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Company, Montgomery Wards, Caldor. All of which were very successful at first, then, something happened (likely something in common to all, Walmart?, BJ's, Sam's Club, Internet? a bit of all?), then they all crumbled
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Lechmere was, like Filene's, a department store, but it sold goods cheaper, at better quality, and lined up its electronics goods so you could easily compare different models, then reach below for the box you wanted. I bought an
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Oh, and of course the brilliant plan to save the company by selling $ 350.00 "Service Plan" (we clean out the deadly dust!) for 5 years, on a computer that would be worth almost nothing by 2 years, and would likely last 10 years anyway. I would like to "thank" the higher ups who came up with that
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