Omg i just saw me in this video. I was the kid in the white shirt with a shaved head. Holy throw back. Kings was taken over by ames in my town like 35 years ago and when ames left ocean state job lot took that over . But it still has that ames look to it. Its in naugatuck ct. There was one in seymour that had a grand opening and the next month a going out of business sale .it was open for less than a year . Like six months. Thanks for playing that commercial. It was cool as f*** to see myself . I never saw it before.

@AngelsOfAresED

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the time stamp you appear at? I love these old school store and mall videos. I miss the 80s and 90s! 😊

@JB-cs4jt

3 жыл бұрын

16:35 I think

@shredct3118

3 жыл бұрын

16:35 👍

@AngelsOfAresED

3 жыл бұрын

@@shredct3118 Awesome! 😀

I'm here because KZread spies on me. Literally 4hrs ago I was talking about the old Ames store to my husband... then this pops up on recommendations.

@janedupree2327

3 жыл бұрын

Android listens to us all the time...same thing happened to me

@appalachianwoman561

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have one of those google, apple or Amazon speaker always online things? Even if not our gadget's such as our phone's and tablets and to some degree smart TVs spy on us. This is why I keep my phone deep in a drawer I don't need government and corporate america knowing everything I'm thinking or saying.

@msv622

3 жыл бұрын

@@appalachianwoman561 no I only have my iPhone. Siri turned off. There is no way around it besides an old flip phone. These days, WE are the product while corporations sell our data.

Still really miss this store! I have great memories of going to my local Ames from when I was little in the early 90's to the early 2000's when I was a teenager. My parents and I especially went there quite often around 1999, 2000, and 2001. They always had awesome bargains! I also loved the 80's feel of the store, and that was always part of its charm for me. I'd go there over Walmart any day if they were still around!

Rugrats Ames sign? Take it, it was left for trash.

Am I too late to win the VCR?

@GardenerEarthGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Noah Farmer hope it's a betamax!

@Titanic19127

7 жыл бұрын

Noah Farmer I lost my virginity here

@kamildouglas

6 жыл бұрын

yup your 30 something years late

@elizabethdilorenzo2701

6 жыл бұрын

M&N Distribution 😂

@miltongulick5196

6 жыл бұрын

Noah Farmer you're not too late to win a track player

I just pulled off an Ames price tag from a set of hardware this past week. Some stuff does last indefinitely.

Growing up in Pennsylvania I went to Ames, Hills and Jamesway all the time as a kid. Brings back tons of memories seeing these old stores and hearing you mentioning Hills and Jamesway as well.

@elmerfuddski1929

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon Drescher I

@bwarholak

6 жыл бұрын

Jamesway...taking it back!

@brandonhendrixson2372

5 жыл бұрын

I live near a old jamesway became a lowes and we had a hills to

@brandonhendrixson2372

5 жыл бұрын

Also k b toys and value city

@Dr-Random

4 жыл бұрын

What about TRU

$25,000-$35,000 in the 90s? Damn, I want that pay now!

Sigh. I miss the 90s

@amyosgood6044

5 жыл бұрын

Me too😞

@JamesPacardo

5 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t even alive in the 90s

@ajfrulesisawesome

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 2006

@computernostalgia6293

4 жыл бұрын

ajfrules is awesome 2005 I was born in 04, but I grew up in the 1990’s because we only had 1990’s things when I was a kid old crt TVs, vhs tapes, cassette tapes, and the cool 1996 Gateway 2000 P5 200 the only pc we had. Old 1990’s cars. I really miss the 1995 neon. Lots of memories with my dad.

@kbs1212

3 жыл бұрын

Computer Nostalgia I love that. :’) The memories stay with us no matter how many years go by.

"We don't take anything from places"," let's take the name tag"

Loving the synthwave you chose for the vid

@gata1887

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Do you know by any chance the name of the song?

I miss Ames but mostly Hills. The snack stand had the best corn dogs!

@bareclau

6 жыл бұрын

David Masse and the popcorn!!!

@northsidediva6465

6 жыл бұрын

I loved their soft pretzels!

