Fretter Commercial, 1985

Fretter Commercial, 1985.

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Entertainment

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• Fretter
• Commercial
• 1985

[USMCDAD47]

I worked for Ollie Fretter in the mid 80's. I sold electronics (brown goods) and we were trained to deceive the customer with tricks and fixes on the advertised goods. If you sold the A.D.V. too many times, you got canned. Worst job I ever had.

[johnnytheC]

When I bought my first VCR on 12/31/85, I paid $499 for it. But it was a Magnavox. I used that thing for 9 years.

[blunderboy1964]

@debfan74

i honestly thought it was only in Michigan

[meangreen69Nova]

@Lesrevesdhiver Yes I saw that. I guess I thought the price would have been closer to $167 as seen in a Fretter commericla on here made 2 years later

[Lesrevesdhiver]

@meangreen69Nova You think the VCR price is bad? Did you see the price on that stupid cassette radio? $80 originally! I remember seeing those go for over $100 in some stores. A comparable CD boom box today runs like $50 for a sony, and this is 25 years later. Funny how some prices decrease insanely, especially given inflation.

[crawford371]

it originally started in Detroit and it expanded into the northeast and midwest.

[debfan74]

was Fretter only in Indiana?

[meangreen69Nova]

A VCR for $263, wow....and to think now you can get them for next to nothing, if they even still make them.