Effn "hardware stores"

I dig my local independent/True Value 2 miles up the street, 2 aisles of tray hardware plus all the normal binned cap screws, etc. More chrome and stainless hardware then I've ever seen in one place which comes in handy looking for oddball hardware working on bikes. Don't think I've ever walked out not finding the the hardware I needed. Stopped in there a few weeks ago looking for an oddball 12mm tap my set doesn't have to chase thread in a frame rail. I was surprised they had it. Lowes, Advance, Hd, are clustered 15 miles up the road.