Sears is what you get when you get a company run by the shareholders.

Jim

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:22 PM David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> And their online store is full of ripoff storefronts. It's a sin and a > > shame. They used to be looked up to. Time was they sent kit houses out by > > rail, good ones, and people built them. I've seen one not so many years > > ago around Blairstown NJ. When I was a kid their catalog was three inches > > thick, and everyone had one. Monkey Wards, same same. > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 7:52 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Sears is just about gone. Certainly, it is on the ropes. For what > little > > > is left of the brand, I have no regrets, given that the past two decades > it > > > has proven to be a travesty of a retailer. It used to be THE source for > > > lots of products, tools among them. Their appliances couldn't be beaten, > > > you could check Consumer Reports and determine which model was simply a > > > Kenmore branded one identical to a specific Whirlpool or Amanda. No more. > > > Craftsman tools were high quality, and guaranteed forever. Now they are > > > sold at Ace Hardware and are just run of the mill. > > > > > > Sorry for the rant. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Parkway City had a Wards, I don't remember a Sears. The one that is > > > closing > > > > is at Madison Square. I asked the clerk what was going to happen to the > > > > property and he said "they are going to make it into a lake." Just what > > > we > > > > need, a lake. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:58 PM joe kallo <quietglow@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Parkway mall Sears?! If so, that was my default tool store for years. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 5:51 PM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was headed on errands at lunch and saw a "STORE CLOSING" banner > > > across > > > > > the side of our local Sears. I had to go in. They were having a > pretty > > > > lame > > > > > sale for folks who were about to have their building (part of a > corpse > > > > on a > > > > > 1980s mall) torn down, but I found some things I could use anyway. > Very > > > > sad > > > > > to see such a great tool retailer leave town after all these years. > > > Good > > > > > thing I already own all the tools I need to work on a Vanagon. > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >