Post by fancollector12 on Sept 14, 2016 2:24:54 GMT -5
I searched and we don't have a thread on this, so this should be fun.
What kinds of displays do stores that sell fans around you have? Here's what's around me:
Home Depot: There's a Home Depot near me, and I don't know when it was built. I can tell you that it's been around before I was born (I was born in 1995). Originally, they had the "multi-tiered" fan display with a section for the Special Order (originally a display for their "new" fans) at the front of the display. They also had the catalogs (as well as the foldout Hunter catalogs) in cardboard boxes where the fan boxes were. In 2006 or so, the display was converted to the "walk-under" combination fan and lighting display like the newer Home Depots have (although this Home Depot is the only Home Depot that has this style fan display in the area, all others have the aforementioned older "multi-tiered" fan display). The Special Order fans were mixed in with the stock fans. They discontinued the catalogs in 2008. Prior to the conversion to the "walk-under" display, they had some of the fans hooked up to run. Now only one or two fans on display run, and they're mostly Hunters (go figure, LOL). Like most Home Depots, there's some 56" Dayton/Marley industrials scattered throughout the store, but they hardly ever turn them on. They also put some of their "new fans" at the front of the store on display, but they don't usually wire them up. They used to have the hangman displays (the freestanding displays where the fans hang off of in the middle of the light bulb section), but I haven't seen them use them in awhile. They occasionally hang new models at the front of the lighting display as functional fans.
Lowe's: My local Lowe's was built in 2006. They have the traditional "walk-under" fan display, and had catalogs up until about two years ago. Some fans are hooked up to run. They have some hangman displays (see above) at the front of the store, advertising their "new" fans. I just went to Lowe's last weekend and found that the hangman displays up front were only temporary to advertise their outdoor fans. They have 4 fans attached to the end of the shelves in the fan display that they hung four new fans on, not hooked up at all. They also tried hanging Progress Lighting AirPro fans (2 or 3 of them) over the Special Order desk at the back of the lighting display that were functional, but they took them down, as they no longer stock Progress Lighting fans, and only special order them for customers. They sell Progress Lighting catalogs for $8, but nobody ever buys them.
Ace Hardware: There was an Ace Hardware that occupied the ground floor of a two-story home decor place. The place was built sometime in the 1970s, and they solely sold Hunter, unlike most Ace Hardware's, which sell only Westinghouse. Anyways, they had a working "walk-under" display, and changed some of their display fans often. Though they kept a white 42" Original (always on high speed), a bronze Royal Oak, a white 42" Low Profile III, a white 42" Bayport, and a white Sea Air (usually on). They probably had about 10 fans total on display. They also gave out the mini Hunter and Hunter Prestige catalogs for a few years. They even installed 3 Hunter fans upstairs in the furniture area to advertise that they sold Hunter fans downstairs. The fans were a white Hunter Captiva, a Textured Black Hunter Outdoor Original with Wicker blades, and a white Hunter Belle Meade. They also had a BB Hunter Builder's Series Deluxe hanging in the middle of the hardware section not powered up. Those fans were almost ALWAYS running on high speed. They also and a bronze Hunter Lugano on a Chestnut Brown Hunter sloped ceiling adapter in the garden centre, which came from the display mentioned earlier. The place recently went "upscale", remodeled, and got rid of the hardware store, so the display, and all of the fans upstairs and in the garden centre, were removed.
Walmart: My local Walmart Supercenter was built in 2011 and doesn't sell ceiling fans (though they do have nickel 52" Kichler Sterling Manors in the Subway inside of the store, and two 56" new-style Dayton Industrials and an older 48" Dayton/Marley Industrial over the produce area (all fans are almost ALWAYS on). The second closest one to me was built in the 1990s, and is getting ready to turn into a Supercenter. This location originally had a "walk-under" fan display with working fans, which were ALWAYS running, and were NEVER changed out (they just removed the tags from the models that were discontinued, but kept them up and running on display). They ended up removing the display as most Wal-Marts are now, but still sell ceiling fans. There were also nickel Regency MX Excels in Subway, and a single white 60" Hampton Bay Industrial over the photo center (that fan was NEVER on).
