Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Even into the 1960's -- I remember as a little > boy drooling over many of > things available in the catalogue. Ten of thousands of miles away, I was drooling the same drool, so to speak. My family in Saigon had the Sears & Roebuck catalog in the mid to late 1960's. We could actually all sort of crazy stuff. Mind you, these were considered high-luxury items; perhaps not the items themselves, but the act of shopping at Sears & Roebuck. LOL. Good thing my family got out of the country, as possession of such blatant American capitalist device would qualify us for re-education camps. Not that we needed more qualifications, what with my father serving in the army of the Republic of VN for may years, my mother being a business woman, and us children French educated, coming from a strong anti-communist Hoahao buddhist stronghold in the Mekong delta. - - Phong On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:04:20 -0400 Steve LeHuray <steve@icommag.com> wrote: > > the Sears catalogue of 100 years ago was a very > important part of the > American landscape that you could buy > practically anything, Autos, guns, > washing machines, tools, clothing, cameras and > even pre-fabricated houses. > Even into the 1960's -- I remember as a little > boy drooling over many of > things available in the catalogue. Montgomery > Ward had an equally impressive > catalogue. > > But there was a dark side to Sears & Roebuck on > the business side: they > would contract with a manufacturer, lets say > washing machines, Sears would > place huge orders with the company to the point > that the washing machine > manufacturer would become dependent on the > Sears orders. Then suddenly Sears > would cancel all orders, the manufacturer would > go on the verge of > bankruptcy, Sears would buy them out for not > much money and then put their > own Sears name on the product. > > sl > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html