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Old 02-22-2017, 09:34 AM   #16
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Investor Edward Lampert purchased Kmart out of bankruptcy in 2003 and bought Sears, Roebuck & Co. a year later. Since 2004 Sears Holdings operates both Kmart and Sears stores.

As a connected topic, Warren Buffet recently sold all shares of Walmart, which had been owned for many years. A revealing comment, "Have you ever heard of a successful retail turnaround ?"
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Old 02-22-2017, 10:00 AM   #17
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They had good tools and appliances. Everything else was crap. Now you can buy good appliances and tools at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. Why go to Sears when Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and Target are closer to home. I haven't shopped at Sears in at least 30 years.
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Old 02-22-2017, 10:31 AM   #18
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In the mid 80's, I went to Sears to purchase a battery for my 1968 Roadrunner. They offerd free installation with purchase. I'm like cool. An hour later I come back for my car and find some brain dead IDIOT in the garage had drilled holes in my firewall and dash, and installed a "free" battery monitor on my dash! I blew a gasket!! Several!!

I asked the service Mgr. WTF was a battery monitor doing mounted on the dash of my classic muscle car?? He replied don't worry sir, it's free! I told him "free my ass!!! Somebody is paying to remove the battery monitor and repair the hole in my firewall and install a new dashboard on my car!! Long story short, I wound up filing a lawsuit against Sears, the IDIOT mechanic and the IDIOT Service Mgr. for the damages. After 2 years, I finally got the car repaired at Sear's expense. I have never been back in a Sears store since and never will. If there are any Sears executives out there reading this...F@#* YOU & Sears!!!!!
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Old 02-23-2017, 03:31 PM   #19
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I just wish they would let go of the Craftsman brand.. I know Kmart sells it now because they squired Sears but in all actuality Craftsman is the only reason I give a shit about Sears....

Craftsman is a good value for home tools IMO. For professional use.. 100% Snap-On
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Old 02-23-2017, 05:23 PM   #20
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^^^^^ lowes Kobalt will soon pass craftsman....or craftsman will fall below Kobalt however you want to look at it


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i do all my own work....but in college my vehicle was wondering and ultimately i needed a centerlinck. i didn't really have an easy way to do it myself but eventually did.

but i stopped by sears to have the front end guy take a look and give an estimate. i told them i needed to thinck about it...wasn't much money really.

but i drove away...pulled out on the highway....noticed my oil pressure gauge was pointing at zero like a wet dick

i knew i had oil pressure at 60 mph....no blown engine

so at home i slide under....mofo disconnected the gauge sender.. ..and you know why.
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Old 02-24-2017, 06:24 AM   #21
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^^^^^ lowes Kobalt will soon pass craftsman....or craftsman will fall below Kobalt however you want to look at it


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i knew i had oil pressure at 60 mph....no blown engine

Yeah I actually like Husky or Kobalt but either are good.

What a dick head that guy.. but hey I have seen engines go a little while on the highway with no oil... but not the aluminum headed ones (which is most all now days..)
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I just wish they would let go of the Craftsman brand..
Sears announced last month that it is selling the Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker.
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at SN...yeah i agree. ijs with no dumbass light....just a gauge....if a guys set on cruise at 60 for a while an notices no oil pressure....he's probably got oil pressure.

hence every car should have a low oil p light even if it has a gauge. really...every measured variable should have both value indication and low/high warning as applicable.

all my new vehicles do....but that one.....factory gauges only
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Sears used to be fantastic for returning tools. I guess you didn't want to visit the auto center. And you didn't want them to come to your home to make repairs.

Now JC Penney is dying too...
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i have three tools to warranty....update tomorrow
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I had a summer job doing construction. I don't know how many drills and jigsaws we returned to Sears that summer, but they immediately replaced them all.

Always overheated them by making them work too fast........!!
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Old 02-24-2017, 12:14 PM   #27
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I have never had an issue walking into Sears and having a tool warrantied.

Also, @ GS I agree with your comment about oil pressure gauges/instrumentation... but then again, does that really even matter to general public. I had once seen a client destroy the bottom end of her car (oil pan) via pothole and proceeded to drive until the engine basically melted itself together... had 3700 miles on it, and it was a $160k car
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^^^^ jaja opposite a guy in my high school. parents bought him a new firebird at 16...at 18 his engine ceased and the dealer told him there was no oil in the pan....asked him when where how often he changed the oil.

he asked them...."what's oil?"

good thing it was the cheap trim....not a trans am.

parents took the trade less target motor swap and got him a new car.
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Old 02-24-2017, 01:40 PM   #29
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Interesting note about Sears , they used to, in the early 1900's, sell via their catalog a complete house. It would be shipped to the purchaser via train / freight car. I know of a person that owns on of those houses. And it's still in great shape after having been erected in 1924 about 200 yards off a main train route through south Texas. All wood-floors walls, ceiling- and made of oak. There were multiple floor plans available in the catalog. Google search " Sears homes " for some interesting pictures.
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Old 02-24-2017, 03:25 PM   #30
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Interesting Rey..... a while back (maybe still is) there was an ad listed on texasguntrader.com of some guns owned (and used) by Charles Whitman in that shooting... reason I bring this up was the sawed off 12 gauge was a sears and roebuck co model shotgun... I had no idea they branded their own guns
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