They sold house kits too
Never got bored at Sears!!
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cowart
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cowart
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Lee in Quartzsite
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Where is the Master bath with the walk-in shower??! Don't see any place for a Man-Cave either. How much for the add on Outhouse??
daniel lawecki
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In the 60's you would buy clothes ,tools, guns, house appliances, and Sears best paint. My parents were there several times per week. Now the Sears in Toledo are all but gone just one still hanging on.
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DWalt
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The Sears house kits had quite a following at one time, and there are those who seek them out today. Apparently all of the components were cut to length and numbered, and assembled about like you do a paint-by-numbers painting. All you had to do was nail everything together in the correct numerical order. The kits were shipped to your location (or near it) on a railroad flatcar. I think it was up to the purchaser to build the foundation and to move everything from the railroad station to the construction site.
Awwww the old Sears catalogs....
Memories. I could spend hours flipping thru that catalog.
The stores not so much. I always had my Uncles Western Auto
store to go browse around. He had a gun/ammo section in his
store and i loved it.
Chuck
Memories. I could spend hours flipping thru that catalog.
The stores not so much. I always had my Uncles Western Auto
store to go browse around. He had a gun/ammo section in his
store and i loved it.
Chuck
31FordA
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The decline of Sears has been sad to watch. I used to buy a lot at Sears, but not anymore. Most of the merchandise seems to be low quality. When I do go in my local Sears I usually can't find an employee to take my money.
When I was little we used to go to the huge Sears store on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philly. It wasn't just a store, it was literally a landmark. When they blew it up 20 or so years ago I figured it didn't say anything good about Sears future. I think Sears will soon join all the other stores I grew up with, like Strawbridge & Clothier, Wanamakers, Gimbels, Lit Brothers, Woolworths....it's a depressingly long list.
When I was little we used to go to the huge Sears store on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philly. It wasn't just a store, it was literally a landmark. When they blew it up 20 or so years ago I figured it didn't say anything good about Sears future. I think Sears will soon join all the other stores I grew up with, like Strawbridge & Clothier, Wanamakers, Gimbels, Lit Brothers, Woolworths....it's a depressingly long list.
I could entertain myself for hours.....
Just looking at the tools, and when I got tired of that, moved on and found the next treasure trove. You could feel good about being there and buying their stuff, because you knew it was at least 'good' and you could get 'better' if you paid something more. NO JUNK. NO CRAPPY MERCHANDISE. People glad to serve you in every department. And it was QUIET. People say 'These are the good old days' but now shopping is stressful and aggravating so I think that's an exception.
Just looking at the tools, and when I got tired of that, moved on and found the next treasure trove. You could feel good about being there and buying their stuff, because you knew it was at least 'good' and you could get 'better' if you paid something more. NO JUNK. NO CRAPPY MERCHANDISE. People glad to serve you in every department. And it was QUIET. People say 'These are the good old days' but now shopping is stressful and aggravating so I think that's an exception.
Sear's lack of caring has carried over to Costco.com. I recently purchased an expensive gas stove from Costco.com (have to buy through their web site). It included free delivery. Well the horror story of the delivery I will not bore readers with, but later, checking on the "lineage" of the delivery company I discovered that it was the old "Sears Logistics", renamed but still in Illinois. Be warned, they are just as bad as the "new Sears". Dave_n
I have a Sears refrigerator that I bought from my grandmother to use as my beer keg cooler in the basement. It is at least 50 years old and the only thing I've done to it was replace the door seal and put on another electrical cord. Drilled a hole in the side of it for the beer tap too.
My dad and mom bought me my first gun from Sears for Christmas also. A J.C. Higgins 16 gauge bolt action shotgun.
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I heard just a couple days ago that the Craftsman tool line was sold to Harbor Freight. It will probably just be a name change for most of the tools they already carry. All from China.
dougb1946
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Bought a riding mower from Sears a few years ago. Red, looks like a sports car, fun to ride. Until the motor broke. B&S Entek with a known flaw in the head gasket. Decided to replace the whole thing with the same model, as then the old one was useful parts. I was sitting on the exact model in the show room, not making motor noises but pulling levers and turning the wheel. Clerk said they were out of stock. They could get me another in about 10 days.
My new Poulan riding mower from Home Depot works really well and is actually faster on the straightaways than the Sears was. It was the Home Depot floor model. I sent an email to Sears regarding customer service.
My new Poulan riding mower from Home Depot works really well and is actually faster on the straightaways than the Sears was. It was the Home Depot floor model. I sent an email to Sears regarding customer service.
Florida Guy
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My local Sears is more like a ghost town. There are few salespeople, and they still sometimes outnumber the shoppers.
I am in there only to walk from the parking lot into the mall.
I do very little shopping there.
They will all be gone soon enough. Sears has been losing billions of $$$ and there is no way they can survive, along with K Mart.
I am in there only to walk from the parking lot into the mall.
I do very little shopping there.
They will all be gone soon enough. Sears has been losing billions of $$$ and there is no way they can survive, along with K Mart.
Florida Guy
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I got my first job at a Sears catalog store while in high school in the 60's. Was a loyal customer in the 70's buying a radial arm saw, a jointer planner and numerous sanders, routers etc.
I read recently that Sears and subsidiary K Mart are in big trouble and may be OOB very soon. In an effort to stem the tide they are closing 78 stores. Very sad to see an icon like Sears bite the bullet.
Not sure what to do in the outhouse in Maine now that the Sears catalog won't be around.
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This reminds me of the old joke (?) about the farmer back in the late 1940's who wrote to Sears and ordered a case of toilet paper. Sears wrote back and said that he would have to give the catalog number. He wrote back and said "If I had a catalog, I wouldn't need the toilet paper".
Art
Your grandmother actually had you pay her for a 50 year old fridge? Yikes
I offered to pay her for it and had no problem doing so.
