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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
Sears used to have profit sharing with the employees. One could work there receive a retirement and some benefit from the stock price, typically beating inflation.
The corporate raiders took care of that. |
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
Can't say that I miss Sears, but it was a choice. Bout only thing I got there was Tools or appliances. Things I don't really need to buy on a regular basis. I was never pleased with any Sears auto center. To big a ripoff like the Firestone/Good Year chain theft centers.
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
I bought a JC Higgins 22 rifle there in the early 60ies ,still got it,, lever actiion
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
I miss all of those places to shop. Last major purchase I got at Sears was my 80 inch Sharp Color TV and stand. That was in 2010 or 2011. The day the video Avatar came out. i still have a lot of Sears tools.
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
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Wish I could still say the same for our 65" Samsung which is just past its 2-year warranty. I just had the optical audio output port go bad, along with the eARC port. ![]()
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
A LOT of my tools, wrenches, screwdrivers, etc were bought from the local Sears store and at swap meets, garage sales, auctions. Still have my Sear inductive timing light and dwell meter purchased years ago. Sears was great for home use tools for all around needs and a good value. Lot of our appliances were Sears/Kenmore thru the years. The local store closed quite a few years ago. Always had good luck with their batteries lasting well. Locally we also had a Gambles Hardware, Western Auto, OTASCO (Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co.), Radio Shack. All gone now and Wally World is pathetic to try and find decent tools/hardware, plumbing, electrical, etc. Have to make a trip to the big city to get decent quality now days.
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
When I got hired as an apprentice carpenter I went to Sears and got my first credit card. I bought my first tool box, pouch, snips, linesmans pliers, awl and tape measure. I still have all of them. I was working for a company installing acoustic ceilings in large commercial projects. Used to wear out tape measures like crazy cutting ceiling tile. Went through many pairs of snips as well. That was 1984.
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
We had a Sears about 45 minutes away when I was a kid. My parents bought everything there. I suppose it was because they offered credit?
Making a trip to Sears was like a trip to an amusement park for us. It was two stories and at the bottom of the escalator they had a candy stand with all kinds of candy and hot roasted nuts. I can still remember the aroma that filled the air. There's no way you could pass it by without buying some hot roasted cashews! We would sit on the motorcycles and pretend we owned one. I think they were made by Galera? So many great memories of "going to Sears" ![]()
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
I tested the warranty at Lowes last year and it is true. I got them to replace my 1/4 and 3/8 ratchets, no questions asked.
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Re: Anyone else miss Sears?
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As for financing purchases, our first store credit account after getting married was called Sears Revolving Charge. It wasn't a card, just an account that we could use for large purchases, like a washer and dryer. Even put some tires and mag wheels for our van on that account!
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