Video of the last TV dealers

[jstout66]

Loved that video! I have very fond memories of working at my Uncle's Sales/Repair shop in the late 70's. I still remember unpacking NEW Chromacolor 2's! I also remember the big switch to the System 3 sets. We also carried a few secondary brands in later years so as not to lose a sale. Zeniths were VERY high priced. We sold GE's for a bit, but they were junk and broke on the sales floor (the VIR era sets). We also sold Philco's (rebadged Sylvania's) they were actually pretty good. However... we had those sets in another section of the store. No matter what other set we had, they NEVER looked as good side by side to a Zenith.
We actually had 2 other dealers in a town of 2000. We had an RCA dealer. They ended up getting their distributorship pulled for "bait and switch" and had to take down their RCA sign. They then sold Magnavox. We also had another dealer who sold Sylvania. I thin he was PO's that we also sold Philco. (since they were the SAME set altho cheaper in price) That same dealer also ended up selling Zenith after my Uncle quit selling TV's. He picked it up right in the era of the bad picture tubes... kinda felt sorry for him.. lol!