RC Willey Home Furnishings
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RC Willey Home Furnishings is a home furnishings company with stores in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California. It was started in Syracuse, Utah by Rufus Call Willey as an appliance repair shop. RC Willey stores sell merchandise such as furniture, electronics, home appliances, mattresses, and flooring. It is currently owned by Berkshire Hathaway.Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Criticisms
3 References
4 External links

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History

Rufus Call Willey began selling appliances in 1932 as a door-to-door salesman of electric ranges and refrigerators. As business and clientele grew, he erected a 600-square-foot (56 m2) store next to his home in Syracuse, Utah during the summer of 1950.

William H. Child would wed Willey's daughter, Darlene in 1952 and took over the business in 1954 as Willey stepped down due to a fight with terminal cancer. Sheldon Child joined his brother in 1956 to operate R. C. Willey Inc. Bill's son Steve joined the firm in 1974 and over saw the electronics and appliances. Bill expanded from appliances to furniture, eventually into home exercise equipment, electronics, computers, cabinets and carpet.

RC Willey currently has stores in:
Murray,Utah
Orem,Utah
Provo Outlet Store,Utah
Riverdale,Utah
South Salt Lake,Utah
Syracuse,Utah
Taylorsville,Utah
West Jordan Outlet, Utah
Boise,Idaho
Henderson,Nevada
Reno,Nevada
Las Vegas,Nevada
Rocklin,California
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Criticisms

Unethical collection practices

RC Willey has often been accused of being excessively litigious averaging over 30,000 court cases per year in Salt Lake County alone [1], using aggressive collecting methods and taking disproportionate legal action against those who fail to make their payments such as serving legal papers and seeking default judgements against people facing financial distress such as job loss and medical problems, most of whom are unable to retain legal counsel. The Better Business Bureau has 99 complaints registered against R.C. Willey with 13 regarding "Billing or Collection Practices."[2]. RC Willey routinely retains Express Recovery Services which has 19 complaints regarding "Billing or Collection Issues" [3