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l - l t IC-WATERIDOOlmm-Wednaday. August 26. 2015 l l i , ~-+--#â€"â€"â€"~mâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" 1 Th YI ‘ l e Ma a Man I : g l ’ ' ’ lo ’ ' do ° lo ; Family run Bate s Maytag store 0 smg Its ors afier 26 years m Water 0 t BYBOIVIIANAC toWhirlpoolin2005.anditclosed l ChmnickSIalI thedealonMarch3l.2ws. . Whae once there was a person- ’ - ill Bate is starting to under- al touch. Maytag became part of a l B stand how lonely it must ' massiveoorporation. l have been for the Maytag I. A 7 ,w , figs; _ or? ‘We use to see the Maytag rep I Repaimtan. “:4 if ‘-' j‘ " - twice a week and he would always ; The fictional character. played 2' ’ ‘ ‘ -{ - be asking what he could do for us.” > by actor Gordon lump. was once ? - said Bill. "We'd be lucky to see the l thefaceofthefranch‘neuntilabat» :33 -,. ' A "’ Whirlpoolreptwiceayear.‘ I tle with diabetes took his life in â€" ' The family would even have [ 2W3. The manic-leis claim to fame. «. , dinner with Gordon lump, The i as one ofthe most iconic figurm in ' ’1 ' a I Maytag Man, when he came to r the advertising world, was that 4, A: " . town for a visit. “He was a family ‘ ‘ nobody every called him because . A ‘ ' friend and a very nice man." said : the products he serviced were so " ‘ ' Bill. 3 reliable . ,3 . Now, business became more w It's a good metaphor for what's " ' impersonal. I going on at the Bates Maytag 5 Billsaidthatchangeinthebtai- ’ Home Appliance Centre in Water- ‘ ness climate was exacerbated in loo, which is closing the doors on 2”. The great recession and the I the family-run business after 26 troubles at Research in Motion. yearsat theendofthe month. now BlackBerry, proved to be a ItwasstanedbytheBatefamily douuewharruuy. ; in 1989 â€" William St. mom lune. Bill said the retail sector hasn't > brother David and Bill It was the a! ‘ recovered from Wis loally only dedicated appliance store in _ s- and he said other m and Pop l Waterloo at the time, although you , operations he's talked to are in the ‘ tould buy a washing machine in y. - 2-1": l sameboat. E the old batons ston- on Wt'strnount ~= :- , . The writing on the wall came as l Road , . in * his expenses started to exceed his I ”It was a family Allan.“ said Bill. ' ‘, l ‘ :4- sales. Even his water bill tripled. ’ who was already a manager [or , .._ £3 '- f" F“; 1 increasing the cost of doing bust E another Maytag slow when the ' l ' ' “a manaterloo. , company approat Md the Bates. Btu Bate, right. standswitb a m lowing the tam Maytag Repairman as he «minister! about the totally 'Our expenses started exceeding 1 family to ttlmt‘ together to bring bus-nets that will be dosing its door at the end of the month after 26 years in Waterloo. new mm our marp'nsf said Bill 1 sales and «man- into one big stow The thing he said he'll mks the i In Walt'rltxi “We wally stuck to that motto of walls of the store at 30 Columbia St. Bill said there were challenges most are the people. Old customers » ‘ lhey said we had the perfect being the dependable people.“ said E. inWaterloo There are stillall the that came with every retail opera have been calling in the past few I (nomination for a home appliance Hill. "We became the dependable sports teams and other activities tion. The big" Waterloo grew so weetsto oflertheirbest wishu. ; centre. sowe all went into ll mgr-1h place.“ that the family sponsored. and all did choices for consumers as big lt'sled tosome will moments. ‘r or as a family hit-nvonr- pitched In As providers for everything the the service awards they canted in box stores came to the community especially saying goodbye to the l and started the store ‘ growing family needed, they making sure those unilorms and and competedbrthesame market. service guys on M H who were 3 Maytag made it‘s ft'plllalmll on formed a lot of personal relation socks would get clean using the But they still differentiated such a big part olthe mm But ‘ reliable service, as did the Bates \hlps with local customers It wasn't products they serviced and sold. themselves with their service and if someone still needs help they can 1 Maytag Home Appliance-(1mm as hard. said Bill. llegrewupinWater- ”Waterloo people at that time the reputation they built in the call “Si-8883204. or Bryson’s , ll grew to offer everything from loo and went to schod at WC]. He really liked to support Waterloo community. They kept up with the Appliance Service at SISâ€"5694466. I dishwashers fridges and slaves and delivered the Chronicle and was bminetses.‘ said III. Home Depots and other stores who who Bill personally recommends ; ranges to washer and dryers after very much pan of the community The client list yew as Waterloo came to the community but didn't 'We were proud to he an appli j being founded as a washing lit-served. grew. with Bate's Maytag being a hawtheir track record ance store in Waterloo.‘ said Bill. . "13(th company In was by lied “to mementos to that past sew popular spot to service-the cityarid But things started to change ‘We were proud to he pan of this 1 t'rll k Maytag, “x no to the community still line the itsever expandingmburbs back in the 2m Maytag was sold community.’ ; ATTENTION BUSINESSES“ ~ a ' ‘ ' ' l.â€" n 3;. 2:”: , : 4, '_ , e 5:“ it". if". 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