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August 2014 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE STORES Our Feature in We Speak Hardware—In Popular Mechanics Many Languages! Imagine how over the moon we were when we One of the coolest parts about living in the Bay There are a lot of learned that Cole Hardware would be featured in Area is the diversity within our community. More hardware stores out the July/August issue of Popular Mechanics than 35% of San Francisco’s residents were born in there in the world. magazine! Generation after generation has read other countries, and 25% of residents were born in Like any of them, the Popular Mechanics and shopped at Cole other states. This makes being regaled with stories “nuts and bolts” (pun Hardware—so we find it the perfect marriage, of from native San Franciscans, such as our 98-year-old intended!) of our course. We are proud to have been chosen based on founder, Dave Karp, all the more rare and business is hardware. reader-submitted nominations in the category fascinating. Equally fascinating is the melting pot of Day in and day out, Speak Spanish with “Hardware Stores We Love,” and we suspect our cultures, lifestyles, languages, and traditions that we speak hardware. Vicki at Cole Fox. award-winning window displays were the main makes up our Bay Area community. We at Cole Like any hardware catalyst that drove votes for Cole Hardware. Hardware happen to think this vibrant diversity is store, we mix paint, grind keys, and cut glass. We Although we offer a unique product mix, something to celebrate! continued on page 10... knowledgeable hardware expertise, and a vast range of services to our Aiden, Age 10, shoppers, nothing 2014 ACE All-Star, Make a % Lifelong CMN 100 Hospitals Patient $ of your donation will benefit USCF Benioff 5 Children’s Holpital. donation to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for a limited-edition 5-gallon bucket and receive we do in our % business elicits more positive feedback than Noelle’s windows, which rival those 20 off of department stores that have large teams of visual everything that fits merchandisers and big budgets. Our entire visual in the bucket. 1503390 display department consists of just one crew See back page for details.** member: Noelle. Noelle’s goal is to create window displays made from 99% hardware. Nearly Discount does not apply to gift cards, postage stamps, Muni passes, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Clipper cards, meter cards, special orders, or sale merchandise. continued on page 12... Not valid with coupons or other offers. Rewards points do not accumulate. “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Shop online 24/7 at ColeHardware.com.

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Hardware Happy Hour returns to all Cole Hardware locations on Wednesday, August 20. Not only can you enjoy a glass of Rick’s Buying Blunders via our Cutting Edge wine and a Buying products for a retail store is not an exact Cole Hardware location. At these insanely low few bites of our gourmet science. If it were, we wouldn’t occasionally end featured prices, quantities will be chocolate, but you can save $10 up with overstocked merchandise. But now, very limited. on a $20+ purchase. Stock up on Rick’s blunders are your opportunities to snag To receive both Flash Friday and supplies for a project or pick up some great products at ridiculously low prices. QWIQQ deals directly in your everything you need to finish up If you haven’t already done so, sign up now for inbox, just e-mail hotline@ your art installation for Burning our Flash Friday Deals to be alerted to our new colehardware.com with the word Man. Have you started your back- QWIQQ deals feature! With the click of your “flash” in the subject line, and we’ll add you to to-school shopping yet? If not, mouse, you can purchase these special deals right our weekly Flash Friday e-mail list. You may also now is a great opportunity to start. online and pick them up at your convenience. download the free QWIQQ app from the Apple We hope to see you! Our QWIQQ deals will tend to be higher ticket app store and follow @ColeHardware to be items that are available for pickup at just one alerted to QWIQQ deals.

• Wir sprechen Eisenwaren! • Nous parlons ‘bricolage!’ habla ferreteria! • Se • See the Big Green Egg in action and prepare to get hungry! More than just a barbecue, the Big Green Egg is a complete cooking system that allows you to grill, slow cook, bake, smoke, and roast. Join us as we cook up a variety of tasty treats, while demonstrating how easy it is! Versatility is the name of the game with a Big Green Egg. Perfectly prepare anything from a Amber and Simon at Cole Street steakhouse-style grilled can assist you in Spanish. porter­house to a tender brisket, turkey, or ® pork tenderloin. Big Green Egg Vegetables, stews, stir-frys, casseroles—even We Speak Hardware Demonstration pies and desserts—are superbly cooked with an EGG. in Many Languages! Saturday, August 23 Pizza on an EGG is in a class Check out a photo gallery of our 11:00 am-2:00 pm of its own. You can literally multilingual staff on page 1 1 . cook an entire meal with an

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2 August 2014 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Locksmith, Home Repair, Re-COLE-mend: Design + Build, and much more! Re-COLE-mend... Cole Hardware Repair Referral Service Repair Referral Service Cole Hardware’s Repair Referral Service was created to introduce our customers to the Independent contractors and tradespeople for: • Home, business, and property repairs finest contractors and tradespeople we know. We have formed alliances with independent • Maintenance businesspeople in order to provide you with the very best in home repair, maintenance, and • Remodeling/room additions Contact us at 415/753-2653 ext. 3 remodeling. Some jobs may even be performed by qualified members of our staff. or e-mail [email protected] We provide referrals for: All of the vendors and tradespeople in our Repair Referral Service have been prescreened and carefully selected. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Period.* * If you aren’t satisfied, we will work as your advocate until you are. Air Conditioning Computer Data Cabling Faucet Repair and Installation Insulation Installation Alarms/Security Systems/Access Computer Grounding Fences Intercom Systems Control Computer Repair and Tutoring Furnace Repair and Installation Interior Design, Staging, Antique Restoration Concrete Furniture Refinishing and Repair and Color Consultation Pest and Termite Control Skylights Appliance Repair and Installation Custom Closets, Pantries, Furniture Upholstering Interior Wood Refinishing Plastering Solar Energy Installation Arborist and Storage Solutions Garage Door Repair/Installation and Restoration Plumbing 24/7 Stained Glass Creation Architectural Planning Decks New/Stain Gardening/Pruning/Tree Iron and Metal Works/Gates Power Washing, Commercial and Repair Asbestos Removal Design + Build Trimming Kitchen and Bath Remodeling and Residential Cleaning Stair Lift Installation Bath Resurface Disaster Cleanup and Restoration General Contractors Landscaping Remodeling/Major Stucco Work Brick and Stone Masonry (Flood/Fire/Sewage) Glass Installation Lead Inspection and Abatement Remodeling Telephone System Cabinetmaking Door Refinishing Grout Restoration Leak Diagnosis/Waterproofing Roofs New/Repair Installation Carpentry Drain Cleaning Handyman Services Lock Installation Room Additions Tile Installation Carpet and Linoleum Installation Drywall/Lath Hardwood Floors New/Refinish Locksmith Service 24/7 Security Evaluation/ Wallpaper Application Carpet Cleaning Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning Home and Office Organizing Mold Remediation Consultation Water Heater Installation Chimney Sweep and Repair Electrical 24/7 Home Energy Rating Systems Moving Seismic Upgrading Welding Cleaning/Janitorial Emergency Locksmith (HERS) New Construction Sheet Metal Work Window Cleaning/Repair Commercial Kitchen Installation Emergency Power Restoration Home Entertainment Systems Painting Interior/Exterior Shutter Installation Windows and Doors

