Truck Auto Accessories

We opened for business in 1949 as Price Brothers Service Station, a Sinclair gas station. The war was
over and the post-war boom was beginning. Jobs were being created and people had money to buy cars
and money to buy extras for their cars. Only one problem! There was no place around to find car
accessories and few accessory items were being manufactured. Our founders, Ed Price Sr, and Fred Price
Sr saw a golden opportunity to fill a need after several of their gas customers began asking where to find
automotive accessories.

Accessories in those days were such things as extra taillights, mirrors, chrome exhaust tips, vent shades,
fuzzy dice, continental kits for cars, and so forth. So Ed and Fred opened Price Brothers Auto Supply Co.
and began stocking accessories. The online-marketing-systems.com grew like a weed, so much so, that in the 60s, they closed the service station and put all their time and resources into the wholesale and retail auto accessory
market. From the second warehouse distributor of auto accessories in N.C. to go into business to
Western Carolinas Largest Accessory House in the 60s, we have now progressed from regional sales to
a national supplier.

From fender skirts, headlight shields, and hood ornaments in the 50s to intakes, nerve bars, vent visors,
and car bras in the 90s, we continue to add lines and quality merchandise. Our oldest line is Auto Vent
Shade Co, becoming a w/d in 1952. Last year became the longest survivor of all Auto Vent shade
distributors, becoming their oldest customer still in business and also one of their largest.

In 1978, major changes began to occur. Our name changed to Price Automotive Warehouse Co. when
Fred purchased Ed’s part of the company. Then in 1985, Fred Sir passed away from cancer (Ed died in
July of 1997) and Fred’s family purchased the business and incorporated it in December of 1985 as Price
Automotive Warehouse Inc. Since then, our growth and progress have been phenomenal. We have
quadrupled our inventory, increased our lines, expanded our coverage area, lowered prices, and
improved our service. We have gone High Tech from No Tech.

In 1985, we had no computers and did everything manually. We now have 4 completely ultra-modern
computer systems which include: Datatrons Complete Business System which automated our invoicing,
Sales, inventory control, ordering, payroll, accounts receivable, and warehousing functions. We also
installed a professional desktop publishing system and now create our own catalogs, flyers, and these
web pages using Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker, and My Internet Business Page. Then we installed a
state-of-the-art UPS-owned computer system, which at the time installed was the first of its kind in
North Carolina. We also have computers that process credit card transactions. Last, but not least, we are
leading the way among High Performance and Accessory Warehouses by going on the World Wide Web.