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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin
I was surprised to hear of the cursed acquisition after I got work again at the same GE-RCA-Sony dealer 3 years later in 1984 or 5. It was like hearing Sanyo bought Fisher. Not good!
Funny when the owners started selling Panasonic in 85, mainly because Matsushita made some of GE's chassis along the way then used some lousy caps. That kept us busy fixing rather than buying circuit boards when they were out of warranty  , at least the customers appreciated that.
When I started at this store in HS the first time, they also sold Magnavox but stopped in 1985, after NAP began walking away from warranty issues. As always, GE sets are easily serviceable but RCA's Colortrak was better at staying home and not coming back like GE did under warranty- tuners, griplets and one-gun CRTs. |
Lastly, RCA factory service had at least an honest rep until those 'hooers at GE cut 'em loose.