@shirleyharrison2580

6 жыл бұрын

David Masse Yes. I remember those stores & in Columbus,Ind. there was a store called Shoppers Fair. Abt like those dept stores & it went out of business long ago too. There was a Hills in Columbus also.

@shirleyharrison2580

6 жыл бұрын

Bareclau yes, i was gonna say that but could't remember the right store. I remember the popcorn smell soon as you walked in the store.

@kristenleigh2002

6 жыл бұрын

Shirley Harrison I was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. I remeber Hills and Ames. It was where the new Target is now and my dad had to get the pretzels every time.

Ames was very prolific around where I grew up in Western MA. They were in lots of communities large and small. We shopped in there a lot when I was growing up but honestly by the time I hit high school (late 90s), it was considered extremely low class and looked it. But needless to say, it was very sad when they closed down. These days I would totally shop in there if it was still open.

@madhouse7364

7 жыл бұрын

Sv 2016 Same here. I remember the local Ames, which slightly outlasted local Caldors. Got my first mountain bike at Caldors. Before Hampshire Mall remodeled and Target moved in, it housed the best Kmart ever. Kmart everywhere is now junk, the few that are left anyway. I imagine JCPenny will fall shortly after Sears Corp does, losing JCP will actually make me sad. My parents did back to school shopping with me at JCP every year until I was an uninterested teen, I still take advantage of the sales and photos for my kids there. Macys was always too expensive for my taste, great place for combining sales with coupons for quality items though.

@organrick

6 жыл бұрын

I grew up in western Massachusetts as well. I used to shop at Ames a lot, but if I remember correctly, it started going downhill before it closed.

I am wondering why they don't turn the building into something that would serve the community or maybe even a food bank

@nakyer

6 жыл бұрын

*Terra McConnell* Or a grave yard!

@daleleibfried8648

6 жыл бұрын

$

@skotthall4090

5 жыл бұрын

Or a skatepark

@perryegolson833

5 жыл бұрын

You have to have an investor or investors that are willing to put the money into that.

@TheBronxBunnyMan

5 жыл бұрын

Ours got turned into a Planet Fitness and a Pricerite after over a decade of vacancy. My ma worked there for years.

1:37 Those kids are probably in their 30s or 40s right now also they were like "uhh ok stop zooming in lol"

@RichV20

6 жыл бұрын

The Mighty Ducks winter jacket on the kid dates this as late 1993 at the earliest. Those kids look 10-11, so they're probably mid-30s, Probably 34-35 as of this post.

I miss Ames! I still have an alarm clock I bought there 20 years ago lol

@geligniteandlilies

6 жыл бұрын

Melissa Ugly It's probably the same one my mom got for me and my sister. We all seem to have it.

@biker932012

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you (slow clap)

@CMissShelleyMichelle

5 жыл бұрын

@@biker932012 👏 👏 👏. Here's your slow clap.

My grandma shopped at Ames ALL the time. She even got a job there for a hot second for but she, in my grandfathers words, “Spent more damn money with her discount than she was making.” I was there A LOT with my grandma but I only vividly remember that the Barbie isle was at the front, left of the store. Thanks for the nostalgia :)

I remember shopping at hills, ames, wards, and occasionally service merchandise

@fixman88

7 жыл бұрын

@Rich Kocon I grew up in East Texas and I remember going to Montgomery Wards and Service Merchandise a lot. Montgomery Wards had a stand-alone store there (as opposed to Sears and JC Penney, which are anchor stores in the local mall since 1978). Service Merchandise was my go-to place to get watches back in the 1990s; I also remember the electronics and computers they had there back then (I bought my first Nintendo Game Boy there also and this was pre-Pokemon).

@donyaleadkins5313

7 жыл бұрын

Rich Kocon is that in Gallipoli's Ohio?

@Clay3613

6 жыл бұрын

Ames and The Hills had the best toy selection anywhere, beating the inflated prices at Toys R Us.

@nakyer

6 жыл бұрын

*Rich Kocon* And don't forget the east coast, where Ames eventually absorbed the "Zayer" store chain.