Lighting Showroom: There was a shopping center built in the late 1980s that had a lighting showroom that sold Quorum fans. As you walked in, to the right, there was a display area for lighting that looked out to the parking lot. They always had a 1990s-era PB 52" Quorum Classic GEV running on high speed (even when they were closed) in that area (they had a ceiling tile removed and the fan's mounting bracket bolted directly to the ceiling joist). At the very back of the store was their fan section, where the Quorum fans hung. There was a PB Quorum Puffer that was ALWAYS running on high speed, replaced by a white Quorum 30" Estate when the Puffer was discontinued. They did, however, keep some discontinued models on display, and some older models as well (Retro, Celtic, Quorum Classic 42"/52", Carnegie, Prelude, Jellyfish, and Pinwheel). They also gave out Quorum catalogs. I knew the owners, and we had bought a lot of stuff from them over the years. The place closed when the owners retired in 2012, and they sold off their remaining inventory, which included some NOS Quorum fans at deep discounts. I ended up getting a Gloss Black 52" Quorum Classic for $60 in their final days before they closed. Said place is now a beauty salon. We still frequent the Panera Bread (no fans, of course) that is located next door to where the lighting showroom used to be. Every store in that shopping center that had Quorum fans installed purchased them from this showroom according to the owners of the showroom, one "store" in particular being a Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant that had several pink Quorum Prizzm Neons installed throughout. There was a "Builder Boom" (a period of time when new home sales were at their peak) in my area that lasted from the late 1980s until the mid-2000s, and after the "Builder Boom" ended, the lighting showroom ended up losing sales and spent more on electricity and rent than they were making in profits, so that was the second reason as to why they closed up.
Electrical Supply House: There's an electrical supply place that sells fans from NuTone, Progress Lighting, and Emerson. They have a small (mainly lighting) display, with some fans on display as well (mostly from Emerson, and they run them as well). They also give out catalogs. The back part is where contractors go to place orders, and they have a small display over there as well. They once sold Fasco/Marley/Patton before those companies stopped selling residential ceiling fans, so they may have some old literature somewhere, I'll have to check. Anyways, there is a PB 42" Emerson Premium or Legend I/II and a brown 52" Fasco Charleston Porch Fan (3rd Gen) (maybe more as well) on that display, not hooked up to run. As far as I know they're still there. I'm tempted to go back and buy the fans on display in the back area.
Sears: The closest Sears to me in my local mall moved into an old Montgomery Ward in 2001 or so and doesn't have (never had) a fan display. But the second closest Sears to me opened in 1981 in my second-closest mall, and they had a fan display with their house brands (Kenmore and Designer's Choice/DC), as well as Hunter (they had a Gloss White Infiniti and a white 42" Low Profile II on display), and most fans, like Menard's were hooked up to run. I remember right before they took down their fan display (the store still exists, however), there was one brass Kenmore fan still running and hanging, with a clearance on their remaining fans. They took down their display in 2000 or 2001. As far as I know, they never gave out catalogs, or else I'd have picked them up.
Lighting Showroom 2: There's a lighting showroom about a half hour away from me that moved into an old Chinese restaurant (they were previously in a strip mall). They have two stories, and have a dedicated fan display upstairs. At the sales counter they have a few fans (not hooked up) to show that they sell fans upstairs (some sort of palm-bladed Fanimation, and one or two 4-Speed Casablanca Panama II's). The brands they sell are Casablanca, Hunter, Fanimation, and a few others, and display Casablanca and Hunter upstairs. My parents got my IT3 nickel Casablanca Panama II from there for Christmas in 2011. They used to give out catalogs, but stopped a few years back.
