Sandwich General Store
 

After having been closed for quite some time, I know that the Sandwich General Store was recently bought at auction. Does anyone know if it's opened back up again or what plans they have for the store?

I was by a few days back, the store looks empty, I don't believe the buyer specified what they would do with it, as seen Here

Sandwich Store
 

A friend of mine bought it and it will be opening September 1st-I will call her tomorrow and ask her how much info she would like me to share with the forum. She is a hardworking lady-and I think it has great potential-I think we all will be pleasantly surprised!

Nice !!! Congratulations to your friend. I wish her the best of luck with this.

Hartford Courant Article
 

This Sunday's HC Living section's front page is titled, Sweet New Hampshire. It features places in various regions to visit, like the Lakes Region, White Mountains, etc. It has an inset picture of the Sandwich General Store in Center Sandwich. Did the store open on September 1st? I can't tell when the picture was taken, but I assume recently?

I was by there Friday and it doesn't look like anyone has worked on opening a business yet. I'd love to, but I already have a job : )

center sandwich general store
 

Any action at the store?

NO

Hey my first post been reading daily since the naked kayaker totally addicted

Thanks, and welcome to the forum. Too bad about the store, where do people have to travel to for their general store needs?

Ever try to find gasoline in Sandwich? Sure would be nice (IMHO) if they brought back the pumps and went to the old general store format (no kitchen... Corner House is just down the road), with maybe some hardware store like items. :)

Bought for 165,000 and valued at 321,000 sweet...Maybe the new owner is just waiting for the economy to turn around a bit and make a cool profit at re-sale.

HI,
I just drove past it 30 minutes ago and there is a "for lease by owner " sign on the front

For lease?
 

Sounds like the purchaser of the property doesn't want to risk starting their own business. I think dpg has it right.

Maybe I am cynical but I think the guy who bought it is too afraid to do the hard work of opening and getting a customer base established. He'd rather rent out to someone and let them do the heavy lifting and then in a couple of years raise the rent too hard to live with and then step in and take it over. Maybe I am ust too disgusted with Washington and all te low lifes who live and breed there. I don't even know this guy who owns the sandwich store but I guess after the average citzen getting scr%$wed by D.C. I am just too questioning.
maybe I'm wrong! Maybe its just a guy who sold an investment and needs to put the money somewhere... it makes no profit sitting in his pocket nd he has to pay capital gains unless he re invests ...maybe its just safe place to park some money ....I'd like to think thats what it is

Speaking of Washington Low lifes, did you know that 44% of our US Congressman are millionaires? So much for a representative government! I'm sure 44% of the US population are millionaires.:rolleye2:

Well you may be right but it is his store, I know maybe it doesn't make it right. We all had the chance to go and bid on it just like the new owner did. Maybe some of us were missing one important aspect...$...

My understanding is that they want to rent it out , however it needs a lot of work and utilities are thru the roof but they won't lower the rent. Maybe they just don't realy need the money!

Are you the famous Captain Bart who sells seafood?:)

I don't know about the famous part, but I do sell fish.

Don't be modest Bart!
 

You are famous- at least here!!!

Well thanks! Look forward to seeing everybody in the spring.

I wonder how many become millionaires while doing the people's work?

Small Business Loans
 

are hard to get. I tried to start a business in Gilford and business loans are not there.

That is an interesting question. Any guesses? I don't want to presume I know the answer. However, there is a certain millionaire who is trying to buy his way into office here in CT. A certain Ned Lamont failed to displace Joe Lieberman after besting him for the democrat candidacy for US Senator. Now Ned is thinking of a run for Gov. Hmmm, maybe some rich folks think they can buy their way into office. John Corzine in NJ did it but he's out, Bloomberg in NY did it and he bought off teh term limit law. It really doesn't matter, it is now all about the money! Joe citizen hasn't a chance. I wish I were rich and could run for office.

My last sentence is so sad but true.

Doesn't matter RG........They pay 0 into the system themselves, and don't collect either. Not good enough for them. They voted to give themselves full salary for life after they retire, paid for by the taxpayers. That's around $175,000 every year, compared to 12-15k for the average joe.

I've heard that a U.S. congressman has to serve for five years to vest his/her pension. Too bad for former NH Congressman Jeb Bradley. Serving two terms which is four years, and then getting beat by Congressman Carol Shea-Porter........ poor Jeb done missed out on a big fat pension.

Then again....who knows....maybe he will run for congress again in September and November, 2010?

Then again...who knows....maybe he'll be back on the second floor of Wolfeboro's Bradley Hardware helping customers with plumbing and wiring repair projects? ....like...."Hey Congressman....where do they hide the thread dope around here?":D:laugh:

Don't know the vesting requirement for U.S senators?

All vesting for the house & senate are 6 years. One term in the US senate, three terms in the US house

Sandwich Store
 

Starting to hear rumblings about what really went down with the sandwich store...not rumors,,,truths...quite a story ..I'll report back ..I don't want to make any mistakes here ,,I must get it right the first time ...but it will be interesting once its played out from what I am hearing !

