catzz66 wrote:
> SMS wrote:
>> Pat wrote:
>>
>>> I was at a farm store today looking at zero turn mowers and all of a
>>> sudden I realized I had called a typical cheap Wal-Mart lawn tractor
>>> a "Huffy." Well, of course, I meant a "Murray." But, the funny thing
>>> was, the salesman knew what I was talking about!
>>
>>
>> I remember working at a discount department store where we sold both
>> Murray bicycles and Murray lawnmowers. Talk about the worst of the worst.
>
> My first skinny tired bike 25 or 30 years ago was a Murray. It was
> absolutely the worst bike I have ever owned. For the price back then,
> about $100, it should have been a lot better. I think the next bike was
> a used Diamondback (?) mountain bike. I believe I bought and sold it
> for under $200, but it was hugely better, whatever the brand was.
IIRC, the department store I worked in as a teenager sold the Murray 10
speed for $59 (sale price of $55). This was in Jefferson's, which later
was acquired by Montgomery Ward. I remember buying a C. Itoh
(Bridgestone) 10 speed at another department store for $59 and it was
much better than the Murray, though still a department store quality bike.