kylejack Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Long-time area car dealership, Lawrence Marshall in Hempstead, closed its doors Wednesday. There is no official word on why, but calls to the dealership confirm that it has gone out of business.http://www.kbtx.com/local/headlines/39109327.html~1000 jobs, and Hempstead's largest employer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 ~1000 jobs, and Hempstead's largest employer. And with an estimated 2000 population count of 4691, that alone puts Hempstead at 21.3% unemployment alone. . . OUCH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow! Their presence in Hempstead is HUGE. They really got a double whammy - (1) the economy, as a whole, and (2) the plummet in truck sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6246996.htmlThat place has had been there forever. Lawrence Marshall closed down this evening.http://www.marshallchevy.com/ Edited February 5, 2009 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6246996.htmlThat place has had been there forever. Lawrence Marshall closed down this evening....without so much as a final going out of business sale? Odd. They must've just run completely out of cash and any kind of working capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Reading some of the Chron comments... if some of them know what they are talking about... seems they were having financial and managerial issues for a while and this wasn't solely the economy's doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Please merge http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...ic=19165&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Please merge http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...ic=19165&hl=My bad... My "View New Posts" has been acting up this evening.. Was only seeing the most recent 3-4 threads as active when i got on tonght. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 That sucks. I'll miss those commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Topics combined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 1.) Poor location.2.) Bad economy.3.) All you sell is pretty much trucks.What'd you think would happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm Shocked! I wonder how Hempsted will hold up now. That place is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) At least one good thing will come out of this... never having to hear that hick scream... "we clobber big city prices!". OMG he is so annoying... i would rather pay big city prices than put up with a hick like him.When asked what the closure would mean to the community, Hempstead Chamber of Commerce President John Stanley said, Edited February 5, 2009 by HtownWxBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brerrabbit Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) At least one good thing will come out of this... never having to hear that hick scream... "we clobber big city prices!". OMG he is so annoying... i would rather pay big city prices than put up with a hick like him.When asked what the closure would mean to the community, Hempstead Chamber of Commerce President John Stanley said, Edited February 5, 2009 by brerrabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) 1.) Poor location.2.) Bad economy.3.) All you sell is pretty much trucks.4.) They were a-hole idiots. The one time I drove out there, the sales guy was a complete flake, couldn't answer any questions I had. Then we got inside and since he was useless I eventually talked to a manager, who was so stubborn and idiotic on pricing. I told them straight up, here's what I want and here's what I am going to spend, and their best answer was to say "you should be looking at used cars, we can't do that". I went straight to another dealer who never even fooled around near those high prices, and I got what I wanted for LESS than I figured. So I never made that dumb drive again. Edited February 5, 2009 by 20thStDad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Come on now, your picking on Ray Childress, former Aggie, and former Houston Oiler. I wonder if he still was involved with the dealership or if he had sold most of his interest in it?Nevermind, took the time to read the article and saw he was still the owner. But hey your still picking on Ray! He's a former Aggie? I didn't know that... even more reason to be glad that we don't have to listen to his commercials anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) At least one good thing will come out of this... never having to hear that hick scream... "we clobber big city prices!". OMG he is so annoying... i would rather pay big city prices than put up with a hick like him.So... you're intolerant of hicks ? Or least you're intolerant of business people shouting hickish slogans? Or are you intolerant of all rural auto dealerships? Or are you intolerant due to your perceived generalization of any former aggie, former football player, or former aggie and football player ?I think it's very unacceptable that you should hate against hicks, rural car dealerships, dumb slogans, aggies, or professional football players and I demand that you be tolerant all of the above. Edited February 5, 2009 by Highway6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) So... you're intolerant of hicks ? Or least you're intolerant of business people shouting hickish slogans? Or are you intolerant of all rural auto dealerships? Or are you intolerant due to your perceived generalization of any former aggie, former football player, or former aggie and football player ?I think it's very unacceptable that you should hate against hicks, rural car dealerships, dumb slogans, aggies, or professional football players and I demand that you be tolerant all of the above. ... Edited February 5, 2009 by HtownWxBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So... you're intolerant of hicks ? Or least you're intolerant of business people shouting hickish slogans? Or are you intolerant of all rural auto dealerships? Or are you intolerant due to your perceived generalization of any former aggie, former football player, or former aggie and football player ?I think it's very unacceptable that you should hate against hicks, rural car dealerships, dumb slogans, aggies, or professional football players and I demand that you be tolerant all of the above.You shouldn't be so intolerant of intolerant people. He can't help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 You shouldn't be so intolerant of intolerant people. He can't help it.I dont have to pretend to be a tolerant person though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 On a brighter note, we won't have to hear that annoying commercial any more and that spokesperson is quite rude in public. He had a Suite at Minute Maid Park and was always very ugly & abrupt with the staff. Maybe it was the booze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So... you're intolerant of hicks ? Or least you're intolerant of business people shouting hickish slogans? Or are you intolerant of all rural auto dealerships? Or are you intolerant due to your perceived generalization of any former aggie, former football player, or former aggie and football player ?I think it's very unacceptable that you should hate against hicks, rural car dealerships, dumb slogans, aggies, or professional football players and I demand that you be tolerant all of the above. I am more intolerant of suburban car dealerships, but that's a whole other topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I am more intolerant of suburban car dealerships, but that's a whole other topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 So... you're intolerant of hicks ? Or least you're intolerant of business people shouting hickish slogans? Or are you intolerant of all rural auto dealerships? Or are you intolerant due to your perceived generalization of any former aggie, former football player, or former aggie and football player ?I think it's very unacceptable that you should hate against hicks, rural car dealerships, dumb slogans, aggies, or professional football players and I demand that you be tolerant all of the above.He talked way too slow. Reminded me too much of Phil Graham when he talked. Maybe that's how they teach'um up there in College Station. I'm not sad either, and I'm a Hick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I am more intolerant of suburban car dealerships, but that's a whole other topic. Hempstead is rural, not suburban. Now that the suburban car dealerships will take over Lawrence Marshall's market share and benefit from it, the appropriate response from someone who is intolerant of suburban car dealerships is to be frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hempstead is rural, not suburban.Now that the suburban car dealerships will take over Lawrence Marshall's market share and benefit from it, the appropriate response from someone who is intolerant of suburban car dealerships is to be frustrated. Suburban... rural... same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 A good friend of mine, who is in the fleet department, told me that Childress never gave the employees a heads up about the closing. In fact, upon showing up for work on Wednesday, the doors were locked. A lot of guys with families are screwed, at least for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 A good friend of mine, who is in the fleet department, told me that Childress never gave the employees a heads up about the closing. In fact, upon showing up for work on Wednesday, the doors were locked. A lot of guys with families are screwed, at least for a while. Wow that is not cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow that is not cool... No it's not. Very scary for a lot of those folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 At least one good thing will come out of this... never having to hear that hick scream... "we clobber big city prices!". OMG he is so annoying... i would rather pay big city prices than put up with a hick like him.When asked what the closure would mean to the community, Hempstead Chamber of Commerce President John Stanley said, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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