Any more news ripley?

well, the first thing is that the pearson who was gonna open it was ready to sign the lease. When they were gonna sign, the buyers partner showed up and demanded 3 times the agreed upon rent, because "it was worth it ".
Naturally that person walked away and now the new owners are sitting on a piece of real estate that was a store but only with a variance....now he is sitting with a house that is zoned "historical house" that will need a variance to reopen .

Ripley

Well, I guess I'm glad to see greed was rewarded appropriately. Too bad though for area residents who could use the convenience of a general store in town.

What a shame. A store in that location makes a lot of sense, but there are other locations as well in the village that would work. I wonder if there is a commercial district at all? I would question if the use truly was "abandoned" and therefore not grandfathered, as there is some case law that might support the claim that an abandonment did not occur, (actively on the market for instance, may stop the clock). What a sweet location, it did lose some of it's feel when the restaurant/pizza place opened.

I wonder if it is officially on the historic register.

Hmmmm
 

So if you buy a piece of property and sell it or make money off its use then it's greed?

If you want to buy a general store in the lakes region and and take the financial risk, by all means go for it. If you've never stuck your neck out with buying a business or investment property, you should get clued into to what's involved. Not everyone is just handed a family lake cottage or business that's already up and running.

I'm pretty sure this was the greed Pineedles was talking about.

Business ethics
 

Thank you SIKSUKR, that's exactly what I was talking about. I am a business owner and have invested heavily into my business as well as sign loans that if defaulted could result in the loss of my home. However, when a customer and I agree on a price I don't at the 11th hour change the price on them.

I agree, but as much as I dislike and avoid it I would certainly take legal action if I had in fact a P&S. That would have shown all of the numbers which if changed at closing would clearly be a breach and very costly to the owners. IMHO

rob,
please go back and re-read my post.
it says that the day they were gonna sign the lease documents.....

Not so fast
 

Pineedles, all I can tell you is neither of us were there to know first-hand what transpired. If you are truly a business owner, I'm surprised at how quick to quip about someone handling their business transaction that may have been in their best interests. Enough to make me question if you own a business. Plenty of deals fail at the time of signing for many reasons.

So if we assume the rumors from Ripley are true and the owner still agrees to the original terms but now the leasee wants to have a strip club and XXX store, I assume all will be forgiven, eh? ;)

I don't intend to criticize your opinions, nor do I intend to justify mine any further than I have. I really don't give a darn what you believe.

Thank you pineedles. This is a very informative thread and doesn't need to get dragged down as many others have with banter. You have been a long time valued member here and I appreciate all your comments.

I think someone must be bored during this holiday/vacation time! :rolleye2:

OCD, if you have an issue with someone perhaps you should direct that to them personally. One thing you will find is that I am a direct person. I'm actually quite amicable but will call someone on something I believe in. I stand 100% by my comments to pineedles. If you wish to find out why, you can start a thread about small businesses and/or farming and I will enlighten you with the good/bad/ugly of what I've seen. As much as the speed limit means something too you, the plight of a small business owner is too me.

Pineedles stated they (not sure of gender) did not wish to continue a dialogue and if you noticed, I dropped it. That's called respect, even when I don't agree with his/her veiwpoint. Your post did not afford me the same...

And FWIW, I have been around this board during the days when it looked nothing like it does today (different handle). I long remember the days of nested threads. Using a post count as a means of quantifying the value of someone's opinion is quite silly.

that's not it
 

Nope. Small business is the engine of this country. I'll stand up for what I believe in every time.

Villifying someone for legally buying a property to make money is ridiculus.

LP,

You and I are not so dissimilar, although if you are using lawn chemicals in a waterfront property then you are toast.:laugh: Read the PM I sent to you, and if you want to continue the discussion, then we can talk off line. I don't want another thread shut down.

Pineedles, I am a fanatic when it comes to lawn care but that does not mean that I am not sensitive to the surrounding environment.

My lawn gets about 50/50 organic/synthetic fertilizer and I am on a first name basis with the Maine soil testing service so my little green friends are on a very strict diet.

I happen to live on a street with a gentleman who is an enviromental engineer and a stickler for watching anything the neighbors do. He really is "that guy." To screw with him one day, I donned a tyvex painters suit and paint respirator and used my pump sprayer to water the front section of my lawn. One of my other neighbors was talking to him about a week later and found out he had taken pictures of me doing it from his upstairs window. To this day he does not know it was water:laugh: True story.

THATS CLASSIC!!! I have a similar neighbor but a good friend.. He calls me Pestiside Man... I do Scott's Step 4, another set of crab ex, 2 sets of grub ex and 4 sets of Lyme.... nothing really over the top... However my lawn is Green his is completely brown... So go figure....

Sorry way off topic.... but I thought that was wicked funny!

That's hilarious! Nice going.:laugh:

Way off topic......but I love practical jokes.....a friend gave me a HUGE haddock that he caught on a day trip. I layed the carcass on my elderly neighbors beach......he discovered it a day later after birds and animals had chewed on it and made it hard to identify.....ran to get his wife and a camera....pretty funny. I never confessed.

That was YOU!!!?

I just got an extraordinary visual, and laughed so hard I almost fell off the couch! :laugh::laugh: Fabulous fun - thanks for sharing! :D

I Always Needed A Fleet Of Mowers...
 

At the Camp on Paugus Bay. I kept out of the lime light by sending my Grandson out to help me mow the lawn.