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Meet Mauricia: Painter, Muralist, Follow Cole Hardware! Artist Extraordinaire One of our favorite Repair Referral Service tradespeople is Mauricia, who specializes in Before decorative painting. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in her native Brazil, Mauricia studied art After history, etching, and garphic arts in Florence and Wanted: Talented has been working her magic transforming plain walls into works of art for nearly 20 years. Mauricia Faux wood grain finish Tradespeople! has extensive knowledge of paints, colors, and Our Repair Referral Service is in need of walls in a child’s room—or any room of the house. techniques and always takes the extra steps the below tradespeople at this time. If you Using earth-friendly products whenever possible, necessary to accomplish the perfect job. specialize in one of these areas, please contact Mauricia is also a wizard at matching existing Some of Mauricia’s areas of expertise include: us at 415/753-2653 ext. 3 or e-mail finishes on furniture or walls. Space constraints • Marble finishes [email protected]. • Faux finishes: rust, stone, wood grain, clouds allow us to highlight only a few of Mauricia’s artistic • Textured finishes endeavors. For a free consul­tation with Mauricia, • Gardeners and landscapers • Stencil work contact our Repair Referral Service at 415/753-2653 • Tile setters • Antique finishes ext. 3 or [email protected]. • Concrete contractors • Distressed finishes • Roofers • Sponge finishes • HVAC contractors • Color wash • Sheet metal contractors • Glazing • Handymen and women • Wood stains Because our tradespeople are ambassadors • Restoration of Cole Hardware, we will perform • Refinishing background and credit checks and vet • Special effects references thoroughly. Mauricia consults with her clients to come up with ideas and to problem solve in order to create a customized design layout and plan. Her designs are ideal for accent

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In August, your summer garden should be in full swing. Now is the time to enjoy the hard work you’ve put into your garden over the last several Planting Vegetables for Fall months and to start planning and planting for your fall garden. And although we’ve said it before, and Sow your fall vegetable seeds now to produce a • If weather is hot, cool soil with shade a few are likely say it again, we want to remind you that bountiful fall harvest. Plants can establish days before planting, and continue to protect we are in a drought year. Practice mindful and themselves while the days are long and the soil is plants from sun for a few days so that they can responsible watering in warm. adjust to their new environment. Use shade your garden. • Start seeds where seedlings can bask in the cloth or wooden lattice raised on bricks or a Roses: Stop light and heat without direct exposure to full blocks to provide dappled shade. feeding them now to summer sun. Thin or transplant to make room discourage soft growth for plants to grow strong and healthy. Here are some ideas for veggies and herbs to that has little chance to • Water young plants in the evening. plant this month: bloom and that will be • Let plants establish roots and wait until they • Anything in the brassica family: broccoli, prone to disease. are 3 to 4 inches tall before planting in full brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale a Fruit trees: Collect fallen fruit so it won’t sun. Plant in soil that you have amended with • Beets attract unwanted insects and rodents, and compost ahead of time and add organic • Carrots prop heavily laden branches to mulch once plants are in. • Herbs: chervil, cilantro, dill, parsley (If your avoid breakage. Stretch ties are garden stays above 50°F at night during the a good tool to use, available in fall, you can fit in one more planting of basil.) a 1" x 150' rolls. 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But when an influx broken egg shells placed around of poison bait was used to keep wildlife out of Bay plants to deter them, or use shallow Area farms, many animals, including coyotes, foxes, containers of beer to attract and kill and birds of prey, became scarce, and sometimes them off. For ants and other completely disappeared from areas like San Photo by Camilla H. Fox crawling insects, diatomaceous Francisco. earth is a safe way to control them. Since then, stricter regulations have been placed dogs on leash where there are leash laws. (Sku 7115835, $12.99) on using poison bait for wildlife, and animals, Coyotes are critical components to our City’s local a Weeds: Weeds steal water including coyotes, have started to recolonize the ecosystem. They have essentially replaced the role of and nutrients area. “Research indicates coyotes have recolonized other predators like wolves and can have a positive from your San Francisco from the North Bay and the South impact on the ecosystem by benefitting ecological plants, and they can Bay,” said Camilla Fox of Project Coyote, a national integrity and species diversity, according to Fox. For harbor insects and disease. nonprofit organization based in Marin County that example, coyotes help keep rodent populations in Make sure to pull them before promotes coexistence between people and wildlife. check by eating gophers, squirrels, and rats. “More they have a chance to flower For coyotes traveling from the North Bay, that could rodent-eating predators on the landscape like and seed—or you will be fight- mean crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Coyotes coyotes and birds of prey means less rodenticides ing newly germinated weed have been rumored to cross the bridge and have been and other deadly poisons that kill nontarget seed for sighted on both sides of it. animals,” she says. years to Fox notes that coyotes are all over San Francisco While it’s not abnormal to see a coyote in the come. and that most of San Francisco’s green space daytime, studies have shown that coyotes have a Tomato side shoots: probably has coyotes. San Francisco Animal Care & become more nocturnal in urban areas, largely to Pinch these off now. Control estimates that approximately 20 coyotes are avoid humans and traffic on roadways. “Cars kill living in the City. “What’s most remarkable is that lots of coyotes and other wildlife in urban areas,” See you in the garden! we don’t often see them, though we are coexisting Fox says. In response, Project Coyote is working with them. We only hear when there is a sighting or with cities to install wildlife crossing signs and to conflict,” Fox says. consider other ways to mitigate road mortality in Most of the time coyotes want to have nothing to wildlife corridor areas. do with us. But like dogs, coyotes are naturally Fox says that the biggest challenge to a peaceful curious animals, so they may check us out. 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6 August 2014 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” What’s In Season Canning Frenzy! Small-Batch Canning Even if you don’t have a garden, canning is a fun In many people’s minds, the idea of canning is and rewarding activity that yields delicious results! synonymous with slaving in the kitchen for days There are an abundance of farmers’ markets in the over gigantic quantities of produce—enough to fully Bay Area full of freshly picked and locally grown stock a pantry through the fall and winter. More fruits and vegetables. Get enjoyment all year round power to you if you have the space and motivation from summer produce that is flooding stands now by for marathon canning: the fruits of your labor will preserving them at home! definitely make for beloved hostess or holiday gifts! Home canning is not complicated. It is a simple However, small-batch canning is a growing trend procedure that applies heat to food in a closed glass that allows urban folks who may be short on space, jar to interrupt the natural decaying that would time, or cash to try our hand at canning and to otherwise take place. There are two types of canning produce just enough for what we really need for our methods: water bath (boiling water) canning and own use at home. Give it a try with this delicious pressure canning. recipe for Strawberry Vanilla Jam: it makes just Water bath canning, boiling jars of food in a three half-pint jars of jam and takes only about an boiling water bath, is a quick and easy way to safely hour of active prep and cooking time. This recipe can high-acid foods such as tomatoes and fruits. comes from canning guru Marisa McClellan. For Pressure canning is required for preserving low-acid more amazing recipes and inspiration, check out her foods such as carrots, green beans, and most blog at www.foodinjars.com. vegetables. The pressure method takes a little longer but offers gardeners a way to can almost anything from their gardens. Many folks around the City have already designated Cole Hardware as their canning supply Strawberry Vanilla Jam headquarters! Visit any of our stores to check out Ingredients 7. Once the jam has reached 1 our wide selection of canning jars in a variety of • 1 quart strawberries (a little over 1 /2 pounds, 220°F, remove the pan from the shapes and sizes, and let us answer your canning approximately 4 cups of chopped berries) heat. • 2 cups sugar, divided 8. Pour jam into jars that have been questions. • 2 vanilla beans, split and scraped prepared by thoroughly cleaning Featured items: • Reserved zest and juice from 1 large lemon and rinsing. (Jars must be heated for 10 minutes before filling to prevent jar Instructions breakage. Submerge jars in water to cover Dissolvable 1. Wash and chop berries. Toss them with 1 cup of sugar and and simmer at 180°F until ready to use.) Canning Labels the vanilla beans/seeds and place in a large jar or bowl. 9. Wipe rims, apply lids and rings, and place in (Sku 6209357, $5.99) 2. Allow the berries to macerate for at least 2–3 hours and up your canner. Once water returns to a boil, set to 72 hours. a timer for 10 minutes to process the jars. 3. When you’re ready to make the jam, set out three half-pint 10. When time is up, remove jars from canner jars. and let them cool on a towel-lined 4. Pour macerated strawberries into a large pot and add the countertop. remaining cup of sugar. 11. When jars are cool enough to handle, 5. Bring to a boil and cook until the jam reaches 220°F, remove rings and check seals. stirring very regularly. 12. If any jars are not sealed, store them in the 6. Add the lemon zest and juice in the final 5 minutes of fridge and use those first. cooking. 13. Store sealed jars in a cool, dark place. Ball Heritage Collection Green Quart Jars (Pack of 6: Sku 6263552, $14.99) Artisan Hardwood Tables Ball Jar Lifter for the Big Green Egg (Sku 6209332, $12.99) Along with many of our customers, we at Cole use them indoors! Each Hardware have caught the Big Green Egg fever! If table offers an ample and Ball Sip & Straw Lids you haven’t already jumped on the EGG bandwagon, convenient working and serving area (Pack of 4: Sku 6263628, stop by any Cole Hardware location to ask for the large or extra-large EGGs. $5.99) questions and check out this incredibly versatile They include easy-leveling leg cooking device. To take your Big Green Egg to the pads, and optional locking next level, custom-made tables are now available casters are available. by special order. Fashioned from exotic wood grown in ecologically sustainable forests, Big Green Egg’s unique hardwood tables are handcrafted to the highest quality standards. One look, one touch, and you’ll experience the superb quality immediately. Made from warm tropical mahogany, each table is a durable and unique work of art, so beautiful that you’ll wish you could

