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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                    FORM 10-K

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That each person whose signature appears below
has made, constituted, and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute, and appoint Robert M. Wilson, Glenn E. Morrical, David L. Genger and
Robert T. Wilson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, to affix for him and in his name, as
attorney-in-fact his signature as a Director or Officer, or both, of ROBERDS,
INC., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), to the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to any and all amendments and exhibits to
that Form 10-K, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done,
as fully as the undersigned might do or could do if personally present, and
hereby ratifies and confirms all that each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such
substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed this 17th day of
February, 1998.

/s/ Kenneth W. Fletcher                    /s/ Jerry L. Kirby
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Kenneth W. Fletcher                        Jerry L. Kirby

/s/ Robert M. Wilson
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Robert M. Wilson                           Gilbert P. Williamson

/s/ Carl E. Gunter                         /s/ Donald C. Wright
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Carl E. Gunter                             Donald C. Wright

/s/ Michael A. Bruns                       /s/ Howard W. Smith
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Michael A. Bruns                           Howard W. Smith

/s/ James F. Robeson
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James F. Robeson








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