Laurel and Hardy establish an electrical goods store next door to Charlie Hall's grocery store. Hall, still sulking and suspicious from their previous encounter with the liquor-spiked well water in Them Thar Hills mistakenly thinks that Hardy is trying to romance his wife (Mae Busch)). Angered by that misperception, he destroys a few items in Stan and Ollie's shop. The two business partners now leave their shop, without closing its door, to retaliate in Hall's grocery. While they wreak havoc there, a shoplifter (Bobby Dunn) removes items from their electrical store, later taking more and more as their confrontations with Hall escalate. At first the thief openly carries items out by hand; but since Stan and Ollie are distracted by their conflicts with Hall and largely ignore him, the shoplifter begins using a wheelbarrow to take away merchandise. A policeman finally arrives and halts all the personal assaults and retaliations, so Laurel and Hardy return to their store and find it virtually empty. The shoplifter has returned yet again, although this time with a large truck to haul away all the remaining items. As Stan and Ollie watch in silent disbelief, the shoplifter greets them cheerfully and strolls out of their store carrying a lamp, which he puts in the back of the truck.