@gweiloxiu9862

6 жыл бұрын

"service merchandise"....wowww, forgot all about that!

Crazy this place has been closed for basically 15 years

"I'm not gonna ramble." Continues to ramble.

'Hill's is where the toys are'. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I miss Ames and Hills. I grew up in Central NY and used to always go to these stores. Too bad they weren't still open I would still shop at them.

@jeffreyadams8345

6 жыл бұрын

Hotel Traveler new hartford new york ames

I would LOVE to walk through a Caldor, Bradlees, Ames, or Child World! These videos are amazing!

This is incredible. I have been in a couple old Ames stores and I always fantasized that I would find some old Hills items that somehow managed to stick around. I also love the old Hills snack bar!

@helpis0ntheway

2 жыл бұрын

Hills is where the toys are! Every Christmas, my brother would sing that jingle....The free popcorn when you'd walk in.. and growing up poor it was our only way for back to school clothes & Xmas with lay-away.

From what I remember, Ames was generally kind of a lower class department store and became more like K-Mart in its final years (run down, old stock still for sale, poor customer service.)

@back2the80s

6 жыл бұрын

Old stock from years prior

@mudmowerregulators9559

6 жыл бұрын

Reviewer Yea I hate k-mart Those stores should all be shut down

@mommytorres16

6 жыл бұрын

Mud Mower Regulators if only you knew! Well, you might know if you've worked there, I don't know lol! I worked for Kmart Pharmacy for a month before they put me in charge of the self check-out machines. The pharmacist was a nut case and I wanted OUT! Day #3 of working there we got meds, while she checked them she saw Humulin PENS instead of vials and flipped out. We're talking Maury level, kicking off her shoes and throwing a tantrum on the floor kicking and screaming. This was a very regular thing. Even their "professional staff" were cast off rejects or interns that didn't know what they'd gotten themselves into. The floaters we had to cover her days off? They were just as nutty, bye 👋👋 I still got my $15.75/hr after transferring to the SCOTs and was the person in charge of the "new" tech at Kmart. This was in '02. If I absolutely was needed in pharmacy, the self check-out machines were completely shut down as nobody knew how to work them out of ALL the front end staff, so the store manager would hover near or inside of the pharmacy (I still don't understand how managers are allowed to have the passcode for the pharmacy door or even legally allowed inside of the pharmacy at retail pharms) until they could get me back up front. She'd throw a tantrum about them taking me away, well...she threw a tantrum over anything. I was pregnant and with her throwing stuff? Nah. Safety hazard. Bottom line, even if you save $5 on a prescription by going to Kmart... *NOT WORTH IT* Sorry for the long comment 😂

@adampatterson3382

6 жыл бұрын

Ya but i bet your stupid ass shops at wal-fuck.

@verwahrlost_aber_frei

6 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents only going to and taking my sister and I to Ames as a “last resort” if we couldn’t find a certain thing elsewhere or for toys. But occasionally I remember getting shoes there- but again it was probably just because no other store had the certain shoe that fit? I don’t know I was like 8 at oldest when they all went out. I remember my mom saying it was a store for “poor people” yet I remember we shopped very often at Kmart... and I remember having friends who’s family shopped at Ames and I remember one friend and I had the same pair of sandals and hers were pink and I was disappointed that I couldn’t find them in pink and had to get blue... turns out the pink one was from Ames with one of their brands on it, and the blue ones were from Kmart and with one of their brands.

"Jenny!" lolz I would taken the apron as well. I think that some parts of Ames ended up becoming Dollar Tree, which I love the shit out of.

@sailorsenshi4504

5 жыл бұрын

Amy Carter dollar tree ain’t got crap on ames

@grahamparks1645

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the Ames and jamesways I knew became big lots, Tuesday morning, steinmart or Ollie’s locations

I use to work at an AMES! They had taken over Murphy's Mart in central PA. Thanks for bringing back some memories!

That little boy who tries to hide from the camera in the opening was the best part! I remember Ames very well. They had great nachos! I rather miss our Ames these days.

