The remaining AES locations will close permanently. HRO will reopen the AES Milwaukee location after it renovates and rebrands it. We’ve also learned that HRO may open one or two locations under their name.ĪES had locations in Milwaukee, WI, Cleveland, OH, Las Vegas, NV, and Orlando, FL. There will be no going out of business sale, only a transfer of goods. All of its assets will be transferred to Ham Radio Outlet (HRO), another amateur radio retail dealer. ULTRA TechLife has confirmed this afternoon, via AES employees, that AES will cease all operations on July 27, 2016. AES Goes Out of BusinessĪfter nearly 60 years of operations, the owners of AES have decided to pull the plug. We’ve just confirmed some new details and wanted to pass the news onto our visitors. Many hams were up in discussion about why, but it’s sort of obvious. It turns out that Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) suddenly announced that they would be ceasing all business operations at the end of this month. You bought it, you better like it and they people you shop for better like it too because its yours forever, unless you give it to Goodwill.This week’s news came as (sort of) a shock to the amateur radio hobby community. You have to be careful at these sales, you may think about gifts for people, items friends might like but remember, these sales are final, no returns, exchanges none of that. The second time (and they were closing in four days), I looked harder and got some things for my son, nothing extravagant, just toys, DVD’s and other things I thought he would enjoy. I didn’t buy anything else that trip, got a deal on it and left.
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Plus I really needed a new fridge, this was not a spur of the moment thing.įamily Christian Bookstores just closed up for good, I was able to make two good purchases there, first got a gift for my wife’s niece’s upcoming first communion.
My father in law (Thanks Marty), went with me and we checked the unit out, took it home and we knew it was missing some parts but was still a good deal. I bought my refrigerator from a closing Sears Hardware location a few years ago. Make sure you get all the parts that come with the item and be willing to accept that this item comes at a discount for a reason. Think long and hard before making a major “big ticket” purchase from a store that won’t be around any longer to service and support it. But they were a good store with good service and items. As someone who has been to Indy a bunch of times I was surprised by their rapid expansion a few years back.
I just heard Indianapolis based electronics retailer H.H. Remember this is not a charity sale, this is still a business trying to make money, even if its to pay off creditors, lawyers, etc.ĭon’t end up with a bunch of stuff that will make you bankrupt. So it was easy to get sentimental and want to buy a bunch of stuff but be smart (especially at a grocery store), with perishable and edible items. I was at the Ultra Foods store location in Downers Grove/Woodridge that is closing last night and that used to be my favorite store. Other items get larger discounts as the sale goes on and sometimes cheaper items are brought in for the sale. Remember this, usually the store hires a firm to handle their “going out of business sale”, so some of the best items never make it to that sale. I worked the jewelry counter (Gold N’ Gems), that July morning in 1997 when they announced they were seeking bankruptcy protection and people cam out like vultures seeking deals. I’ve worked at two stores that went through that, Montgomery Wards and Radio Shack. So its not the end of the world or the domination of online retailers (though its hard to keep up with Amazon), its just the cycle of business. I can remember 25 years ago when I was in high school there seemed to be a plethora of what seemed to be “old school” stores closing their doors.
It seems every day in the news we hear about a retailer that is closing some of it stores or going out of business completely.
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