WiseBuys

[Anonymous]

This is a current ad for WiseBuys, the new stores started in Northern New York by former Ames management

Here's part of the front page (ad is 4 pages, this is about 1/2 of a page):

[Anonymous]

and this is the bottom half of the back page, showing the locations.  Everything in this ad is either $1 or x/$1 .  It appears that the ads run a couple weeks at a time, since it says starts today and ends Jan 29th (was in a weekly paper for the week of Jan 14-20) :

[Zayre88]

I can't wait to see what will happen to Wisebuys in 2005...  more stores, more states, website.... :roll:

[shakethis1234]

Wisebuys said they will expand this year

[store215]

Everything looks a little um... Sav-A-Lot like (crap).:mrpink: Can you post some of the other pages?

[shakethis1234]

Dont have any but they sell alot of good stuff like guns videogames radioshack stuff its a good store MBZ321. only a fifth of the store is food.

[C. Fontaine]

Originally posted by MBZ321
Everything looks a little um... Sav-A-Lot like (crap).:mrpink: Can you post some of the other pages?

True that.  Choco Puffs, generic aspirin, velvet paper towels...  Gotta love those off-brand specials.

[Zayre88]

Speaking of Wisebuys, did you know that Joe Ettore, chairman of the new chain, was introduced into the DSN Retailing Hall of Fame 3 years ago. Three months later, Ames would go out of business...

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_9_41/ai_85591899

[76&AmesfanmanBBTB]

Originally posted by Zayre88
I can't wait to see what will happen to Wisebuys in 2005...  more stores, more states, website.... :roll:

Well the year is now 2005 any news?:question:

[Caldor1999]

hmm maby thell come down hear the one thing i dont like about then is that they need a Image like outher retile stores of the past did like Caldor Ames ECT did right now i hope to see them expand and get there own image going and a web sight too

[shakethis1234]

I live near A wisebuy in Plaski Ny in Oswego Co they get good Bussinness there on tv ad if you seen a tv ad of wisebuys you would think of Bass pro shops wise buys does very good in northern Ny because it fishing country Salmon River i am gussing they would expand 2 to 5 stores this year

[d_fife]

wisebuys in canton ny in old ames

[d_fife]

gouverneur  ny store

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
gouverneur  ny store

gouverneur ny

[d_fife]

sign of gouverneur ny

[d_fife]

pulaski ny one.

[d_fife]

tupper lake ny one

[d_fife]

wisebuys in hamilton ny, and this what I have on this topic is all the wisebuys (I hope there are more since they filled in the void for ames) they have kb toys inside, hardware store insie and payless shoes inside

[mikey7290]

Anybody hear anything new about the WiseBuys/Hackett's merger?  I heard that once it takes place, all WiseBuys stores would become Hackett's.  That would mean that Hackett's would probably give up their smaller store in Downtown Canton for the WiseBuys store.  Hackett's would then have nine stores (Ogdensburg, Canton, Potsdam, Massena, Gouverneur, Watertown, Tupper Lake, Hamilton and Pulaski.)  Plus, does anybody know if anything is going into the small space next to the Gouverneur WiseBuys on the end of the building?  Someone told me that it was supposed to become a Subway, but nothing is in there yet.

[mikey7290]

Here's the latest on the Hackett's/WiseBuys merger:  According to today's Watertown (NY) Daily Times, the tables have turned.  Hackett's is no longer buying out WiseBuys, but the opposite.  WiseBuys has agreed to buy Hackett's.  However, despite the sale, ALL WiseBuys stores will change their name to Hackett's.  That means WiseBuys stores in Canton, Gouverneur, Hamilton, Tupper Lake and Pulaski will become Hackett's.  The current smaller Hackett's store in downtown Canton will most likely be closed and the staff moved to the WiseBuys store on the other side of town.  This will bring the Hackett chain up to nine stores with headquareters in Ogdensburg.  Executives from the chain say that there may even be more Hackett's locations to open soon in Western NY like Buffalo, as well as in Pennsylvania and Vermont!

[shakethis1234]

their Website is www.wisebuysstores.com

[shakethis1234]

wisebuys website is www.wisebuysstores.com check it out talks more about their merger and more peple investing into the company

[dmx10101]

I've never been to the store but I prefer the name Wisebuys to Hacketts. I just sounds better and describes the store better.

[mikey7290]

Here is the Hackett's logo, as seen on their website (www.hackettsonline.com).

[mikey7290]

Here is a pic I took about a year ago of the WiseBuys (or soon to be former WiseBuys) in Gouverneur.  Using MS Paint, I erased the WiseBuys sign from the building and recreated the Hackett's logo.  Here is how the building should look once the sign is changed.

[C. Fontaine]

Mikey, this location used to be an Ames.  Is there any way you can send me the unedited picture?  Thanks!

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by C. Fontaine
Mikey, this location used to be an Ames.  Is there any way you can send me the unedited picture?  Thanks!

And based on the narrow windows at right of the doors, it may have been a Grant's before...

[mikey7290]

Originally posted by C. Fontaine
Mikey, this location used to be an Ames.  Is there any way you can send me the unedited picture?  Thanks!

Here is the pic I posted with the current WiseBuys sign.  This is how the store looks right now.  Sorry but I don't have a pic of this store back when it was still an Ames.:(

[mikey7290]

Originally posted by mikey7290

Originally posted by C. Fontaine
Mikey, this location used to be an Ames.  Is there any way you can send me the unedited picture?  Thanks!

Here is the pic I posted with the current WiseBuys sign.  This is how the store looks right now.  Sorry but I don't have a pic of this store back when it was still an Ames.:(

Yes, this store used to be a Grants from 1970 until the chain went bankrupt in 1976.  I have a copy I obtained off the Internet of an article from the Gouverneur newspaper (February 1976) when the store closed, complete with a photo of the store.  I could send it along to anyone who is interested or maybe post it here.

[C. Fontaine]

Wow, that would be great!  Nice researching!