I love going to HILLS as a child because they had a theater style snack bar where you could buy popcorn and drinks, and when AMES bought them they kept it. Man, I do miss that place. Now the building is a Gabe's which still cool but not the same, plus snack bar is gone

@sailorsenshi4504

5 жыл бұрын

we went to hills more than ames but they were pretty much the same

I used to love going to Ames with my mom when I was a kid... I know,I know big thrill seeker here!!

I used to go to one of these in Stroudsburg Pa when i was a kid with my grandparents. Brings back memories . Thanks .

This takes me back to my childhood. We had an Ames in my area Western PA. We went there alot during the early to mid 1990s. We had a Hills as well which turned into an Ames due to them purchasing them which was a big mistake. They had a huge crafts section the best that I have seen at that time. Nice finds with the retirement plan from Hills and the various Ames and Hills stuff.

I remember Ames, my mom stood in line for hours to get me the Optimus Prime truck transformer for Christmas one year. Even have a buddy that worked there for a small period of time..lol Good memories. Bought most of my Garbage pail kid collection there as well 25cents a pack.

Ames was only in my area, Greensboro, NC, for a very short time sometime around 1989 (I think the Zayre's in my area became Ames). I was born in 1989 so sadly, never got to experience Ames for the short time it was here. Love the video, btw!

@anidnmeno

6 жыл бұрын

Wilmington had one for a couple years in the late '90s. It's a Big Lots now lol

@RobertSmith-gn2he

6 жыл бұрын

don’t worry, you didn’t miss much

@805NAVE

6 жыл бұрын

Born the same year as Lexus

@Townie7177

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah ames use to be zayres. Im 40 so I remember

@TK7official

6 жыл бұрын

i was born after it went out of business,2009,2002 ames closed.

Some great stuff left behind. Glad you salvaged a few nostalgic items. Surprising to see so many fixtures left behind. Most of these places tend to be cleared out.

I can practically smell the hot dogs and popcorn seeing that old snack stand in the entrance

Ames bought Hills and that was like two drunks trying to prop each other up. I agree, had they focused on operations they might have made it similar to Dollar General. Hills would have collapsed on their own, and the stores could have been taken piecemeal cheaper.

@dragonridercody

7 жыл бұрын

AZDuffman exactly! Hills was dead without the Ames deal. They should have let them go out of business.

@jeffreyadams8345

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe charging 9.99 for reading glasses 20+ years,ago?

How does a name tag and a 401K book qualify as "tons of stuff" in an abandoned store?

@billypayne626

6 жыл бұрын

Click bait. I can’t stand it.

@warpath6666

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and if you're reading these comments before actually watching the video, do yourself a favor and turn the sound OFF. The guy just won't shut up.

@mindyb3197

6 жыл бұрын

ChiTown Basshead no but it does say "goodies" as in more than one item

@biker932012

6 жыл бұрын

Mindy B technically 3 is more then one. 😁

@johnharrison2466

6 жыл бұрын

RJC 72 the Ames they showed in the video was located on Jupiter so that was in fact tons of stuff

This is in conway I grew up 5 mins away from this store and I got my first drum kit from Ames when I was about 6 years old! Thanks for showing me the inside of the store once again

There's an old Ames building about a mile from my house. It's so fun to go around in the place and to just sit around the old. The place was cleared out when it closed but there's still shopping carts and broken freezers.

I still have my name tag from Hill's. I worked there just after high school. I think I even have a couple bags from them and other closed chains like KB Toys and stuff around here somewhere. lol

@grbgeslnger24

6 жыл бұрын

CheapestGamer KB toys was awesome

@tydockins7225

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it was, i still have my glass chess set i bought from them 13 yrs ago

@Dr-Random

4 жыл бұрын

What no Toys “Я” Us?

Where is all the tons of stuff?

@melichanabanana

7 жыл бұрын

Tons of bullshit is what they would've written

@Justin-Hill-1987

6 жыл бұрын

Tons of stuff left behind by both Ames and Hills.

@Anniem53

5 жыл бұрын

Click bait!

