Sears is just about gone.  Certainly, it is on the ropes.  For what little
is left of the brand, I have no regrets, given that the past two decades it
has proven to be a travesty of a retailer.  It used to be THE source for
lots of products, tools among them.  Their appliances couldn't be beaten,
you could check Consumer Reports and determine which model was simply a
Kenmore branded one identical to a specific Whirlpool or Amanda. No more.
Craftsman tools were high quality, and guaranteed forever.  Now they are
sold at Ace Hardware and are just run of the mill.

Sorry for the rant.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Parkway City had a Wards, I don't remember a Sears. The one that is closing
> is at Madison Square. I asked the clerk what was going to happen to the
> property and he said "they are going to make it into a lake." Just what we
> need, a lake.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:58 PM joe kallo <quietglow@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Parkway mall Sears?! If so, that was my default tool store for years.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 5:51 PM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was headed on errands at lunch and saw a "STORE CLOSING" banner across
> > the side of our local Sears. I had to go in. They were having a pretty
> lame
> > sale for folks who were about to have their building (part of a corpse
> on a
> > 1980s mall) torn down, but I found some things I could use anyway. Very
> sad
> > to see such a great tool retailer leave town after all these years. Good
> > thing I already own all the tools I need to work on a Vanagon.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
>