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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
The Sears store down in the big city with the nice collection of tools closed up. The local store doesn’t have as nice of a collection and they are expensive. They had a Swanson Speed Square for $27.99 when I picked one up a week earlier for $9.99 at Lowes. Screwdriver sets were outrageous. Other tools were similarly jacked up in price. The Craftsman brand is not what it used to be. Certainly not enough to warrant those prices. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
If Sears is to survive at all, they will probably need to get back to their roots as a mail-order (supplanted by the internet) company. It is probably too late even for that. | |||
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Guys my age remember, when Sears sold two lines of tools, Craftsman made in the USA and a cheaper brand made in Taiwan, whose name escapes me but also started with a "C". It has been years since Craftsman tools were made in the USA. The worst thing was when SEARS quit sending out the catalogs. In the pre-Playboy days, we depended on the bra and panty section. | |||
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Several years ago my grandfather died. Due to weight loss, I needed a new suit and all accoutrement. I went to Sears. Yeah, I dress like a bum, that's why I was there. No one, not one goddam sales clerk, would help me, so I drove across town to Joseph Banks. What turds. Then there was them trying to screw me on a piece of exercise equipment.....gotta stop now. The Dollar Store treated me better. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Recent? They changed it 30 years ago. | |||
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Don't Panic |
Any chance this is an an 'Anchorage' thing rather than a 'Sears' thing? I'd bet Phoenix is ~10x the size of Anchorage. Stuff that makes sense to stock in some markets may not move as fast in others. | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Read somewhere that at one time Sears is where you could go to buy a car and a house. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I don't know about the house, but I remember the Allstate car. It was a cheaper version of the Henry J, which was the cheapest car in the Kaiser-Frazer line. They were sold in the early 1950s. If my memory is correct, the Henry J had a trunk lid, the Allstate did not; the trunk area was accessed behind the rear seats. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
“Companion” is, or was, it. I have a few of them. Not too bad. | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
They made and sold kit houses. Cheap, too. The problem is they had asbesdos shingles and insulation. If you recognize them, you'll see them in a lot of 1950 ish subdivisions. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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Chilihead and Barbeque Aficionado |
I completely agree. Any tool or power equipment you needed, just go in and cruise through the Craftsman department. It was a great experience back then. All you had to decide was, did you want Sears good, better or best? _________________________ 2nd Amendment Defender The Second Amendment is not about hunting or sport shooting. | |||
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