This video is exactly what i was looking for, thank u so much💗

When I was a kid we used to drive up to the Hills in Chattanooga every couple weeks. It always seemed like a great adventure for me (we lived in a small town in north Georgia) and I loved that store. I don't actually recall the famous snack bar, but I remember the toy section being amazing. Sometimes we got to go the mini golf place next door also. Thanks for the nostalgia.

Awesome video, glad you were able to save some relics that would have otherwise been destroyed.

@Titanic19127

7 жыл бұрын

Blog Man they should haven taken that vest and brought to "Jennifer"

I just turned 52 and I don’t remember Ames, however I always loved going to Hill’s in a 🚕 taxi every Saturday evening after Mass with my Grandma....time spent in my youth. ☺️

Here in Miami, we had Zayre's, at least 3 of them I can remember. Here in Westchester (Sw 87th Ave & Coral Way), Hialeah (W 49th St & 3rd Ave), and at Central Shopping Center (NW 7th St & Douglas Rd). We also had up to the mid 1990s, JByrons. Jeffersons, which was owned by Montgomery-Ward closed in the mid 1970's, and of course Service Merchandise, Gold Triangle & Luria's. I miss all those places..

That intro had a bit of an 80's VCR playback vibe to it.

I always love how you do the intros for your videos.

@AcesAdventures1

7 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@jackiejenson

7 жыл бұрын

Ace's Adventures Truly beautiful! It makes me emotional for some reason... LOL

@chrisfifa226

7 жыл бұрын

Ace's Adventures yeah good work brother

@jewando1

6 жыл бұрын

jackievongrimm be honest, it doesn't take much to make you emotional

@elsey1976

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just like Dan Bell

I remeber when Ames went out of business in 2002, i still have merchandise i bought from their stores, i also have a picture of myself when i was 16 parked outside of Ames where i worked posing with my Ford Mustang back in 1992. Alot of great memories working there and shopping there for school clothes and supplies. Now my other favorite store Kmart is now gone and they went out in 2013 and 2014. The Ames that was near my house that closed in 2002 is now a Peebles Clothing store on one end and the other end of the store is a Big Lots.

I worked at Murphy Mart store #594 at Galion, Ohio which became Ames # 855 the store was closed in 1992 during the first bankruptcy. Lots of memories and friends. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

my dad used to be the Manger of Ames Department Store In Champlain New York which the store is now a price chopper supermarket

@thomasjsanford6296

6 жыл бұрын

What's a "Manger" ??

@larryhigginbotham326

6 жыл бұрын

And, btw, manger: a long open box or trough for horses or cattle to eat from.

@larryhigginbotham326

6 жыл бұрын

But you know damn good and well she meant manager.

@evilmexicanninja4931

6 жыл бұрын

Love all y'all comments they took my bad boring mode away . thanks & GOD BLESS AMERICA

@JosStrange

6 жыл бұрын

JOHNNY 5 your dad was a manger? Did people put little baby Jesus dolls in him at Christmas time?

Hey I'm from RI. cool radio clip.

We used to have an Ames in the STRANGEST past of town. My dad bought my mom her first sewing machine there for her birthday years ago. I can also remember my mom buying a lot of our spices from there. I'm sure we still have them

Thank you for sharing. Brings back some memories of my childhood.

Dang, after watching the history of Ames, now I want to work there.

@agne1211

6 жыл бұрын

I would've loved working there :)

Hi Ace. Thanks for doing your dead mall videos. main question here: the music at the beginning of your video, Olean Center Mall, Olean NY ?,, from last May could you gimmee a clue where the music is from. i'd like to hear more.

I had one in my hometown in Massachusetts. My parents always got our clothes, VCR, CDs, boom boxes, toys, and fabric for her patchwork. It's now a Home Depot, but the memories remain.

Thanks for showing this. I worked at the Ames/Hills flow-thru Distribution Center in Columbus, OH. back in the mid 90's.

I actually thought this was Dan's Ames he found down in Philidelpha, but nope entirely different. Great work and keep it up.

@bmstylee

7 жыл бұрын

Tab 13 thought Dan went to an Ames in Baltimore.

