I am hoping Penneys has learned their lesson. They got rid of the CEO and advertising director that caused all their problems. The new CEO is from Home Depot.
I made a few small purchases from Penneys recently. I was in the store today, and saw a large section of the store partitioned off, with signs announcing "Appliances, coming soon".
I wish to find out how Penneys will handle the installation and service of the appliances. If their plan is at all credible, I am inclined to give Penneys a try for my next dishwasher.
I am used to buying appliances from Sears. It will be very easy for another retailer to steal me away, as I do not intend to buy another appliance from Sears, not unless there is a major overhaul of their installation/service procedures.
Sears' current appliance installation/service contractor is the bottom of the barrel. I will not be doing business with them again.
Lowes and Home Depot have taken a big share of this market.
Unfortunately, with the downturn that is on the way, they are probably too late trying to dig their way out of the hole they’re in.
Back around 1967 I ordered an FN model 1949 in 7mm Mauser from the JC Penney catalog.
My how times have changed and not for the better.
I used to have a TV I bought from Monkey Wards.
Hey, maybe Sears will start selling houses again.
In his book, Sam Walton said that he started out working at a JC Penney store.
He said JC Penney himself came by one day and showed him how to wrap a parcel using a minimal amount of string yet still make it look good.
I really hope Penney’s and Sears can make a come back .It will be a travesty if they fall .. that’s a lot of jobs
I just can’t see buying an appliance from Sears or JC Penny’s. Yes my parents did buy Kenmore back in the day, but now with Home Depot which is where I got our new appliances (Slate by the way....I hate stainless steel) there is no reason for JC Pennys or Sears to sell appliances.
I wish to find out how Penneys will handle the installation and service of the appliances.
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I think they all use local distributors and contractors these days.
Having owned five homes in 20 years we’ve replaced appliances often. We’ve found that a local, non-chain appliance store is ultimately always better than any of the deals from major big box stores. I bought a stove at Sears and will never shop there again. Menards was decent, Home Depot-not so much. The small local stores were far better in price and service.
I believe Home Depot (Lowes as well??) uses deceptive tactics to sell products. Flooring, for example. When they advertise whole house installation for $99, the installer is not getting paid only $99. Home Depot is paying him the full rate so they make up the difference by jacking up the prices of supplies (carpet pad, etc) or skipping steps (not using adhesive on concrete). My cousin installs flooring and just explained it all to me. As customers are left no recourse when carpet wrinkles, they call an installer who has to redo it all-costing more than just installing it. This makes me not trust them for appliances either.
I bought a full set of appliances -— glass-top range, microwave, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer from Best Buy. Sears and Penney’s, along with Montgomery Ward, are so last century.
Mens clothes at JCP are very good quality at excellent prices if you wait for sales combined with $10 off a $25 purchase. Buy almost all of my clothes there. The rest, I buy at Costco.
I still have a Penncrest socket set I bought when Penney’s still sold tools.
I remember when JCP sold appliances in competition with Sears. Sears was usually a bit better at it, tho, and eventually pushed JCP out...(JCP was generally better at clothing, bedding, drapery, ... soft goods....but never succeeded in pushing Sears out of those lines)
What percentage of the pervert population buys home appliances?
Why don’t the start selling guns? Sears used to.
I have a Winchester 30-30 that has the words “Sears and Roebuck” stamped on the barrel along with “Winchester.”
“Guns for hunting and freedom and refrigerators to cool your beer” would be a good selling motto for them.