Posted on 12/03/2015 7:21:55 PM PST by EveningStar
Sears has been crashing for the past decade.
The retailer, which also owns Kmart, reported a loss of $454 million in the third quarter. The massive loss is the latest in 10 years of declining same-store sales.
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So is the one in Rathdrum, ID.
The Sears in Virginia Beach is undergoing a big renovation. Probably akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
My parents still had their Kenmore washer and dryer set around 2000, and they were ~30 years old then, I think the dryer might have made 40 years, but in both cases I think they just wanted “newer”.
Are Craftsman tools still USA made?
When I was a kid I would check off all of the stuff I liked/wanted. One day I got the bright idea to call the number on the catalog, using my best “dad’s voice.”
“Hello. My name is Mr. Anderson. I would like to order the football on page 329, the pool table on page 364, ....”
Home Depot was a big supporter of the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage. Try Lowe's instead if you can.
I don’t think Sears makes the Kenmore appliances. IIRC, their manufacture is contracted out to appliance makers like Whirlpool, LG, Maytag, etc.
Craftsman tools have a lifetime warranty.
if it breaks you return it and they give you a new one.
Spend a little more and get a Snap On tool with the same warranty, cept Snap On tools do not break.
The retailer, which also owns Kmart
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Wrong.
K-Mart bought out Sears.
The only two redeeming qualities of Sears for me:
1) Craftsman Tools / Lifetime Guarantee. Doesn’t matter how you break it, if you can bring just some of the pieces to the store, they will give you a replacement at no cost. I’ve thoroughly destroyed a number of sockets, ratchets and breaker bars while abusing them with long cheaters and they never ask a question. Would not be shocked to see Ace Hardware buy the Craftsman Brand.
2) Sears Parts Direct. They still have appliance, mower, small engine and parts for about every other thing in your house and can deliver to your door. If you are trying to fix something that is not made anymore, this is a good place to look for parts.
I’ve had bad experiences with telemarketers, especially from a car dealership. I’m convinced that a Ford car salesman gave or sold my number to scam phone artists once.
When stores ask me for my phone number I usually say I don’t own a phone, sometimes while looking at my smart phone.
Sometimes I just say no.
When I buy a car I ask the dealership if they will still sell me the car if I refuse to give them my number. If they promise not to call me I repeat my question.
A good word for Sears - Sears treated members of armed forces called to active duty exceptionally well. For up to five years Sears made up the difference between salaries in civilian and military pay and continued their benefits including medical insurance.
They need to go back to Internet “catalogue “ sales and away from big box. I have bought a lot of stuff from Sears for my house (washer dryer, sliding doors, new heat pump” and rarely set foot in the store.
I can imagine. The last K-Mart around here closed years ago (we do have ample access to Wal-Marts though). The only time I ever used K-Mart was if I was looking for something Wal-Mart didn't have. When they opted to continue their "drift to the Left" using Fat Rosie and "Laverne" as spokespeople, I opted to not grace their aisles with my cash.
However, in a place like Guam, I would likely bite my tongue and take care of my needs.
Out of all the hundreds of craftsman tools I’ve had there only one that I had to replace. A ratchet that came with a broken release spring.
Didn’t know that. Coincidentally Lowe’s is right next down the street. Thanks!
And some fun for ladies, 1975 winter catalog page 602. (google it)
“One thing I noticed about clothing in the Sears catalogs back in the 1970s...a waist size of 32 was considered XL.”
And that is for men! Girls who call themselves slim now have larger waists than most men used to have.
The only way to understand just how much the size of the average human in America has increased is to read old catalogs and old literature. A 180 pound man used to be considered a really big bruiser! One story about the Yukon gold rush referred to a man of six two and 200 pounds as a “giant”. A 48 inch chest was enormous. My father was six two at max and for most of his life weighed around 165 and was considered a big man. I’m six four and weigh about 255 and am not fat but I don’t hear one tenth the number of comments on my size as I used to hear fifty years ago when I weighed 190. Six feet tall was the mark for men when I was young, anything over six feet was really big, the country is filled with men over six feet now. If I watch a really old movie now I am amazed at how skinny the actors used to be. It seems that the only people who are not fat now are the ones who are over muscled, the really long, lean ones are very rare compared to the old days.
That said, there has been a subtle move behind the scenes these past few years to take the profitable brands (Craftsman, Diehard, Kenmore) and spin them off into separate companies, likely to protect them when Sears Holdings inevitably goes casters up. That's why you see Craftsman tools being sold in other places. It's no longer owner by Sears, but it is (as I understand) owned by the owners of Sears.
Bottom line, is that they made bad decisions and then those forced them to abandon the catalog business just before the internet was taking off. A few years later and they might have been able to become Amazon and rule the world.
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