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— Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline August 2014 7 What’s in Season Just in Time for Back-to-School: New Styles from Timbuk2! We are very impressed with the innovative and of our favorite features. stylish new Timbuk2 backpack styles that are (Sku 926566, $129.99) arriving this month at our downtown Cole Fox The Parkside is dressed location. These are not just your average day pack, up but not fussy. Its clever but seriously well thought-out and well designed. pocketing provides a place The Command is a TSA-friendly laptop backpack for your phone, cards, and that boasts a TSA-compliant laptop compartment; keys, and it has a padded send your bag through security without removing laptop sleeve as well. The large your devices! A large main compartment generously main compartment holds your holds books, jacket, and other carry-on essentials extra layers when the fog burns Glass without looking bulky. A channeled, ventilated back off, books, and lunch—while panel keeps your back cool, and elasticized external still managing to have a slim Water Bottles side pocket for water bottle profile. (Sku 926576, $69.99) Many folks prefer drinking water from glass or U-lock are a couple more over plastic or metal. Retap glass water bottles are produced from high-strength and heat- resistant borosilicate glass, making them functional, durable, and easy to clean. The award-winning design and shape, a stylish alternative to other bottles, comes with a BPA- free lid made of thermoplastic elastomer in assorted fun colors. An ideal water bottle for your desk or nightstand, these bottles are available in two sizes. (17 Ounce: Sku 871204, 11–13, 17, 21, $19.99; 27 Ounce: Sku 871241–7, $22.99) Reusable, Insulated Tyvek® Lunch Bag Brown bagging your lunch can be a healthy, money-saving alternative to eating out every day. Made from durable, water-resistant Tyvek®, this classic brown paper lunch bag is not only reusable, but insulated, too. Tear-proof and leakproof, the bag also features a Velcro® closure and folds flat after you’ve enjoyed your PB and J! (Sku 672100, $9.99)

Zoku® Slush and Shake Makers, Round Pops, and Mini Pops New at Cole Hardware, fun options from Zoku in as little as seven Zoku Round Pop and allow you to easily make cute and healthy frozen minutes on your Mini Pop Molds let you treats in your kitchen at home. The Slush and Shake countertop. Try chocolate create your own ice pops Maker can make healthy slushies, milk shakes, milk, sweetened coffee, in a unique and fun-to-eat frozen alcoholic drinks (yeah!), and fruit smoothies homemade fruit juice, root shape. Pour fresh juice or whatever beer with vanilla ice your heart desires into the cream—anything you can dream round, food-grade silicone of! It is designed to store in molds and place in your your freezer, so it’s always freezer. When your pops ready to use. To use, remove are frozen, there is no the frozen inner core from need to run under warm the freezer and place it water to release; simply into the outer sleeve, pour peel away the flexible in your ingredients, and mold. Mini Pops are just mix with the included the right pro­ spoon. Ingredients portion for kids, freeze into a and kids will get satisfying slushy excited about consistency trying different before your flavors of pops eyes. Avail­ when they are able in emerald green and royal allowed to pick out purple. (Skus 645176, 645174, the juice! (Skus $19.99) 645170–1, $17.99) 8 August 2014 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Environmental Info GOOD FOR THE EARTH—WE TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!

