I don't think you could walk into an AT&T Phone Store and walk out with a Merlin or Partner system. As I said, they had demo systems but that's as far as it went. They had for sale all other AT&T branded phone equipment such as answering machines, single line phones, cordless phones and wiring accessories of the day. But the stores were a sales arm of AT&T and ordering a Merlin or Partner was no different than calling an AT&T rep. As far as I know nothing key system related was stocked. I remember being on a job and the sparkie was looking for a 8C/8P biscuit jack to move a Merlin phone and mentioned that he went to a Phone Store and they didn't stock them.

-Hal

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