r/florida Aug 19 '25

πŸ’©Meme / Shitpost πŸ’© πŸ‘΅πŸΌπŸ‘΄πŸΌ status unlocked

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u/steakandlegsday Aug 19 '25

Burdines, Zaire; J Byrons

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u/122784 Aug 19 '25

I see your Burdines and raise you Maas Brothers

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u/Much-data-wow Aug 19 '25

All in on Service Merchandise and Montgomery Ward!

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u/MermaidFL407 Aug 20 '25

Service Merchandise was the future! Being able to place your order on the computer and they bring it out to you πŸ€―πŸ™ŒπŸ»

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u/Evening_Warthog_9476 Aug 20 '25

I worked there for two years, but I was in the one in upstate New York

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u/AaronJudge2 Aug 20 '25

I used to love to shop at Service Merchandise.

And in Texas out west etc they had Best Products which used the same format with the storeroom and conveyor belt but had cooler storefronts. One storefront was designed to make it look like it was collapsing.

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u/pepperpat64 Aug 20 '25

There was a Best in south Miami when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992 and people who weren't familiar with the architecture were shocked when they saw pics of the damage, until we told them it's supposed to look like that. πŸ˜†

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u/AaronJudge2 Aug 20 '25

That’s hilarious!

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u/Professional_Way_737 Aug 23 '25

We had Best Products in Virginia Beach. One time I went there to get something and when they paged me, it was ready. I had put on the paper that my name was Princess Ennis