® PaintCare Expanded Paint Collection Recycle at at Cole Hardware Cole Hardware! Various studies have demonstrated that between 3% and 10% of all paint purchased Bring to any of our four stores: goes unused. PaintCare Inc. is a nonprofit NEW! BRITA PRODUCTS: organization established by the American Includes filters, pitchers, Coatings Association (the trade bottles, and dispensers. association of paint manufacturers) Acceptable Products NEW! SMALL to implement paint stewardship • Interior and exterior paints: CONSUMER programs on behalf of paint latex, acrylic, water-based, ELECTRONICS: manufacturers in states with paint alkyd, oil-based, enamel Items up to the size of stewardship laws. While Cole (including textured coatings) a desktop computer. Hardware has been a collection • Deck coatings, floor paints site for latex paint for many years, (including elastomeric) CELL PHONES: as part of the PaintCare collection • Primers, sealers, Personal cell phones—batteries and chargers program, we will be accepting an undercoaters not required. PLEASE, no cordless home expanded assortment of paint • Stains phones, car phones, walkie-talkies, pagers, or products, otherwise known as • Shellacs, lacquers, two-way radios. “architectural coatings.” The program’s primary varnishes, urethanes BATTERIES: goals are to (1) reduce the generation of post- (single component) Rechargeable (NiCad, NiMH) consumer architectural coatings, (2) promote reuse/ • Waterproofing concrete/masonry/ and household (alkaline and using up post-consumer architectural coatings, and wood sealers and repellents (not carbon). (3) ensure proper recycling and disposal at their tar- or bitumen-based) OLD PAINT: end-of-life. • Metal coatings, rust preventatives • Recycle dry, clean, empty metal paint cans Beginning in August, San Francisco households • Field and lawn paints through your regular trash pickup. The paint and businesses may bring up to 5 gallons of the Unacceptable Products containers you bring to us should have paint acceptable products to any Cole Hardware • Paint thinners, mineral spirits, solvents in them! location. • Aerosol paints (spray cans) • No handwritten What Is Acceptable • Auto and marine paints labels can be • The product must be in its original container. • Art and craft paints accepted. • The container must be labeled as containing one • Caulking compounds, epoxies, glues, adhesives • Be sure that of the designated products listed below. • Paint additives, colorants, tints, resins lids are SEALED • The container must be in good condition and not • Wood preservatives (containing pesticides) ON TIGHT and leaking. • Roof patch and repair containers are • The container must be 5 gallons in size or • Tar- and bitumen-based products rust-free and don’t smaller. • Two-component coatings leak. What Is Not Acceptable • Deck cleaners • Please limit your drop-offs to no more • The container is not original (e.g., paint was • Traffic and road marking paints than five 1-gallon-size containers (or 20 transferred into a jar). • Industrial maintenance (IM) coatings quart-size containers or a combination of • The container does not have an original label. • Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) (shop both) at a time. Containers are counted • The container is leaking or has no lid. application) paints and finishes by size, not by the volume of paint they • The container is larger than 5 gallons. Visit recology.com for proper disposal of products contain. • The container is empty. that do not adhere to the PaintCare guidelines. • Take paint to the customer service desk. • PLEASE, no brushes or rags! e-cloth®: Perfect PROPANE TANKS: Small (14 or 16.9 oz.), empty, nonrefillable propane Cleaning with Just cylinders only. Household ™ only. Limit 5 per visit. Water SCRAP METAL: Our new line of Copper and brass. e-cloth products SPENT FLUORESCENT BULBS: provides you with a CFLs, tubes up to 8 feet, U- and chemical-free cleaning process that uses only D-shaped tubes. Drop-off limit Polk Street Store’s water. Using microfiber is 10 bulbs. technology and proprietary EXPIRED PRINTER CARTRIDGES: Solar Power equipment and manufacturing techniques, e-cloth Must be in plastic bags to produces superior-performing products to meet avoid leakage. The building housing our Polk Street store has had specific cleaning challenges. SOFT PLASTIC: solar panels installed on the rooftop. More than half The aim of e-cloth is to supply the most effective, of the electricity that we use in this location is now healthiest, and most environmentally friendly Clean plastic only. Households derived from solar power. We’re not completely off cleaning system available at a good value to the only. One basketball-size the grid, but we’re proud that a substantial portion of consumer. This single-minded focus on high- amount per visit, please. our energy usage is from a renewable resource. Once performance cleaning has created a range of we have some quantifiable figures on what we hope products that clean entirely without chemicals, using For Bay Area recycling resources, visit will be a significant decrease in our electricity just water. In addition to exceptional cleaning, www.colehardware.com/recycle.htm usage, we will share those with you. continued on page 10... — Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline August 2014 9 Hardware Knowledge Cleaning the Air You Breathe There is more to keeping your home clean than just times worse than the air capturing allergens cleaning surfaces like counters and carpeting. A outside. In fact, the EPA from the air that really clean home starts with cleaning the air your identifies indoor air pollution passes through the family breathes. Have you ever noticed dust particles as one of the top five filter. The Filtrete floating in a stream of sunlight? These are only a environmental risks to public filtering material small fraction of the particles that can be found in health. And if you’re like many consists of electro­ the air in your home. Many particles are invisible to people, you probably spend statically charged the naked eye and can lurk in the air for a long time. about 90% of your time fibers. These charged These microscopic particles can be as small as 0.3 indoors. fibers act like tiny microns. For comparison, the width of a human hair No matter how well you clean magnets to attract and is about 50 microns. your home, airborne particles capture more small And particles in the air aren’t just dust. They can can still circulate. By using a particles than ordinary include pollen, plant and mold spores, pet dander, Filtrete™ filter, you can help filters such as lint, and dust mite debris. Some particles can carry reduce even microscopic fiberglass and bacteria and viruses, and many everyday activities particles from the air passing washable/reusable in the home such as dusting, vacuuming, cooking, through the filter. filters. The forced-air and smoking can increase concentrations of these Filtrete filters help clean the heating and cooling particles. air in your system in your home The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) home by can do more than just says the air inside your home can be two to five keep you comfort­able. It can actually help improve the quality of the air in your home. All it takes is a high-efficiency Which Filter Is Best for You? air filter like a Filtrete filter from ®3M . At Cole Hardware, we have three different Filtrete filters to choose from, depending on your specific needs and wants. We Speak Hardware—In Filtrete Ultimate Filtrete Ultra Filtrete Micro Many Languages! Allergen Reduction Filter Allergen Reduction Filter Allergen Reduction Filter ...continued from page 1 • For people who want a high- • For people looking for better • 3M’s best seller educate our customers and each other in solving the performing filter ways to reduce the airborne • For people who want to help myriad of plumbing, cleaning, electrical, carpentry, • No competitive 1" filter allergens in their home reduce allergens and microscopic and gardening challenges that our customers present performs better • MPR 1500 particles from the air in their homes us with each day. While we enjoy doing all that • Microparticle Performance • Captures large airborne • MPR 1000 usual hardware store stuff, our regular customers Rating (MPR ) 1900 allergens like household dust, • Captures large airborne allergens know that we also try to set ourselves apart in other • Captures microscopic particles pollen, and mold spores like household dust, pollen, and ways, to make each of our stores a more enjoyable such as smoke, smog, household • Attracts and captures mold spores place to shop and work. We strive to provide an dust, pet dander, bacteria, microscopic allergens like pet • Attracts and captures microscopic unexpectedly interesting product selection—we now particles that can carry viruses, dander, smoke, smog, bacteria, allergens like pet dander, smoke, have new Cole Hardware sauces: Sizzlin’ BBQ and tobacco smoke odors and particles that can carry viruses and smog particles Saws and Sizzlin’ Hot Saws. And we do things like host Hardware Happy Hours, where we serve our own Cutting Edge wines. But we think the coolest thing that sets our stores apart from most other hardware stores is something that takes no effort at e-cloth®: Perfect Cleaning with Just Water™ all because it is a natural side effect of being in this vibrant City: sure, we speak hardware fluently—but ...continued from page 9 you wouldn’t believe the number of languages we e-cloth products provide significant cost and speak it in! time savings and real health and Collectively at Cole Hardware, we are here to environmental benefits versus ordinary speak hardware with you in 12 different languages cleaning. and counting. How many other hardware businesses The best microfiber cloths on the market have in the world can assist you in Russian, German, between 90,000 and 200,000 fibers per square Tagalog, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Swahili, inch (most have just 25,000 to 75,000). An e-cloth Arabic, and more? With our San Francisco pride, we has 1.6 million fibers per inch. Why are fibers your sink, like to think not too many others can do this. important? The cloths are made of polyester and all but 0.01% of Happily, our multilingual staff puts us in a better nylon, so they don’t “absorb” anything. Water, dirt, that bacteria, dirt, position to serve our community, so customers who oil, grease, grime, and even bacteria are trapped oil, and grease is are not native English speakers have a better chance within the fibers—so the more fibers you have, the released from the cloth of finding someone who can explain or translate better the cloth works. Think of it as millions of tiny down the sink. So, there instructions for their projects. It also has the added hands grabbing on to everything on the surface of is virtually no transfer back onto clean surfaces. bonus of making Cole Hardware a fun place to your countertop or sink. Our selection includes e-cloths for general-purpose work—we learn words and phrases in other An e-cloth is also proven to remove over 99% of cleaning and for specific tasks such as cleaning languages from each other, try new foods, and hear bacteria from a hard surface. These cloths don’t kill kitchens, stainless steel, stovetops, and windows. stories of traditions and special places in all parts of bacteria, they collect bacteria from surfaces. This is Available in assorted single packs (Skus 118012–3, the world. We love the Bay Area’s diversity, and our another benefit of all of those fibers—they literally $7.99) and multi-packs. (Skus 11809,14–15, $14.99) stores just wouldn’t be the same if they were scrape the surface clean at a microbial level. The Specialty cloths for cleaning electronics and eye anywhere else! Check out a photo gallery of our best part: when you run this cloth under hot water in glasses are also available. (Skus 118016–7, $3.99) multilingual staff on page 11. 10 August 2014 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” • Salitang tablerya! • We speak hardware! • Wir sprechen Eisenwaren! • We speak hardware! • Nous parlons ‘bricolage!’ • Wir sprechen Eisenwaren! habla ferreteria! • Se • We speak hardware! • Ons praat hardeware! • We speak hardware! • Nous parlons ‘bricolage!’