@internetkumquat4542

7 жыл бұрын

I have to admit that would be pretty interesting. Seeing how many of Dan's exploration spots Ace has traced over once or twice. I thought another shot at that Ames would be one of those "Small world" deals.

@AcesAdventures1

7 жыл бұрын

yeah i mean naturally some things are gonna cross paths, but i try to do my own places, dan is an inspiration but i try to be as different as possible :)

@internetkumquat4542

7 жыл бұрын

Those finds in this Ames are entire miricals (excuse the grammar) just finding those marketing tags from Hills and that coat are serious treasures. It's a shame that all of it will be vandalled and stupidly dismantled and left to decay. I kinda wish Dan found this place instead of that rotten shithole instead. The world should treat him better heheh.

@AcesAdventures1

7 жыл бұрын

Tab 13 i found 2 more ames too so stay tuned?

Another victim of Walmart.

@heyitsablackguy9553

5 жыл бұрын

Kmart is GONE man.

@joemancini327

5 жыл бұрын

@Teddy Machette I feel ya :(

@butterboiii9810

5 жыл бұрын

Dusk Raccoon JCPenney, at least in New England, is doing great, there hasn’t been one closed store here yet.

@germ3137

5 жыл бұрын

Sears and JcPenney are fine.

@germ3137

5 жыл бұрын

In Mississippi it is fine too

What I really wish people would upload are old videos of people shopping in stores like these when they were in full-swing!

I live 15 minutes from this building. You are correct that was a hills store that Ames bought. Really cool getting to see the inside after all these years.

What's the song that's played in the intro? Love the nostalgic synthwave

@josecoon-adams6131

3 жыл бұрын

Home-Before The Night.

Sad to see them go.

My mom still has a bookshelf that she bought from Ames!! I remember Ames when I was a child. It was great!

I barely remember Ames when I was a child living on the east coast. I can’t remember the name of this once store chain that we use to go to back in the late 80’s but it almost resembles Target. It had a dart in the bullseye, but I just don’t remember what it was called. Such a shame that how Ames ended just like every other business that ended up to memories. So much of what you showed in this video brought back some good times. Thanks for sharing

West coast guy here- Ames was not out west- never even seen an Ames back in the day let alone go in one- looks like K-Mart

@realazduffman

7 жыл бұрын

It was half a step below K-Mart. K-Mart was national so the stores were a little bigger and a little nicer.

@bartman1238

7 жыл бұрын

Davin Peterson kmart used be second largest than fell to target

@imnotyourunicorn91

7 жыл бұрын

Same But I lived in the South. But K-mart was 40 minutes from my house. I had fond memories of it growing up. But a little after the turn of the century it shut down.

@adampatterson3382

6 жыл бұрын

Your stupid and wrong and have no reason to be so cocky

@sailorsenshi4504

5 жыл бұрын

Styles McFly it was better than k-mart. the stuff was junky, but the store was very clean and employees were friendly.

Loved ames

We had one in Pa. Got some of my jewelry, it was always on sale, got lots of my Christmas decorations and a bunch of other stuff, it was the best.

There was an Ames in the Reston/Herndon that my family visited during the 90's. We only went there once to get a present for our grandmother. That was the only time I ever visited an Ames, and now I see people who frequent the place. I never knew too much about it. I remember Roses and KMart as those are the stores that were in my area.

Now the counters are atJob Lot

Sad, that America let stores, like this, go away... We now, have, retail, that has no personality, high prices, and they are raking in vast fortune, because, there is no alternative. I am glad, that you love the memories, as much, as I do.

@ES-nq8uu

6 жыл бұрын

David C. Pierce I understand that this is three months old, but I have to say something. The US is a society based on capitalism. It isnt Americas fault that it didnt survive, the owner basicly didnt provide what the public wanted. They didnt garner enough public attention and closed as a result of that. Dont blame the public for the closing of a business when its the owners you should be blaming for not flexing with what the public wanted. The US is not tasked with supporting businesses, take the "bailout" during the Obama years. Failure on top of failure. That IS NOT the tax payers job. If the business fails, it is ONLY the owners fault.

