward closure.

It would be wonderful to have a "big box" store that actually give a **** about us "0" gauge guys.

Paul Fischer

For everyone who wants to know how close you are to a Menards location.

Click on the underlined MENARDS in the first post.

Check out the store location map.

Andrew

Thanks. I see the nearest store to me is in Casper, WY, which is a mere 850 miles away.

It's better than Lowes? It's become a in family joke that within 24hrs of landing in the US I have to have a "Lowes Fix". This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact there's always a few jobs to do on the house...ah that's my excuse and I am sticking to it! 

(The range of gear available knocks the socks off our UK DIY stores)

730 miles to the nearest Menards from my US address. Good to see a big box store getting involved though.

Nick

I wonder if there is one in my area. 

Dennis, There is a new one in Livonia. there is also one in MI just north of Toledo on I75.

George T.

Yes, it really is (and I shop at Lowe's all the time because there isn't a Menard's in our area...yet).  When I lived in the Milwaukee area, Menard's was definitely my home-improvement-center-of-choice.

Every time I go north to visit family, I go to Menards. In my opinion, it's much better than Lowes or Home Depot.

Ken

I Used Menards to supplement supplies while on the road, and have not had quality issues with Menards bulk items to speak of. Excellent service too. Glad they are finally getting closer to me. Need pot metal wood screws that won't drive a 1/2" without the heads snapping? Then be told you must not be driving them right by a manager. Try Low's. Need to be treated like an scammer, ignored, maybe you never want reach anyone who knows the internal working of the company they work for, or you want to try to use a companies gift cards bought online at an actual store? Home Despot is my favorite. Menards, as a big box, is the closest to what you expect a real hardware store to be like. Still not quite the old school style, with drawers to the ceiling, but a step in the right direction.

 Remember real selections of hardened nuts & bolts? With sizes smaller than 1/4 inch?  We ruined ourselves buying from the big boxes, and let our small businesses, who are our neighbors, go out of business. Just to save a buck, or two. Maybe we deserve the choices we have. (Hobby shop? Where? How far? But, don't you live in the city?) 

Terrific! Menards is my favorite big box store. When I was building the layout, it was the only local store of its type that stocked Homasote.... Home Depot and Lowes did not. That has to be OGR's "biggest" advertiser, in terms of yearly sales.

This is how I remember a hardware store to be. 

Nice one Nicole! That's a classic.

A few of the old style Hardware shops still exsist here in the UK but they are getting harder to find. They are what we call a Aladdins Cave.

Nick

Menards is a great store, I'm not surprised. They have everything from peanuts to plywood there.

BTW Menards sells the best benchwork material...... hands down!

Eddie:

Menards are located from Wyoming to Ohio, primarily the upper Midwest. Nice store in every regard.

There becoming an OGR advertiser and getting more involved with O-Gauge is very good news.

I mail-ordered two Menard's O Gauge flat cars a couple Christmases ago, one had the illuminated billboard.  Was excited to get them, but the quality of the construction was far lower than the Lionel products Menards had commissioned in recent years.  The brackets that allowed the billboard to mount to the flat were simply hot glued & came undone, plus the couplers were sticky & rudimentary... like the ones K-Line first used when it started production.

Nonetheless, I look forward to further specialized Menards' Christmas O gauge offerings this year.  It is always nice when major retailers like Menards, & (in the bast) Boscov's, supported O because their ownership liked the product.

do't they do mailn order?

Yep, a couple years ago I ordered some of their Menards rolling stock

I buy a lot from Menards and agree that they're way better than Home Depot or Lowes. I ran crane erecting 4 new Menard stores here in the midwest a few years back and it is a pleasure to work for them as the jobsites are pretty decent.

Thanks Nicole, I needed that.

As much as I really like the newer Menards facility near us, I instead shop at the local Home Depot. 

Why?

Because Home Depot offers a 10% discount to veterans, upon showing your Veterans ID card. Upon questioning a Manager at our Menards store, he said that their prices were already low enough.

At any rate, I'm happy to see them advertising, and supporting, OGR Magazine.

Just returned from the Grand Opening of the store in Cincinnati, great store, nice quality wood at reasonable prices (although one might have to pick through it a little), 2 for $5.00 on spray paint, parts drawers for $5.99, overall very happy to ad them to my list of possible sources for materials.

Great to see a major new client in OGR.

Best,

Jason