Cole Street’s Florence can assist you in Speak hardware and Leo en la calle Polk Jose and Billy at our Mission Swahili and German with Mike at habla español. Street store speak Spanish. Kikuyu. Speak hardware and Spanish with Cole Street. John, our company-wide merchandiser, and Sharon, our Cole Fox cashier and greeter.

Polina and Dmitriy can assist you in Russian at Cole Fox.

Speak Spanish with Jose (Cole Talk in Tagalog with Noel or Hardware Supplies), and Mission Betty at our Mission Street store. Street’s Dari, Vic, and Any.

We Speak Cole Street crew member Dion happily helps you in Spanish. Hardware in Yung at Cole Fox can help you with your Languages! hardware needs in his Many native Vietnamese. Juan at Cole Street and Rosa at Cole Fox will warmly Cole Street’s Shel welcome you in Spanish. can help you in Hebrew.

Chat in Chinese with Gavin, Connie, Milette and Lai Ling in Alice, and Amy at Cole Fox. our accounting office can answer your account Cole Fox’s Tagalog speakers, Joseph, Freddy, Native Spanish speakers questions in Tagalog and Renato, and Maria, welcome you downtown. Frank and Charlie warmly Chinese, respectively. welcome you to Polk Street.

Our newest Polk Street Randy at Mission cashier Reyann is a Speak Afrikaans, Korean, or Spanish Street can help in Speak Arabic with Joe and Spanish speaker. with Polk Street’s Gertie, Danny, Spanish with Veronica from Speak Spanish with Chinese. s. or Claudia, respectively. Cole Hardware Supplie Salitang tablerya! • Se habla ferreteria! • We speak hardware! • Ons praat hardeware! • We speak hardware! • • speak hardware! We • hardeware! • Ons praat speak hardware! We Salitang tablerya! • • Se habla ferreteria! Guillermo at Cole Street.

• Se habla ferreteria! • We speak hardware! • Ons praat hardeware! • We speak hardware! • •

— Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline August 2014 11 Community News

