A sad story.
Sears was the "go to place for everything" for much of my lifetime and I do still own many Craftsman tools.
Harbor Freight says thank you.
I still like going to sears and getting my tools.
My dad gave me a Stevens double barrel shotgun for Christmas when I was 12. Age 16, wanted a single barrel.
Dad said go to Sears. Walked out with a Browning, 12g Semi Automatic. I believe it was $234.
Later...two shots...2 Mallards.
Craftsman had the best return policy ever. I went through two to three craftsman tape measures a year for 15 years. Only had to buy two of them, the first one and a replacement for one I lost.
Selling Craftsman and DieHard would be a mistake.
Management needs a time machine to go back to early mid 1960’s. Sears had it all good better and best. Now they’ve moved the sales desk out of tools???? Pillow cases.
Exactly! Nearly every tool I own is Craftsman, whenever I’d need to buy a car battery, it would be a Die Hard (I can’t say how long they’d last, since I never had to replace one, and I owned my cars at least 12 to 15 years back then!)
When I bought my house, as I was moving in, I bought a Kenmore washer, dryer, and Microwave. When I sold my house, 22 years later, the washer, dryer, and microwave still worked fine, and were sold along with the house.
You’re right. Sears really was the one-stop “go to place for everything.” It’s really sad to see it going down the drain.
Mark
The only decent part of Sears and they are selling? Wow. I think it literally is the end of Sears and K-Mart. They have been struggling for over 10 years. I don’t think they can survive especially getting rid of those 3 name brands that was part of their success.
Not sure of the current state of things but not too long ago Sears had much more value in tne store real estate they owned than in the business.