Even when buying for work they never made much sense. Smaller hardware I could put on ACE account and was cheaper. Big stuff sucked when you have to get quantity of something you know you will never use more than a few of. If I needed quantity, Mcmaster was cheaper and usually had it next day. Grainger usually had more in stock if I wanted to go pick up right away. And when my co started requiring PO's first, Fastenal was a pain cause I had to get the prices first. I did still buy there occasionally for project orders.