Sears may be down to its last 24 hours. Iconic retailer likely liquidates without bid by tomorrow

CNBC ^ | 12-27-2018 | Lauren Hirsch

[SaveFerris]

Yes, I eventually painted my Schwinn Stingray (metallic blue, shifter, big handle bars, banana seat and the high sissy bar). Oops.

Wish I still had it and in original condition.

That being said, I have my old classic snow sled (with the red rails) - name escapes me at the second - I think I might could get some paint off of it if I really tried (it's just on the board).

Flexible Flyer I think - looks sorta like this:

[SaveFerris]

You could try selling muffins.

Just the tops. That’s a million-dollar idea right there.

An idea up in the air.

[Larry Lucido]

George had an interview in hardware. At least that's what he told her.

[MayflowerMadam]

My sister lived in a Sears house in Syracuse for a few years. Cool house.

[Larry Lucido]

One last one. I'm replacing all the mannequins with the TR-6 model.

[SaveFerris]

I’ve got a hankering for some Doublemint Gum!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sefHatyheE

[devane617]

Amazon did it all on technology driven customer endpoints. You go to Amazon and find what you want then with a click its zooming its way to you. Try the Sears or JCP websites and experience a nightmare.

[RipSawyer]

“Oddly enough, a 1912 dollar is worth $26 today.”

Sounds like a government figure, essentially meaningless. It depends on what you are comparing, if it is real estate for instance $26 dollars today comes nowhere close to equaling a dollar from 1912. A lifetime of earnings for an average person in that era would not be a decent one year income today, probably more like one or two months of a good income. The Biltmore house and gardens which date from just a few years earlier were said to have cost three million, I doubt you could build the rose garden and greenhouse for that now.

[SamAdams76]

It's impossible to compare incomes from a century ago as you point out. There are too many other factors to consider.

For instance, let's say you were given the choice of being a billionaire in 1919 or a person of average means here in 2019.

Anybody giving serious thought to the question would not give up their average life of today to be a billionaire back then. There are many things we have today that even a billionaire could not buy a hundred years ago.

For instance...dentistry!

Also, heart disease was a death sentence. Ditto for just about any other major disease. Consider that millions of people died in 1919 of just having the flu (Spanish influenza).