A neener and a tear

lektric dan · 2010-08-12T23:04:14+00:00

Just scored a set of 4 "Two Cherries" chisels at the local AceHardware. I didn't know anything about them but thought the price -about $40 - was cheap enough for the risk. Googled them when I gothome and found out this was a pretty good deal.The reason they were so cheap is that the two Ace stores in town areselling everything off and packing up. One is already closed - allinventory moved to the second store. Second store will be gone by theend of the month. There's a Harbor Freight across the street, and aWal Mart down the block. The store across town had a Lowes, a HomeDepot, and a Wal Mart to compete with. We've done literally thousandsof dollars (maybe tens of thousands) in the past two years from theresearch project I'm working on. I hate to see the folks go; they'vebecome friends. They always greet us by name when we come in, andwilling to help, even with special order items. At other "big box"stores, we just get blank looks - *when* you can find someone.They've had a lot of stuff we needed: everything from nuts and bolts,to pumps, paint, electrical hardware, and on and on. I guess wehelped put them in the red. Every time we would come in, they wouldfire up the popcorn machine and make us a fresh batch. I always leftwith four or five small paper sacks of popcorn to bring back to theladies in the office or students. I understand you have to keep yourbusiness model cutting edge to stay in business, but I really hate tosee them shut down. Anyone interested in a good business investment?

Aug 12, 2010 21 Replies

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John Grossbohlin 15 years ago

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They finished building a new CVS near me about two months ago... The local paper reported they aren't going to actually open it for business until

2011... Makes you wonder about just how viable that store is!

John

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Martin H. Eastburn 15 years ago

Around here, Wall-Mart, Sams, and Tractor Supply is on one campus. (all three are in a family tree) There are banks and food places in the foreground next to the highway.

Then on another highway - loop really - Home Depot and Lowe's and Pets...... Target and Office and Kmart and Sears on the other side.

We are down to one hardware store in town and it does nice business. They outlived the big one down town that was here since the town started... Big Tin lost out and shut down.

Mart>> >>

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