That's all I can think of for now, I'll add more as I think of them!
What kinds of displays do stores that sell fans around you have? Here's what's around me:
Home Depot: There's a Home Depot near me, and I don't know when it was built. I can tell you that it's been around before I was born (I was born in 1995). Originally, they had the "multi-tiered" fan display with a section for the Special Order (originally a display for their "new" fans) at the front of the display. They also had the catalogs (as well as the foldout Hunter catalogs) in cardboard boxes where the fan boxes were. In 2006 or so, the display was converted to the "walk-under" combination fan and lighting display like the newer Home Depots have (although this Home Depot is the only Home Depot that has this style fan display in the area, all others have the aforementioned older "multi-tiered" fan display). The Special Order fans were mixed in with the stock fans. They discontinued the catalogs in 2008. Prior to the conversion to the "walk-under" display, they had some of the fans hooked up to run. Now only one or two fans on display run, and they're mostly Hunters (go figure, LOL). Like most Home Depots, there's some 56" Dayton/Marley industrials scattered throughout the store, but they hardly ever turn them on. They also put some of their "new fans" at the front of the store on display, but they don't usually wire them up. They used to have the hangman displays (the freestanding displays where the fans hang off of in the middle of the light bulb section), but I haven't seen them use them in awhile. They occasionally hang new models at the front of the lighting display as functional fans.
Lowe's: My local Lowe's was built in 2006. They have the traditional "walk-under" fan display, and had catalogs up until about two years ago. Some fans are hooked up to run. They have some hangman displays (see above) at the front of the store, advertising their "new" fans. I just went to Lowe's last weekend and found that the hangman displays up front were only temporary to advertise their outdoor fans. They have 4 fans attached to the end of the shelves in the fan display that they hung four new fans on, not hooked up at all. They also tried hanging Progress Lighting AirPro fans (2 or 3 of them) over the Special Order desk at the back of the lighting display that were functional, but they took them down, as they no longer stock Progress Lighting fans, and only special order them for customers. They sell Progress Lighting catalogs for $8, but nobody ever buys them.
Ace Hardware: There was an Ace Hardware that occupied the ground floor of a two-story home decor place. The place was built sometime in the 1970s, and they solely sold Hunter, unlike most Ace Hardware's, which sell only Westinghouse. Anyways, they had a working "walk-under" display, and changed some of their display fans often. Though they kept a white 42" Original (always on high speed), a bronze Royal Oak, a white 42" Low Profile III, a white 42" Bayport, and a white Sea Air (usually on). They probably had about 10 fans total on display. They also gave out the mini Hunter and Hunter Prestige catalogs for a few years. They even installed 3 Hunter fans upstairs in the furniture area to advertise that they sold Hunter fans downstairs. The fans were a white Hunter Captiva, a Textured Black Hunter Outdoor Original with Wicker blades, and a white Hunter Belle Meade. They also had a BB Hunter Builder's Series Deluxe hanging in the middle of the hardware section not powered up. Those fans were almost ALWAYS running on high speed. They also and a bronze Hunter Lugano on a Chestnut Brown Hunter sloped ceiling adapter in the garden centre, which came from the display mentioned earlier. The place recently went "upscale", remodeled, and got rid of the hardware store, so the display, and all of the fans upstairs and in the garden centre, were removed.
Walmart: My local Walmart Supercenter was built in 2011 and doesn't sell ceiling fans (though they do have nickel 52" Kichler Sterling Manors in the Subway inside of the store, and two 56" new-style Dayton Industrials and an older 48" Dayton/Marley Industrial over the produce area (all fans are almost ALWAYS on). The second closest one to me was built in the 1990s, and is getting ready to turn into a Supercenter. This location originally had a "walk-under" fan display with working fans, which were ALWAYS running, and were NEVER changed out (they just removed the tags from the models that were discontinued, but kept them up and running on display). They ended up removing the display as most Wal-Marts are now, but still sell ceiling fans. There were also nickel Regency MX Excels in Subway, and a single white 60" Hampton Bay Industrial over the photo center (that fan was NEVER on).
