We don't have a farm/ranch hardware store on the coast, but we do have a samall mom/pop hardware store that has an entire, both sides of a row dedicated to only "loose" fasteners, brass, SS, iron, plastic, zinc, metric, imperial, any length, bolt configuration, e.g.: flat head, socket head, hex, etc. Yeah, Lowes is cheaper if I'm getting larger quantities of of things, but for "ons'ies" or just a mixed couple of whatever. Also it's only two blocks from my home. I love this store, been going there for over 35 years! I know the owner and staff, It's kind of like the hardware store from the show Home Improvement that Tim the Tool Man would go and hang out at.