Spare Change Collection: Our Feature in Popular Children’s Miracle Network Mechanics ...continued from page 1 Our June spare change collection netted $400.77 Children’s Hospital in Oakland. Children’s Miracle for the St. Anthony Foundation, whose mission is to Network was founded by Marie Osmond with two everything in the feed, heal, shelter, clothe, simple goals: (1) help as many children as possible windows, including and lift the spirits of those by raising funds, and (2) keep the funds in the backdrop, flooring, in need and create a community in which they are raised. trim, and display society in which all people flourish. This brings the Our August collection will be twofold. You can, as units is from the grand total of our collection program to $20,688.68. always, simply drop your spare change in any of the store. Curtains are For July, our spare change collection was earmarked collection jars when you’re made from drop for Josie’s Place, which provides checking out at any of our cloths and wall facilitated peer support groups to stores. In addition, on Saturday, cover ings f rom children and teens in the San August 16, you can purchase a asphalt paper. Francisco Bay Area who are 5-gallon bucket for $5, which For well over a grieving the death of a parent, will go directly to the decade, Noelle has sibling, close relative, or friend. We’ll report those Children’s Miracle Network. brought her City numbers to you next month. And to reward your generosity, sense of style to Along with other Ace Hardware dealers across the enjoy 20% off all regular-priced Cole Hardware by country who will raise funds for their local hospitals merchandise that fits in the way of her inspired in the Children’s Miracle Network this summer, our bucket. Help us raise a record window displays. August collection will benefit UCSF Benioff amount this month! Noelle’s eclectic taste merges well with our hardware Noelle, curator of all offerings. Take things hardware Coyotes in the City notice of our ...continued from page 5 windows the next time you visit one of our stores, for increased education about coyotes. So what can In Parks and Open Spaces and pick up a copy of this month’s Popular you do? Follow these tips to peacefully coexist with • Be aware that coyotes live in our open spaces Mechanics. coyotes in the City: and parks. Be especially vigilant during pupping You can also see Noelle’s fabulous window At Home season (between April and August) when coyote displays prominently featured on our website, • While coyotes are largely carnivorous, they can families may try to protect their young from off- colehardware.com. Often before we even have a eat just about anything, from fruit to insects to leash dogs. chance to post a photo, her window designs appear vegetation. To prevent coyotes from coming into • Do not feed coyotes. on websites such as flickr.com, posted by the your yard, try to eliminate or reduce attractants • If you see a coyote, appreciate it from a distance. admiring public. by cleaning up fallen fruit in your yard. • If you are approached by a coyote, try to look big • Clean up birdseed and feed cats and dogs inside. and make loud noises. Birdseed and pet food can attract rodents, which • If a coyote is acting aggressively or exhibiting coyotes prey on. strange behavior, call Animal Care & Control • Keep outdoor grills clean. Emergency Dispatch at 415/554-9400. • Especially during the drought, water can attract wildlife, including coyotes. For this reason, Article provided by the San Francisco Department minimize outdoor access to water, such as water of Environment. Visit sfenvironment.org for more bowls for pets. information.

Cole Hardware Rewards Rewards member benefits: How points are earned: Bamboozled Palooza ➪ Membership is free, and you’ll receive the ➪ For every $1 spent, one Hardware Hotline, our monthly newsletter point is earned. full of valuable information and promotions. ➪ Points are converted in ➪ Free delivery in San Francisco with $100 increments of 100 points, purchase. which converts to $5, and ➪ New members receive an instant 5% posted to your Rewards card discount on their first purchase for joining monthly. This equates to 5% of and a $5 coupon toward their subsequent your total purchases. purchase of $25. ➪ Points are calculated daily and shown on receipts. ➪ Attach your Rewards key fob to your key ring—if you lose your keys, they can be ➪ For us to track your Rewards points, please identify yourself dropped in the mail to be returned to us; as a Rewards member each time you shop. we’ll notify you if we receive them. Terms and Conditions: 1. Rewards dollars are cleared after ➪ Lifetime warranty on most products nine months. 2. Points accumulate for one year, with leftover purchased at Cole Hardware. points clearing at the end of the year. 3. Rewards points are not issued for charge accounts or any accounts that receive a ➪ Receive a birthday discount equal to 50% of your age, up to a $100 discount. discounted selling price under any other program. ➪ We don’t sell our customer list, and all For more information, visit www.colehardware.com/rewards or e-mail [email protected]. information is kept confidential. Farmers’ Market 12 August 2014 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Community Partners Assistance Program DONATE TO YOUR CHOICE OF MORE THAN 600 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHEN YOU SHOP AT OUR STORES!

Every year we give away thousands of dollars in purchases credited to that account will be sent to the We will also work with nonprofits and teachers and goods and gift cards to our partner schools and group the following year. principals in the San Francisco Unified School nonprofit organizations in San Francisco. When We will donate a Cole Hardware gift card for silent District on a case-by-case basis to provide a discount checking out at our stores, customers mention their auctions or raffles as a fund-raising tool and a case of on community and school improvement projects. favorite school or group, and their transactions will our Cutting Edge wine to serve at your events in the Visit www.colehardware.com/partners for more then be posted to a special account for that group. A City. We now have over 600 schools and nonprofit information about a partnership with us or e-mail Cole Hardware gift card equal to 10% of all member organizations in our partnership program! [email protected]. SCHOOLS

