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From: edw@wells.UUCP (Ed Wells)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: HeathKit Catalogue
Summary: Heathkit retail stores are still in business.
Message-ID: <889@wells.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 91 20:46:32 GMT
References: <37.2790F66B@egsgate.fidonet.org>
Organization: Wells Computer Systems Corp., Levittown, Pa. 19058
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In article <37.2790F66B@egsgate.fidonet.org>, Jeffrey.Krul@f646.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Jeffrey Krul) writes:

>      I live in Mississauga, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, and HeathKit 
> retailers all over my area are no longer with us either.  I have been 
> looking for their catalog for quite some time, but I am pretty sure they 
> went under for good.

  No Heath is still in business, however, they have decided to go
with just mail order and close there retail stores.  They lost my
business.  I like the idea of looking at what I am buying before
ordering it, being able to get parts locally, etc..  Let's face it,
trying to get parts for equipment these days is getting to be
more and more of a custom parts business and having a local
source of parts is a big advantage.  Now that they are mail order,
they fall into the same catagory as the rest (equal, no advantage).
They're prices are not as cheap as other mail order houses and
I feel that they have made a grave mistake in their future
business planning.

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