Mike's Lumber & Hardware

This place is the best in town. No matter what I need they can do. Class A++

I was initially excited to hear about this place: it's within 10 blocks of my apt, and I just got into wood-carving, so I thought these people might be able to help me out. Unfortunately, the people at the check-out counter seemed more interested in telling each other about vacation plans than assisting customers; not a huge deal, though it's a bit odd for this to happen when the cashiers are well into their 40s. The guy who appeared "in charge" of the situation (mike?) didn't really care about my little carving project, so I simply asked for a 1x4 of some oak in hopes of just grabbing it and getting out of there. $14 for six feet of 1x4!! whatever, I just payed (justifying it to myself by focusing on their convenient location) and walked around the shop waiting for my board. about 15 minutes go by, and finally I go up and ask how long I should expect to wait for a single 1x4 to be cut to length..." 'bout half hour" - WHAT! why did he just let me walk around the damn store for 15 minutes waiting (after I had paid)? ok, whatever...I come back 40 minutes later and still no plank of wood. The jerk at the counter lets me wait about 5 more minutes before he yells downstairs: "Jose, six foot oak, 1x4" - so this guy just wanted to waste a bit of my time for kicks. I saw him act similarly towards other customers during my extensive stay within his store's walls, and I guess he feels that because he's the only lumber dealer on the upper west side he can act like a total #@$ - I try to support local businesses, but next time I'll just go to the home depot. check this place out if you want to be ripped off while simultaneously being personally insulted.