# Does This Weird Store Chain Still Exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902 "2010-09-15T22:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902/21 "2010-12-31T23:57:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **aruvqan** , maybe it’s because I just got off work and haven’t been to bed yet, but why was it so important to you that you not be in a cash-handling position? Your story seems to leave out all the disadvantages of being a cashier. I’m not **aruvqan** , but I’ll offer one possible explanation. Some stores, or some managers, will hold cashiers personally responsible for any discrepancies (any that aren’t in the store’s favor, anyway) in the till at the end of the day. 'Cause, you know, no one ever makes an honest mistake, and the POS system is always perfect. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902/22 "2011-01-01T00:01:36Z")
We had one called Labelle’s or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902/23 "2011-01-01T05:07:21Z")
Buffalo had Century House (where my mom was a manager), Brand Names (infamous for never having the item you wanted in stock, and catalogs with a format that remained unchanged since the 1960s), Service Merchandise, and Dahlkemper’s. I can’t remember if we had Consumer’s Merchandising or not, but their ads appeared quite a bit on local television, as did many other Canadian retail chains. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902/24 "2011-01-01T15:49:49Z")
The Best Products chain was active in the southeast and had some interesting architectural styles for some of its buildings: very interesting videos at [http://archidose.blogspot.com/2009/01/site-best-stores.html](http://archidose.blogspot.com/2009/01/site-best-stores.html) ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902/25 "2011-01-01T17:27:19Z")
[Nebraska Furniture Mart](http://www.nfm.com/default.aspx) in Omaha is another current store that works this way. The place is amazing - a huge complex of store/showrooms and warehouses. You pick out what you want, pay for it, take your receipt and head to the drive-through lanes at the warehouse either that very day or any day in the next 30. You give them your code number at the speaker, and in very short order they trot out with your furniture, TV, what-have-you, load it up or tie it to your vehicle for you, and you drive off. Or they deliver. They have their own food court with a Burger King. The place has to be seen to be believed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-weird-store-chain-still-exist/553902.md?page=1)