Aaron's City Trains Going Out of Business Sale

This is such a shame...Aaron had great product and fast service, especially during the holidays. Godspeed Aaron's Trains.

Sorry to hear of this news.  You were a key supplier of some nice Standard Gauge locomotives and rolling stock when I first entered this wonderful segment of tinplate toy trains a couple of years ago.

Wishing you all the best.

David

Best of luck and have purchased from you in the past.  Will have to see what items you have left.  Again best of luck moving forward.

That's really a shame.  That place has had a very long connection to the hobby from it's predecessor days as Glenn's train shop.  hate to think of just how long it had been there before these last five years with Aaron.  The new owners were certainly nicer to deal with than Glenn Uhle had been. 

Good luck in what else you may do, Aaron.

Paul Fischer

thank you Aaron for keeping alive the rich  tradition the store had when owned by glenn uhl and robert uhl......i had not visited since you had your prior sale,but must make one final trip to 587 grant.-Jim

Thank you for your kind messages.  Yes, the shop was open over 50 years in total.  It is such a shame to not have it continue in the Akron, Ohio community.  I particularly took a liking to all the great tinplate trains that were being reissued and it was nice to build a new customer base for those specific trains in the country.  We will miss working with all of you.  Please let us know if we can help you with anything while we are still here.

It is always a sad day when we lose a small business, I have only bought one

item from Aarons, the service was good and fast. And if you do have trouble

with a item, you can call and talk to a real person! Try that with something

you buy off the E-bay! Wish the Best to Aarons City Train!!

I just recently received my 1st order from you for Lionel O gauge Tubular. I am sorry to hear the news of your closing. I will be placing another order with you.

Best of Luck

I am sorry to hear that you are going out of business. I dealt with you a while back and found you were great to buy from.  All the best in any future business.

Your friend in Calgary, AB

Sad news indeed, Aaron's was one of my go to shops, and looked forward to visiting when I was home visiting family. Thanks for the awesome shop and service the last 5 years. You will be missed. 

first Amers now Aaron's NE Ohio is definitely taking a hit! thank goodness for Mercer!!!!

Awwwwww ... I'm so bummed.  I liked everything about Aaron's ... the service, the O gauge products, the store name, and the store's logo.  Thank you for being such a great store.  I'm very  sorry that you will be closing.

Reminder guys…..  It will probably take us a couple of months to liquidate all of our inventory so in the mean time please come check us out and see if we have what you've been looking for.  An additional 10% OFF of our already reduced prices while supplies last.  That's about 16% OFF of everything!  Just use promo code THANKYOU10 at checkout.  Or feel free to call us and we will be happy to process your order over the phone.

www.aaronscitytrains.com

234-678-3482

HOURS:

Wednesday: 11-1

Thursday: 11-4

Friday: 11-4

Saturday:11-4

Thinking of swinging by on my way up to Cleveland Sat. afternoon. 

So sorry to hear of the news, but life brings change. I pretty much grew up with 587 Grant St. being my one and only place for Lionel Trains for the nearly 50 of its years.  My old hangout, Quaker Square is gone, and now the shop to soon follow. Even though I've lived out of state for the past 11 years, Akron will never be quite the same without it.

UPDATE:

Now you can get everything in store at an additional 15% OFF our already reduced prices.  Just enter promo code AARON at checkout online or call or visit the store.  We would love to see you.  While supplies last!  We still have a LOT in stock.

Hi.  Sent an e-mail a week ago about purchasing a large quantity of scenery stuff.  Let me if you didn't get it...my e-mail is in my profile.  Thanks.

I am so sorry to hear this...I know you worked very hard to breath new life into this store. Do you think there will be a day when no brick and mortar stores will exist?

I am sorry to hear you are closing. When I retire I do not see anyone jumping to buy us out.

TrainHead,

I believe there will always be brick and mortar train stores. All it takes is someone with a lot of determination, a lot of desire and a lot of dedication. 

Jim is right, we need to support our B&M stores but yet embrace the change in retailing at the same time. Aaron, I wish you all the best. 

Then why do so many stores go out of business and so many people say they would never open a hobby store? There was a recent post on this forum about a man asking our opinion on opening up a hobby store. The overwhelming consensus was...DO NOT DO IT. If you can't make an average profit and nobody wants to buy you out when you retire.....then why would you do it???? I believe the end of brick and mortar is near. I am sorry for the doom and gloom.

Trainhead,

A good train shop owner does it, because they love it. That means, a lot of devotion and sacrifice. If you are willing to eat, sleep and drink the train shop you will make it. If not, go play wiffle ball. 

No surprise here that Jim has nailed it... spot on.  Many businesses are built on labors of love behind the scenes.  And the shop owners could probably NEVER pay themselves for the time, effort and resources REALLY required to run a successful small business... train shops included.

David

I am local to Aaron's. I really enjoyed going in after work and talking trains with them. It is also really nice to be able to go and pick up the odd piece of o-27 track or other odd and end from there.

Sad to see them go.

thank you for being a sponser of the forum even with the forcasted closing of the store-Jim