Sears is a penny stock

^^ mine too

My first too! Stock image. I was in my teens when I got it!
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/142909819085_/Sears-Roebuck-And-Co-Old-Credit-Card.jpg

I'm gonna miss Sears 'cause I won't be able to get expensive Agri-Fab yard/small farm equipment for cut rates just because it says "Craftsman" on the side anymore.

I also miss their paint. Sears' Easy Living was made my Sherwin Williams for Sears and to find an SW paint of the quality that was Easy Living, you have to go to an SW store. None of that BS in Lowe's or HD with the SW name on it is any better than that garbage BEHR that HD hocks.

The tools will be missed too but at least Lowe's is carrying it now.

Also, I was in a Sears last week. Picking up a part from the catalog desk for an appliance 'cause it was cheaper to ship to store and go get it than it was to ship to me. That appliance was a kerosene heater that my grandfather bought new in 1974. Sears still supports it.

That's what I will miss most about Sears. They are the last company that will stand behind what they sell and support it. For decades because they intended for stuff to last. If it breaks, they don't just replace it, they fix it. Unless they can't fix it then they replace it.

I'm going to miss that way of life. I hate having to throw something out because of something as stupid as a left-handed knibblin pin broke and a new left-handed knibblin pin is going to cost $753 but an entirely new appliance costs $600. Seems like an unsustainable way of life IMO. It's honestly un-American IMO too 'cause America was not built on unfettered conspicuous consumerism. It was built on people working and doing for themselves. Self-reliance. That's why the pickup truck is so popular here and our friends across the pond can't understand that way of life.

You know what else I miss? Radio Shack. And not the newer, trendier Radio Shack that was stocked with Taiwanese conglomerate garbage. The old Radio Shack where I used to get parts to fix the Taiwanese conglomerate garbage just so I could skew their materialistic consumerism business model.

Lastly, Sears died when they "merged" with Kmart. Kmart actually bought Sears Holdings Inc and jettisoned the Kmart name for the corporate parent and kept Sears 'cause, it's reputation is better than Kmart and Kmart is looked down upon as a "poverty brand" barely a step above a dollar store.

So all this failure is due to Kmart's mismanagement. And the shady real estate dealings that whatshisface has been doing with Sears properties.

What's even sadder is that I sound like I'm as old as Doc Hardy but I just turned 41 in July!

Good point. Sears was the analog version of the digital Amazon we have now. But they didn't embrace the new technology and leverage the brand loyalty they had with so many people.
My uncle retired from their years ago and did very well for himself.
The times, they are a changing. Wonder what will overtake Amazon....

tonyb wrote: »

Tony M wrote: »

The Las Vegas mass murderer...

The FBI immediately took over the investigation, didn't they. No reason for his madness has been shown to us. The FBI took his hard drive and hasn't shown anybody what was on it. I have a feeling.

It backs up John's statements about crowded spaces and psyco killers. There is something happening to our society that can't be ignored. people want to kill a lot of people nowadays for some devilish reason.

And our most brightest minds in our FBI and criminal systems can't figure this out yet? Give me a break. It's the decline of our society and the media is a BIG part of it.

They love BAD NEWS to put out on their headlines and it also gives them job security, doesn't it.

I might go to a football game but concerts? I don't know.

You have to get inside the head of a madman to decipher what makes them tick. With some, it's nothing more than being famous. Others, it a competition to see who can have the highest score of deaths. Who's the most notorious serial killer, mass murderer. Yet others, just a mental break somewhere along the line....a one off attempt at killing. I don't avoid places personally, because that would mean they are winning by keeping me in fear. I am however, more aware lets just say.

Sears might be a penny stock today, as a reflection of the times, but does today's time also reflect a lack of respect for life ? A lack of moral principles ? A lack of punishment for crimes ?

Answer that yourselves.

Man, I had to scroll up and make sure I was reading the same thread. You're all over the place.

I agree, I miss the "old" Sears and Radio Shack.

verb wrote: »

afterburnt wrote: »

I still have my first pair of Sears "Roughskins" jeans standing in the corner.

You still wearing em? Iron on patches at the knees and everything?

yeah, my mom did that.
When it didn't work she patched both sides.
When that didn't work she figured I walked on my knees and gave up.

And while we're at it, why is office depot/office max still in business?
I don't like them at all, but there isn't a staples in the whole metro area.
And the news stated somebody's trying to save toys r us.
Why? These are chains that fail on every level.
I am missing the old radio shack. Not the cell phone outfit that was
pretending to be radio shack.

they all closed around here.
Not a lot of fanfare, they just went poof.
I do have the tube depot in the area.

When I was a kid, the Sears store in downtown Joliet was huge. ~1963. Two story with basement (tools), huge parking lot. There was a glass booth on second floor where a guy with loudspeaker would direct you to an open parking space.