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Date: Thursday, 21 July 1983 07:41:36 EDT
From: Michael.Young@CMU-CS-G
To: Harry.Bovik@CMU-CS-A
Subject: Appliance/warehouse stores
Message-ID: <1983.7.21.11.40.11.Michael.Young@CMU-CS-G>

Here's the summary of such stores that I collected over the past
few months:

The following is a list of some stores, by location, which sell appliances,
both large (TVs, refrigerators, washer/driers, etc.) and small
(kitchen tools like blenders, food processors, toasters, etc.).

The stores marked with a '#' are catalog discount stores, which
I find valuable for all kinds of special purchases.  Stores marked with
a '*' are the ones I've visited; the others are recommended by
other CSD community members.

Monroeville:

[Take the Parkway East (I376) east to the first Monroeville (U.S. 22)
exit.  Between this exit and the next entrance to I376 (at the Pa.
Turnpike) are literally hundreds of stores, including 3 (or more?) malls.]

	In Penn Center (first mall, on the right):
		The Appliance Store (*): one of a chain of large
			appliance stores; they have (sometimes unadvertised)
			sales reasonably often, on selected items.
		Sears (*): a department store chain; prices on most
			items seemed high, especially TVs.

	In the Monroeville Mall (second mall, largest of the three, on right):
		J.C. Penney's (*): department store chain; prices more
			reasonable than Sears, but not terrific.
		Gimbels (*): department store chain, slightly "higher-class"
			than Sears or Penneys.
		Joseph Horne's (*): fairly expensive department store.  Don't
			look for appliances here.

	Before reaching Miracle Mile (on right):
		Kelly and Cohen (*): one of a chain of large appliance
			stores.  Seemed less worthwhile than the Appliance
			Store in Monroeville.
	Before reaching Miracle Mile (on left):
		Basco-Best (#): a catalog/warehouse store; recently, Basco
			and Best merged (or so I'm told).
		
	In the Miracle Mile plaza (third plaza, not quite a mall, on right):
		David Weis (#*): one of a local chain of discount stores.
			Like a catalog store, without catalogs.  [They
			recently stopped making catalogs.]


In the Squirrel Hill/Shadyside/Oakland area:

	Oakland:
		David Weis (Forbes Avenue, east of Giant Eagle, west of
		 McDonalds) (#*):
			Another outlet of the chain, but smaller.
			Outlets in the city all carry mostly jewelry,
			and just a little bit of smaller items.  No
			large appliances.  Stop in and pick up
			a brochure for a list other locations.
	
	Shadyside:
		Appliance Store:
			Another branch, on Penn Avenue, to the left off
			Fifth Avenue, coming from the direction of C-MU.

	East Liberty:
		Sears:
			A slightly smaller Sears store in the Penn Circle
			complex.

In the Century III Mall vicinity:

[Take route 885 south; from the Boulevard of the Allies, it's
the first light (take a left) after the Schenley park bridge.
Follow 885 south, until you see a McDonalds on the far right side
of an intersection.  Continue through the light; a shopping
center on the left has some appliance stores, and the mall is further
down the road (there are many signs).]

	Basco:
	David Weis:	Not in the mall, but nearby.

	Service Merchandise:
		In the shopping center before the mall (a Busy
		Beaver store is also there); another catalog/
		warehouse store.
	Kelly&Cohen:
		Another outlet in the same shopping center.

	Sears:
	JC Penneys:
	Montgomery Wards:
		All in Century III Mall.  Maybe more.

Recommended to me, but I don't know where they are, or
anything else about them:

	Dahlkemper's:
		A local chain.  [Try the Gold Circle shopping center
		by the Service Merchandise mentioned above.]
	Catalog Discount (CDS):
		Another catalog/warehouse place.
	Hill's:
		Cash only discount.