Video of the last TV dealers

[freakaftr8]

I gotta say that I feel like one of the very lucky ones to have worked in a TV/VCR sales and service shop here in Sacramento, CA back in 1995 to 1996. This was a family owned repair shop and Mike and Mercedes the owners were the nicest people ever. My family was close to thiers and my grandmother bowled on the woman's team with Mercedes. The shop had a full service area in the back and a sales floor in the front. Authorized RCA and Zenith boasted on the front window.

The company sold to the highest bidder in 2006. Work died off for Mike and the transition to flat panels killed his repair end. Prices were incompetitive for him.
I was lucky to be in the last phase of "mom and pop" repair/sales shops even though I was 18 at the time. It truely was an experience of a lifetime, I can just imagine what the 40's, 50's, 60's 70's and 80's were like for the television sales/service industry. Had to be a fun ride!