We just lost another old TV and appliance dealer here in town

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We lost our old Zenith/RCA/GE/Whirlpool dealer, McAllister & Sons TV and Appliance, as of April 1st. I think they went in business in '46 or '47 and were a mainstay here until recently. Several years ago, they closed the sales portion of their business. Then, they closed the TV repair part of the business, leaving only the appliance repair portion of the business. It was recently announced that even that portion would be closing as of April 1st.

And, it burns me up when I think of why they probably had to close - cheap discount stores like wal-mart, BB, Sears, etc.

It seems that people today don't care to pay a little extra from a hometown business who knows their products and will stand behind them should service be needed after the sale. Instead, they want cheap, cheap, cheap and that's all they care about. It don't matter that these discount places often don't know their butt from a hole in the ground or the fact that they couldn't care less about product service. All they see is a CHEAP price and that's what they go for.

A great many of the appliances in this house came from McAllister's and they were the only place that my Mother would do business with because they were polite, knew their products, and stood behind them.

Maybe I can find a picture of their old sign somewhere.

RIP McAllister's.