Ashikaga Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I now remember an appliance store called Kennedy & Cohen. Is it still there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I now remember an appliance store called Kennedy & Cohen. Is it still there?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>nope..LONG GONE...but I have a memory of going there with my parents to get some big appliance.it was off the south loop somewhere on the south side of the freeway i think.I can remember being impressed with the large expanse of stoves and washers etc. as an 8 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 nope..LONG GONE...but I have a memory of going there with my parents to get some big appliance.it was off the south loop somewhere on the south side of the freeway i think.I can remember being impressed with the large expanse of stoves and washers etc. as an 8 year old.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Over here, today's equivalent appliance dealer is Conn's. I think that there are some of those stores in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 nope..LONG GONE...but I have a memory of going there with my parents to get some big appliance.it was off the south loop somewhere on the south side of the freeway i think.I can remember being impressed with the large expanse of stoves and washers etc. as an 8 year old.Yes, Conn's is quite popular as an applicance store. But I think that Best Buy might compete. In every Sunday newspaper they advertise washers & dryers and other appliances at good prices, not just electronics and computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollopride Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I now remember an appliance store called Kennedy & Cohen. Is it still there? I know nothing of their current status - but I distinctly remember their jingle! 'You should be goin' - to Kennedy & Cohen - Kennedy & Cohennnnnnnnn." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 I know nothing of their current status - but I distinctly remember their jingle!'You should be goin' - to Kennedy & Cohen - Kennedy & Cohennnnnnnnn." Yes, you remember it well. I remember hearing it on radio station KTRH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Over here, today's equivalent appliance dealer is Conn's. I think that there are some of those stores in Houston.Conns is a Beaumont based company. They have been very successful here. We should try to support them over the Best Buy's and Fry's of the world. Proven Products is still doing business also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) I bought a couch from them (K&C). In fact, it was the very first new piece of furniture I ever acquired. It was pretty cheap, costwise. And the old adage proved true that you get what you pay for - it wasn't long before it fell apart. Edited January 26, 2007 by Heights2Bastrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I bought a couch from them (K&C). In fact, it was the very first new piece of furniture I ever acquired. It was pretty cheap, costwise. And the old adage proved true that you get what you pay for - it wasn't long before it fell apart.I remember Kennedy & Cohen's catchy jingle on the radio. What was the piece of furniture? I thought that K&C was an appliance store, not furniture. Yes, most but not all of the time you do indeed get what you pay for. I've learned what items to buy at Dollar General and what to get at Wal-Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The location I went to was on the South Loop around Mykawa. All I recall them having was furniture. I didn't know they had appliances. But I wasn't in the market for appliances, so maybe that's why I didn't notice.My couch was a brown fake fur. In a way it was kinda neat 'cause it felt good to - uh, "cuddle" on with a lady. It just didn't hold up. And it wasn't so easy to clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbeaumont Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 The location I went to was on the South Loop around Mykawa. All I recall them having was furniture. I didn't know they had appliances. But I wasn't in the market for appliances, so maybe that's why I didn't notice.My couch was a brown fake fur. In a way it was kinda neat 'cause it felt good to - uh, "cuddle" on with a lady. It just didn't hold up. And it wasn't so easy to clean. Q: What else can you call a love seat? A: A lunge chair.Conns is a Beaumont based company. They have been very successful here. We should try to support them over the Best Buy's and Fry's of the world. Proven Products is still doing business also.There is a Best Buy and a Circuit City here in Beaumont. I've seen once a week in the Houston Chronicle that Fry's Electronics has a full section. They do have a lot of good products at good prices. But only you and the others over there in Houston know for certain. There are some things that I'm planning to order from them in the future. I've never heard of Proven Products. Do they sell similar items? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 OK, I actually lied above. At around the same time Kennedy and Cohen opened, another store called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 OK, I actually lied above. At around the same time Kennedy and Cohen opened, another store called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Q: What else can you call a love seat? A: A lunge chair.There is a Best Buy and a Circuit City here in Beaumont. I've seen once a week in the Houston Chronicle that Fry's Electronics has a full section. They do have a lot of good products at good prices. But only you and the others over there in Houston know for certain. There are some things that I'm planning to order from them in the future. I've never heard of Proven Products. Do they sell similar items?Proven Products, they call themselves "the best kept appliance secret since 1947". Built-ins and custom type stuff mostly, although they've got the real cheapy stuff too if you want it. Independent home builders, and repairmen use the place alot. It's on Almeda-Genoa Rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 anyone remember this place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Only very, very, vaguely. Wasn't it an appliance store? Waaaay back in my memory I seem to remember a snippet of a jingle: "you should be goin' to Kennedy & Cohen. Kennedy & Cohen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readam Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I recognize the sign but could it have been on the South Loop near Levit's and Crossroads furniture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yes it was an appliance store! I (with my mom and dad) browsed through there a few times during the mid 70s at the Mykawa & South Loop location. Holy crap where did you get these photos? How long ago were they taken? They look fairly recent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Commando Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Oh, boy do I remember it! Kennedy and Cohen was around in the early 1970's and they weren't around very long. When ole Marvin Zindler first got on Channel 13, they were often a target of his reports for various disreputable business practices. Seems like he did stories on them once a week! I believe they vansihed from the scene no later than 1975. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) I'm pretty sure that there was also one on the Katy Freeway, just west of the beltway. It wasn't there long and is now the Market Place flea market. We used to go there (flea market) on Sundays in the 70s when all the other stores were closed.I think my parents went into Kennedy & Cohen once to look at TVs. They had to sit in a waiting room until a salesperson could come and take them around the store. I think they left because the waiting room was full and they didn't want to wait. Edited April 19, 2012 by Alpha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readam Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yes it was an appliance store! I (with my mom and dad) browsed through there a few times during the mid 70s at the Mykawa & South Loop location.Holy crap where did you get these photos? How long ago were they taken? They look fairly recentGoogled "Kennedy and Cohen" and they evidently are from a store in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuan1274 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yes, Levitz bit the dust. Their slogan was "You'll love it at Levitz!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proczach Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I remeber they just closed up like overnight and if you had something there for repair Marvin Zindler had to get involved. I think they sent everything in the repair department to their home office in Florida? but it got fixed and sent back. I can only remember there was one on the South Loop near Crossroads and Mangurians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Commando Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Proczach, there were several. One was located in a strip shopping center at Fulton and Crosstimbers behind the Jack In The Box and across from Northline Mall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I remeber they just closed up like overnight and if you had something there for repair Marvin Zindler had to get involved. I think they sent everything in the repair department to their home office in Florida? but it got fixed and sent back. I can only remember there was one on the South Loop near Crossroads and ManguriansThey filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and were liquidated under the supervision of a bankruptcy trustee. An uncle of mine was a TV repairman at the South Loop location, he was unable to get any of his testing and repair tools and equipment back, and AFAIK no customers with pending repairs got their TVs or other appliances back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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