@iPokeEm

6 жыл бұрын

Learn, how, to use, commas, please.

@manbeastx69

6 жыл бұрын

lOoK iTs a GrAmMeR NaZi

We had both an Ames and a Hills in Plainwell Michigan. Walmart bought the old lot shortly after hills closed, then the lumber store bought out Ames. I miss these stores, especially Ames.

Congrats; I have subscribed to your channel just for that commercial alone. I keep coming back to it and laughing my ass off at it every time. Every. Time.

Sad watching this seeing people in such happy times and knowing those kind of moments are gone all Wal-Mart and Target just aren't the same

@supersmashmaster43

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Simbuera probably cause Walmart and Target updated with the times and don’t look like they’re from 25 years ago. I’m not trying to bash you, I just think people wish that nostalgic feeling of retail stores would remain the same forever, but when they do, they end up shutting down.

@adampatterson3382

6 жыл бұрын

Waly-fuck mart and target suck so does jist about everything else bow a days i hate it.

VCR and Color TV... Wow very old.

@user-ws2iv9ch6i

7 жыл бұрын

You're young...

@themole4534

6 жыл бұрын

+Pepsi Light You're old...

@thomasjsanford6296

6 жыл бұрын

I have a VCR & a Color TV, but I sure don't feel old...

@supersmashmaster43

6 жыл бұрын

VCRs started becoming obsolete in the mid 2000s. Not that long ago.

@louisacapell

6 жыл бұрын

Pepsi Light I love when kids talk about SSSOOOOOPPPPEEERRRR old stuff from the 90s. Lol

Oh wow. I used to shop at the Ames in Belfast, ME. I had forgotten about that until I saw this!

I loved Ames... Our local Ollie's still uses Ames shopping carts

@CatholicTraditional

3 жыл бұрын

Ollie’s a an upscale Bldg. 19. Love it!

Ames Wonderful Ames. Sorry to see that they have also fallen to the wayside.

l still have a Christmas Ames ornament that I got for my retirement dated 1998! The store closed in 2001 at our Regency Mall ! I have in a photo album the grand opening picture of all the employees together! Dated 1981 ! We were a Murphy's Mart at one time!Do u remember Murphy's department stores ! Head quarters were I McKeesport ,Pa. Polywog690

@AcesAdventures1

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Rhea can you email me? I would love to talk more, acesadventures1@gmail.com

@iamkazie9401

3 жыл бұрын

@@AcesAdventures1 LOVE YOUR VIDEO HAVE YOU DONE ANY SERVICE MERCHANDISE STORES THEY SHUT THEIR DOORS FOR THE LAST TIME IN 2002 I WORKED FOR THEM FROM 1983-1988 HERE IN CHICAGO HAD AN AWESOME CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO DELIVER CUSTOMER PACKAGES FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO CUSTOMER PICK-UP LOCATION I CAN SUPPLY YOU MORE INFO IF EVER INTERESTED

I featured a picture of this store in my Ames history video, I was curious what it looked like inside thanks for uploading

I loved Ames!!We had one close by in Frostburg Md.I always stopped in to check out the bargains!I still use a double fold chair for two I bought when they went out of business! !

LOL skip to 16:49, turn on captions and look what it says XD

@Galagaboy

6 жыл бұрын

Pokemonguy16RS 😝

@stevenhubbard8445

6 жыл бұрын

That is gold, right there!

@savvybear11781

5 жыл бұрын

crafts that were crap

@francisrochon5176

4 жыл бұрын

"a large assortment of crap"

@DevouiDevoui

3 жыл бұрын

LOL A Large Assortment Of Crap

I was a sales rep in the northeastern US. This was the most profitable territory in the country for a vey long time. Ames one one of my largest accounts... my others: Bradlees, Caldors, Hills, Jamesway, KB Toys, Zayres, Woolworth’s, Bennys, Spags, Linens n Things - the list goes on and on... they are all GONE.... Very sad.... love your videos, but they depress me.....