A. P. Giannini Middle School (*76) City College John Adams Campus (*1860) Frank McCoppin Child Devel. Center (*651) John A. O’Connell H.S. of Technology (*1920) McKinley Elementary School (*1025) Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (1055) School of the Arts High School (*45) ABC Preschool (21552) City College Mission Campus (*67) French-American International School (*44) Jose Ortega Elementary School (21347) Miraloma Elementary School PTA (2175) Saint Anne’s School (21251) 2nd Community Prog. at Clarendon (*8500) Abraham Lincoln High PTSA (21557) City College of S.F. Downtown Campus Friends of Potrero Hill Nursery School July Jordan School for Equity (21323) Miraloma Nursery School (*85) Saint Anthony Immaculate Conception (399) Sherman Elementary School (1654) Academy of Art University (21497) (21312) (21240) Junipero Serra Elementary (21431) Mission Dolores School (21239) Saint Brendan School (21253) SIATECH (21313) After-School Pursuits (*504) Claire Lilienthal Elementary School (*33) Friends of Saint Francis Childcare Cntr. (500) Katherine Michiels School (1335) Mission Graduates (*1661) Saint Brigid School (3256) South San Francisco High School (40094) Aim High School (21360) Clarendon Elementary School (*80) Galileo Academy PTSA (1110) The Kid’s Co-op Inc. (21264) Mission High School (*3750) Saint Cecilia School (*660) Star of the Sea School (21319) Alamo School (*266) Clarendon JBBP Auction (5008) Gates and Bridges Preschool (282) KIPP Bayview Academy (888) Mission Learning Center (21343) Saint Dominic School (*2445) Starr King Elementary (21438) Alice Fong Yu Alternative School (*1541) Clarendon 2nd Community Program (*5007) Gateway High School (2931) KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy (902) Mission Kids Co-op (21201) Saint Elizabeth School (21266) Stepping Stones Preschool (329) Alvarado After-School (*503) Cleveland Elementary School (2455) George Peabody Elementary School (2516) Kittredge Parents Association (21441) Monroe Elementary School (*216) Saint Finn Barr School (415) Sterne School (2690) Alvarado Elementary School (*825) Commodore Sloat School PCO (51) George Washington H. S. Alumnae (21492) La Scuola (21519) Montessori Children’s House (21204) Saint Gabriel School (355) Stuart Hall High School (*1715) American College of Traditional Chinese Congregation Beth Sholom Preschool German School of San Francisco (2913) Lafayette School (2545) New Traditions Alternative School (*2049) St. Ignatius College Preparatory (21241) Sunnyside Elementary School (6550) Medicine (451) (21493) Glen Park School (21572) Lakeshore Elementary School (424) Nihonmachi Little Friends (*2031) Saint James Preschool (21261) Sunset Cooperative Nursery School (*4245) Aptos Middle School (10594) Cong. Sherith Israel Religious School (2266) Glenridge Coop. Nursery School (1113) Lakeside Presbyterian Center for Children Noe Valley Nursery School (*55) Saint James School (521) Sunset Elementary (21395) Archbishop Riordan School (21432) Convent & Stuart Hall (21249) Golden Gate School (21569) (201) Oakes Children’s Center (*1348) Saint John Elementary School (9259) Sutro Elementary School (1235) Argonne Elementary School (21299) Creative Arts Charter School (*1515) Grattan Child Development Center (21332) Laurel Hill Nursery School (*40) Olivet University (21571) St. Mary’s Chinese Day School (21238) Synergy School (*91) ASI Early Childhood Education Center (1660) Daniel Webster Elementary (21383) Grattan Elementary School (*35) The Laurel School (*350) One Fifty Parker Avenue School (91165) St. Monica School (21322) Tamalpais-Strawberry Preschools, Inc. Before/After-School Immersion Care (*505) Dianne Feinstein School (21211) Growth & Learning Opportunity (*500) Lawton Alternative School (*57) Out of Site Center for Arts Education (302) Saint Paul’s Elementary School (*180) (1009) Benchmark Institute (21216) Dr. Charles Drew School (*47) Haight-Ashbury Coop Nursery School (*22) Leadership High School (21255) Pacific Primary School (*1500) Saint Paul’s Littlest Angel Preschool (*221) Telegraph Hill Coop Nursery School (21442) Brandeis Hillel Day School (*655) Dr. Geo. Washington Carver Elementary Hamlin School Parents Association (212) Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School (3128) Parents for Public Schools (906) Saint Philip School (6665) Thurgood Marshall Academic H.S. (21316) Bret Harte Elementary (21344) (658) Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (523) Lick Wilmerding Library (*755) Paul Revere Elementary School (*555) St. Thomas More School Parents’ Club (900) True Sunshine Preschool (21575) Buen Diam Nursery School (*88) Dr. William L. Cobb School (21263) Healthy Environments Daycare (*95) Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy (21523) Phoebe A. Hearst Preschool (*1315) Saint Thomas the Apostle School (21494) True Sunshine Preschool Center (21556) Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 (*24) Drew School (21565) Herbert Hoover Middle School (2290) Little People’s Workshop (*4166) Playmates Coop. Nursery School (*2340) San Francisco Christian School (21553) Tule Elk Park Child Development (21315) C5 Children’s School (455) E. R. Taylor Elementary School (*423) Horace Mann Middle School (*56) Live Oak School (*99) Presidio Hill School (*77) San Francisco Community School (325) Up On Top After School Program (1187) Cathedral School for Boys (*1275) Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires (5669) Immaculate Conception Academy (21503) Longfellow Elementary School (*7555) Presidio Middle School (21259) San Francisco Day School (3509) USF Public Interest Law Foundation (21478) Center for Learning in Retirement U.C. Edison Elementary School (*3531) Infant Development Center (*46) Lowell High School (21278) Raoul Wallenberg High School (*43) San Francisco Educational Services (*66) Urban School (*1563) Extension (425) Enterprise for High School Students (21202) Institute of Classical Homoeopathy (21306) Lowell High School German Club (*92) Redding Elementary School (21215) San Francisco Friends School (8503) Village Nursery Co-op (21434) Chibi Chan Preschool (21325) Everett Middle School (21317) International Christian School (*42) Lycée Français La Perouse (1330) Rocky Mountain Nursery School (*58) San Francisco Jr. Adventist Academy (*48) Wah Mei School (889) Children’s After School Arts (CASA) (21491) Everyday Magic Child Devel. Center (2002) International Studies Academy (*693) Lycée Français de San Francisco (21543) Rooftop Alternative School (*68) San Francisco Montessori School (21433) Waldorf School (*999) Children’s Day School (*334) Fairmount Elementary School (365) Iyengar Yoga Institute (*108) Malcolm X Academy (21410) Roosevelt Middle School (*460) San Francisco School (*300) Washington High School (2291) Chinese American International School (150) Families of Sunset PTA (19204) James Denman Middle School (*75) Marilyn Reed Lucia Child Center (*610) Rosa Parks Elementary School (21213) San Francisco School of Circus Arts (*55) West Portal Parents Club (*5941) Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila PTA Francis Scott Key (21320) James Lick Middle School (*34) Marin Preparatory School (21561) Russian American International School School for Integrated Academics and Women & Gender Studies (SF State) (21471) (21352) Francisco Middle School (21242) Jewish Community H.S. of the Bay (1835) Marshall Elementary School (3575) (21562) Technologies -SIATECH (21313) Yick Wo School PTO (*2245) COMMUNITY GROUPS

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(*591) Foundation, Inc. (21414) SFGRO (1705) Zoo II (21276) — Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline August 2014 13 THE EVER-GROWING LIST OF Customer Services EVERYTHING WE DO FOR YOU

