10-11-2018, 07:57 AM | #21 |
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"...every little "burg" and "ville" I have ever passed through has a NAPA (or NAPA affiliation) auto parts store in it..."
I don't know about other parts of the country, but around here NAPA stores are almost non-existent. A few years back they were all over, but gone now. The local NAPAs had a odd way of operating, the employees would always give you a hard time over the simplest purchase. I quite using them as apparently did a lot of others. There are just too many other options available without the attitude. You could understand a few employees or maybe a store or two, but they were consistently jerks and there were a large number of stores in the area. Real shame. But they are online. |
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Not that strange if you think about it. Sears lost its way long ago. Even though Amazon is online, their customer service is pretty good. Their return policy is fair and they are mostly helpful.
The real advantage of a "real" store over an online store is customer service. And Sear started sucking in the late 80's and never came back. I once returned a broken craftsmen and they tried to replace it non-lifetime version. They had to call a manager when I protested. Another time they gave me something from a big box of "refurbished" tools. ...and the tool guys were decent enough. Other employees int he rest of the store just didn't care. I'll miss the nostalgia of Sears, but little else. ~ Carl |
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To the OP, where did you hear/read this? Although it's inevitable that Sears will declare bankruptcy, I haven't seen it in any of my news feeds yet.
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I still have their annual big catalogs for 1992, 1993, 1994 which I kept as a reminder of the old days.
In 2003 my household refrigerator quit working. I consulted Consumer Reports at the local library. Kenmore had a high rating for dependability so off I went to Sears 35 miles away. I found the model I wanted and guess what. They would not accept cash, check, or Visa. They would only sell to folks with Sears charge accounts and they could open one then and now for me. Who could refuse that offer? I could and walked out. I sensed big trouble in the offing with an attitude like that. Have never been back.. |
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i thought they started going down hill after they stopped selling popcorn...lol
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Definitely comes down to individual store management and ownership since they're franchised.
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I'll check that out, the closest one I was aware of was is Augusta. They were all over Wichita and one in Derby say 20 years ago. 30 miles is a ways to drive when there are maybe 10 other auto stores within a mile or less! But there is online.
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As a kid in the 50's, my sister and I always fought over the Sears Christmas Catalog. Needed it to get our Santa Claus list together!!
Thirty years later or so (1980), I bought a "Sears House" in Hudson Ohio that was built in 1926. Sears sold houses in kit form that were delivered to locations close to railroad sidings. The kit was loaded on a flat car for local delivery and construction. Actually, it was a darn good house and had held up well in the severe Northeast Ohio winters!!! (No lifetime guarantee on that Craftsman!!) Sad to see an American icon destroyed!!! |
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I'm hoping that the Craftsman, and Kenmore brands stay around. Get rid of everything else.
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Craftsman, like already posted, is carried by Ace hardware and Lowes. Talked to Lowes staff recently and they are currently carrying a limited number of items but are expecting to expand in the future. Ace carries a fairly full line now.
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Sears originally started going down hill when they got rid of their gun & camping/sporting goods department, toy department, & stopped selling tools such as lathes & presses & such.
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I don't think that Sears, themselves, ever made ANYTHING. It's always been just a sales organization.
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Almost all companies provide specifications to a manufacture, that's what the engineers do is write the specifications. As an example Ford and Chevy and whoever else will purchase some items, such as gears say, from the same supplier/manufacture but use different specifications. Years ago Ford did a lot of it's own parts manufacturing where as Chevy tended to farm more of it out.
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I think a company called Roper, in the deep south builds at least the Kenmore washing machines.
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