@brandonhendrixson2372

5 жыл бұрын

I remember Bradley's best wannamakers watt and shand bonton jamesway Caldor strawbridge and clothier Woolworths Ames hills McCrorys value city the green stamp store hechts and now recently closed Sears jc penny kmart also kiddie city toys r us I can go on

@brandonhendrixson2372

5 жыл бұрын

Stores like boscovs still hold on and some kmarts Rose's gabriel brothers big lots Burlington coat factory marshals tj max kohls macys cept some macys shut down and lord and Taylor's shut down these are all dept stores I lived in Lancaster pa Philadelphia and Maryland I been all over

@brandonhendrixson2372

5 жыл бұрын

I worked for Walmart and target like I said big box stores only a few hold on

Hill's is where the toys are.....I remember that jingle vividly we went there all the time. It was later an Ames, closed, now it's a Hobby Lobby. The other Ames store sat abandoned since the early 90s and was torn town to build a Lowe's. Ames was a great department store.

I have some old Ames flyers I got off my friends aunt that had them in her storage unit. It was a lot of fun to look through the electronic section of them and laugh.

if they're leaving it on the floor like that they're either going to throw it away or too lazy to recover it .and your not stealing it your trying to recover history thank you aces adventures

@Titanic19127

7 жыл бұрын

JOSHUA JERRY PHENEUF PLANET yes he needs to take things

@neverstoplearning7214

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed !!!

@neverstoplearning7214

7 жыл бұрын

not goimg going to lie, id I'd take one of the numbers that marked the checkout lanes :)

@ecologist_to_be

7 жыл бұрын

If everyone takes things other explorers have nothing to enjoy

@Titanic19127

7 жыл бұрын

Sarah Smith Oh well lol

Ames replaces Hills in my old Midwest town. Then shortly after the bankruptcy Steve and Barrys came in. Does anyone remember steve and barrys?

@tinadoren

6 жыл бұрын

Deanna- Danielle yes!

@TheDeannadanielle

6 жыл бұрын

tina martinez =)

@jeremyrock7446

6 жыл бұрын

Deanna- Danielle we had a steve and barrys for a few months in pa they opened up then closed it may have been a year but it wasn’t around long

As soon as I saw the piece of cardboard displaying Nickelodeon’s Rugrats with the Ames logo, my jaw literally dropped. 😲

Both Ames locations in my city of Terre Haute, Indiana were once former Hills Department Store locations that were converted over to Ames stores after Ames acquired Hills. Terre Haute Indiana had two locations one on the north side of the city located at 1800 Fort Harrison Road [which has been divided up and is now home to a Big Lots location and Alorica, which is a call center for AT&T Customer Support] and one on the south side of the city located at 3500 U.S. Hwy 41 [which is now home to a Burlington Coat Factory location]. Hope this litte tidbit of info helps.

the music in the video reminds me to Stranger Things !!!

Debbie Gibson at Ames Opening

This is amazing history that you provided in this video. Love it

Ah the old Ames Dept. Store. I had one in my area and every Saturday my grandfather took me and my sisters there to pick out a toy or whatever after he picked us up from the skating rink. I remember jamesway zayres Best and all the 80's stores.

nothing there

Is it to late to win a new VCR ?

@josecoon-adams6131

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.

Lol, That Radio ad (RI 104 "Narragansett") was our local ad when this Ames came out in Rhode Island. I still remember being in that store, but don't know what its turned into since. That lot was vacant for over 15 years.

Yep we had an Ames that used to b Caldor too in Allentown/bethlehem. Back when phar mor had its heyday. They r gone n now I’m in nyc. How times do change. Never thought those standbys would b gone when I was a kiddo

great video. I would off taken those as well there only going to get thrown away.

@joshuajerrythereviewer

7 жыл бұрын

david Pearson agreed

@rocketcab

6 жыл бұрын

" I would have taken...."

@TheShadowflare1

6 жыл бұрын

If I was there it would be no doubt. that rugrats thing could be highly sought after considering how rare it would be.

@shanerollins3736

6 жыл бұрын

I lift from closed stores all the time. I can't call it shoplifting since no shop is in business. So far, I only have some relics from Macys, but there are many more abandoned stores in my area, so it's fair game.