Lighting Showroom: There was a shopping center built in the late 1980s that had a lighting showroom that sold Quorum fans. As you walked in, to the right, there was a display area for lighting that looked out to the parking lot. They always had a 1990s-era PB 52" Quorum Classic GEV running on high speed (even when they were closed) in that area (they had a ceiling tile removed and the fan's mounting bracket bolted directly to the ceiling joist). At the very back of the store was their fan section, where the Quorum fans hung. There was a PB Quorum Puffer that was ALWAYS running on high speed, replaced by a white Quorum 30" Estate when the Puffer was discontinued. They did, however, keep some discontinued models on display, and some older models as well (Retro, Celtic, Quorum Classic 42"/52", Carnegie, Prelude, Jellyfish, and Pinwheel). They also gave out Quorum catalogs. I knew the owners, and we had bought a lot of stuff from them over the years. The place closed when the owners retired in 2012, and they sold off their remaining inventory, which included some NOS Quorum fans at deep discounts. I ended up getting a Gloss Black 52" Quorum Classic for $60 in their final days before they closed. Said place is now a beauty salon. We still frequent the Panera Bread (no fans, of course) that is located next door to where the lighting showroom used to be. Every store in that shopping center that had Quorum fans installed purchased them from this showroom according to the owners of the showroom, one "store" in particular being a Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant that had several pink Quorum Prizzm Neons installed throughout. There was a "Builder Boom" (a period of time when new home sales were at their peak) in my area that lasted from the late 1980s until the mid-2000s, and after the "Builder Boom" ended, the lighting showroom ended up losing sales and spent more on electricity and rent than they were making in profits, so that was the second reason as to why they closed up.
Electrical Supply House: There's an electrical supply place that sells fans from NuTone, Progress Lighting, and Emerson. They have a small (mainly lighting) display, with some fans on display as well (mostly from Emerson, and they run them as well). They also give out catalogs. The back part is where contractors go to place orders, and they have a small display over there as well. They once sold Fasco/Marley/Patton before those companies stopped selling residential ceiling fans, so they may have some old literature somewhere, I'll have to check. Anyways, there is a PB 42" Emerson Premium or Legend I/II and a brown 52" Fasco Charleston Porch Fan (3rd Gen) (maybe more as well) on that display, not hooked up to run. As far as I know they're still there. I'm tempted to go back and buy the fans on display in the back area.
Sears: The closest Sears to me in my local mall moved into an old Montgomery Ward in 2001 or so and doesn't have (never had) a fan display. But the second closest Sears to me opened in 1981 in my second-closest mall, and they had a fan display with their house brands (Kenmore and Designer's Choice/DC), as well as Hunter (they had a Gloss White Infiniti and a white 42" Low Profile II on display), and most fans, like Menard's were hooked up to run. I remember right before they took down their fan display (the store still exists, however), there was one brass Kenmore fan still running and hanging, with a clearance on their remaining fans. They took down their display in 2000 or 2001. As far as I know, they never gave out catalogs, or else I'd have picked them up.
Lighting Showroom 2: There's a lighting showroom about a half hour away from me that moved into an old Chinese restaurant (they were previously in a strip mall). They have two stories, and have a dedicated fan display upstairs. At the sales counter they have a few fans (not hooked up) to show that they sell fans upstairs (some sort of palm-bladed Fanimation, and one or two 4-Speed Casablanca Panama II's). The brands they sell are Casablanca, Hunter, Fanimation, and a few others, and display Casablanca and Hunter upstairs. My parents got my IT3 nickel Casablanca Panama II from there for Christmas in 2011. They used to give out catalogs, but stopped a few years back.
That's all I can think of for now, I'll add more as I think of them!