Account Lookup: Access your account for purchase Digital Camera: Have a problem that you can’t Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. For 24/7 history. Visit www.colehardware.com and click on the describe? We’ll lend you a digital camera to take a emergency referral after hours or on weekends, you sign-up link. photo of the problem so that we can better help you. will be connected directly to our plumbers. Ace® Hardware: Our affiliation with ACE allows us to (Note: Credit card required for camera loan.) Postage Stamps: Purchase a booklet of FOREVER® get quality products quickly and opens doors of the Disabled Customer Discount: Sign up for our STAMPS at any of our locations. world’s manufacturers, so we can get you what you Rewards program, show your Medi-Cal card or other QWIQQ Deals: Download the free QWIQQ app from need. ACE’s buying power enables us to sell to you at proof of disability, and get 10% off all discountable the Apple app store to receive Rick’s Buying Blunder the right price, too! merchandise in our stores. deals on your phone. ATM and Credit Cards: We’ll accept your ATM card for Electrician: Call our Repair Referral Service at 415/753- Recycling: Bring your old paint (S.F. residents only; payment. You can get cash back, too. We also accept 2653 ext. 3. Our Repair Referral desk is staffed Monday liquid paint only—put dried paint cans into your own VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express through Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm. For 24/7 emergency recycle bin, lids off!), used rechargeable batteries credit cards. referral after store hours or on weekends, you will be (nickel-cadmium), used household batteries (alkaline Balloons: We have free Cole Hardware helium balloons connected directly to our electricians. and regular), copper and brass scrap metal (such as for the kids. Helium is also available to inflate your E-mail: Write to us at [email protected]. keys, bathroom and plumbing fixtures), cell phones, party balloons for $0.99 per balloon. Fax Service: Our fax machines are for your personal expired printer cartridges, soft plastics, and spent Birthday Discount: Come in on your birthday, use. We do charge for our fax service—please ask for fluorescent bulbs into any of our four stores, and we show your I.D., and we’ll give you a percent discount rates. Fax numbers: Cole Street: 415/753-0957, Mission will send them off to be recycled into new products. amounting to half your age. Must be a Rewards Street: 415/647-6554, Cole Fox: 415/777-4453, Polk See page 9 for details. member. Discount is available only on your actual Street: 415/674-8917. Repair Referral Service: Our alliances with birthday and cannot be applied to sale/promotional Flash Friday Deals: Sign up to receive our weekly competent, honest, quality tradespeople assure you merchandise, power tools, household appliances, deals available only by e-mail. E-mail service@ excellent work on your home, property, or office. We water heaters, special orders, or Muni. Discount applies colehardware.com with the word “flash” in the subject are a licensed contractor (#708403). Call 415/753-2653 to purchase for the personal use of recipient only. line. ext. 3 or go to www.colehardware.com/homerepair. Maximum discount $100. Gift Cards: We offerC ole Hardware gift cards and ACE Repotting Service: Pick out the plant and the pot, and Bridal and Gift Registry: Schedule an appointment Hardware gift cards in almost any denomination. our Cole, Mission, or Polk Street nursery staff will repot to set up a gift registry. We will set up the registry Glass Cut to Size: Plexi-, single-, and double-strength your plant for free. for your friends and family to purchase gifts online. glass cut while you wait. We can also special order Return Policy: We accept returns on just about E-mail [email protected] to schedule an curved, tempered, laminate, and obscure glass, as well anything. (Power tools, appliances, etc., may only be appointment or for further information. as mirrors and tabletops. returned subject to manufacturer’s warranty. Hand Business-2-Business: Members of this program Hardly Strictly Hardware (HSH): The Cole Hardware tools exchanged for defective replacement only. No receive free delivery, special pricing, and personal digital newsletter is delivered free, direct to your return on snow cables.) service. Call any of our locations for more information. desktop. The HSH contains information on new Rewards Program: Earn an annual 5% dividend on Carry-Out Service: We’ll be happy to load your products, practical tips, and more (or less!). Sign up at purchases and much more. Membership is quick and purchases into your car. Just let the cashier know. www.colehardware.com under the “Connect” heading. free. Sign up today! Charge Accounts: For your convenience, we have Hardware Hotline: We publish our newsletter every Room Painting Software: All of our paint in-house charge accounts for businesses. Stop by and fill month of the year. See the online version at www departments are equipped with room painting out the simple application, and we’ll open one for you. .colehardware.com. It’s homegrown and filled with software. Simply bring in your camera’s memory chip, Chauffeur Service for Senior Citizens: If you need help interesting articles about hardware, our community, upload your image, and choose paint colors to review. getting to our stores and you live in San Francisco, call and of course, Cole Hardware. Rug Cleaners Rented: We have steam carpet and us to arrange a mutually convenient time to pick you up. Hours of Operation: We’re open every single day of upholstery cleaners available for rent at each store. Clipper Cards: Our downtown Cole Fox location sells the year including every holiday. All stores open 8:00 Senior Citizen Discount (age 65 or older): 10% off all and reloads Clipper card fares. am–8:00 pm daily. Holiday hours vary. purchases of nonsale merchandise. Cole Hardware Supplies: We have an entire division Instaply: Download the free Instaply app for your Sharpening Service: Knives and scissors sharpened devoted to servicing the needs of commercial and iPhone or Android phone and communicate with us while you wait or same-day service. (Note: Cole Fox industrial customers throughout the Bay Area and via text. doesn’t sharpen scissors, just knives.) beyond. We offer charge accounts, on-site account Lamps Rewired: Our Cole Fox store offers rewiring SodaStream Carbonator Exchange: We exchange specialists, free delivery, and the personal services of services for table and floor lamps. Contact us for spent SodaStream carbonators at all our locations. our friendly team. Give them a call at 415/647-1800 or information and pricing. Speakers Bureau: Topics range from home repair to e-mail [email protected]. Lifetime Warranty: Your “complete satisfaction” gardening to security to small business marketing and Color Matching: We have terrific paint matching dictates that we offer a lifetime warranty on just about more. If you need a speaker for your organization, call computers. Bring in a swatch of fabric or quarter-size everything we sell. 415/753-2653 ext. 5. paint chip, and the staff can match just about any color. Locksmith Service and Key Cutting: We cut keys at all Special Orders: If we don’t have what you need Community Partners Assistance Program: our stores, including hard-to-find computer ChipKeys in stock, we’ll do our best to obtain it as quickly as Schools and nonprofit organizations whose mission for automobiles. We have an expert locksmith on possible. is to improve the lives of those around us, either duty Monday through Friday at our Cole Fox store Student Discount: Show us your student I.D. and directly or through cultural enrichment, can join a downtown (415/777-4400). We can also send a receive a 5% immediate discount, plus 5% annual special program of discounts and donations. Cole locksmith to your home or business 24/7. Call 415/753- rebate, custom key tag, use of our fax machines, and Hardware donates 10% of all purchases made by your 2653 ext. 3 for a locksmith referral. more! organization’s community. Visit www.colehardware. Low Price Guarantee: Just bring in another store’s ad, Tool Rental: We rent floor sanders, many hand and com/partners for details. and we will honor the lower price. power tools, and garden tools, too. Contact our stores Community Savings Days: One day a month, we Mobile Offers: Text the word “COLE” to 55155 to for availability or go to the Be Scrappy link at www offer a 20% discount to students, seniors, school receive three mobile offers every month. .colehardware.com to reserve tools. (Note: Floor district employees, and active members of the military Muni: We sell 1-Day, 3-Day, and 7-Day Passports and sanders not available at Cole Fox or Polk Street stores.) or veterans. The promotion cannot be applied to parking meter cards in $20 and $50 denominations. UPS Shipping Service: We ship packages all over the Rewards accounts and is not valid on gift cards, Muni, Online Shopping: Shop 24/7 from the convenience of country for our Rewards members via United Parcel or special orders. your home at www.colehardware.com. Service. Coupons: We honor all manufacturers’ coupons. If Photocopies: We’re happy to photocopy documents. Website: Visit www.colehardware.com. we carry the product, we’ll honor any other store’s Please ask for rates. Windows, Doors, and Window Screens: Window coupons as well. Pipe: We cut and thread galvanized and black pipe, and screen repairs are available at our Cole Street Delivery in San Francisco: Free delivery for Rewards your pipe or ours. (Note: Cole Fox can’t thread.) and Mission Street stores. Contact these stores for members with purchase of $100 or more. See store at Plumbing Service: Call our Repair Referral Service at information and pricing. the time of purchase for scheduling deliveries. 415/753-2653 ext. 3. Our Repair Referral desk is staffed By the way, we sell hardware, too.

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