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Posted: 01/17/2019 at 01:10AM
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Tough to see the Sears store closed at Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake VA -- MikeVT85 01/17/2019 01:10AM
True story, I bought some Roebucks jeans @ Sears, 12 months ago. -- HWA 01/17/2019 1:47PM I've been buying Costco jeans. Hard to beat a $12.99 "everyday" price. ** -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2019 3:32PM I've got 3 pair and paid$10 for the pair i picked up arou d Christmas -- FlintMS 01/17/2019 1:57PM When I was a kid, our town had a Sears "catalog" store, not a full store -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2019 1:26PM The Christiansburg Sears Homestore is going out of business... -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 12:24PM It had that upside down Amazon smile. ** -- IB4TECH 01/17/2019 10:57AM I had a Sears rep in my home to price me a new hvac system. no exaggeration -- HokieDan95 01/17/2019 10:37AM I'm driving by there this afternoon. I'll wave. ** -- 48zip 01/17/2019 09:40AM Let's play a game of when's the last time you bought something from Sears -- jmanatVT 01/17/2019 09:32AM Irony...bought new tires from Amazon, Amazon delivered direct to -- King Jaffe Joffer 01/18/2019 11:52AM Riding mower, bout 2007 ** -- HokieGator 01/17/2019 4:25PM I bought a whole mess of store fixtures when ours went out of business -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 12:21PM Maybe ... late 90s? ** -- WestyHokie 01/17/2019 12:20PM Bought a front loading washer two years ago. ** -- Hokie CPA 01/17/2019 11:55AM Water heater, probably around 2010 or so. -- Tafkam Hokie 01/17/2019 11:47AM So . . . you're implying I'm uncouth . . . -- MikeVT85 01/17/2019 11:27AM Yeah, I want these options not to close but I think I bought a grill -- BG Hokie 01/17/2019 10:36AM Also bought a new Kenmore vacuum there last year. -- Hokie360 01/17/2019 10:08AM Bought a few Craftsman tools last year ** -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2019 09:57AM Same, but years ago ** -- AZHokie59 01/17/2019 12:50PM And a Land's End shirt -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2019 10:04AM Land's End was spun off in 2014 ** -- jmanatVT 01/17/2019 10:06AM Maybe that was over a year ago...lol -- EDGEMAN 01/17/2019 1:19PM Bought and old fashioned wooden lawn edger last year ** -- Hokie360 01/17/2019 09:40AM Can now get all Craftsman tools at Lowe's. Craftsman lawnmowers too. ** -- Stork 01/17/2019 09:27AM Just to be clear that stuff has been badge slapped for ages ** -- typed by ben 01/17/2019 09:40AM Correct, but the free replacement make that kind of not relevant -- Vienna_Hokie 01/17/2019 2:09PM Man to hell with bothering with all that. buy the one right tool once ** -- typed by ben 01/17/2019 2:16PM I bought a Craftsman shop-vac at Lowes -- `lag 01/17/2019 09:34AM I don't think the warranty is going to be the same though. -- Hokie360 01/17/2019 09:32AM Bought a Craftsmen router at Ace Hardware, It is a no-nonsense solid piece -- `lag 01/17/2019 09:37AM Here's Lowe's Website describing "The New Home of Craftsman". -- Stork 01/17/2019 09:45AM Yeah, I mean I agree w/Ben that these are all "badge-slapped" -- `lag 01/17/2019 09:52AM For decades now, Sears has been a place with lots of stuff, none I want -- WestyHokie 01/17/2019 09:18AM It's been a while since I've said my goodbyes but I hear ya. -- `lag 01/17/2019 08:59AM I had a Team Performance membership for a couple years. Nice -- Hokie360 01/17/2019 09:26AM Exactly ** -- `lag 01/17/2019 09:29AM Airbrush t-shirt shop is the canary in the coal mine ** -- HokieDan95 01/17/2019 08:30AM I’ve always wondered... is it better for the building owner to leave -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 08:23AM I'll never understand the concept of losing money for the tax writeoff -- Tafkam Hokie 01/17/2019 11:51AM Some owners are too stubborn, but some are simply waiting for "right" deal -- HWA 01/17/2019 12:03PM I still don't see that math working -- Tafkam Hokie 01/17/2019 12:23PM Not much different than somebody trying to sell classic car. -- HWA 01/17/2019 1:38PM True, plus, we all know how quickly a building goes downhill when vacant ** -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 12:25PM So many considerations. it starts to get deep once you think in more depth ** -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 12:14PM Better to fill it back up. I've heard that the big anchors get a pretty -- Hokie360 01/17/2019 09:33AM Yep, losing an anchor isn't the worst thing for owner/investor -- HWA 01/17/2019 09:40AM That's the trick, isn't it? When you say -- HWA 01/17/2019 09:31AM There is an older mall in Richmond (Regency Square) that was once very -- Tuckahokie 01/17/2019 09:16AM Sounds cool. ** -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 09:49AM Even an indoor swim club for one of the local teams. -- 48zip 01/17/2019 09:39AM Speaking of Malls...walked around Virginia Center Commons recently which -- Tuckahokie 01/17/2019 07:04AM Malls are only built to last about 15 years ** -- typed by ben 01/17/2019 09:40AM So, mall owners expect to recover their investment in ten years? ** -- `lag 01/17/2019 09:45AM Or less. Sometimes they get lucky and she keeps plugging away -- typed by ben 01/17/2019 09:58AM Sears needs smaller stores -- MEHOKIE 01/17/2019 06:56AM They need to just sell appliances. That's what sears was known for. -- ElbertoHokie 01/17/2019 09:37AM Incredible service... doesn’t seem possible these days. ** -- HokieSignGuy 01/17/2019 08:15AM As much as everyone bemoans the seemingly ubiquitous decline in service ... -- Beerman 01/17/2019 09:46AM Squeezed badly on three fronts...WalMart, Amazon, and the fact so many were -- Tuckahokie 01/17/2019 06:55AM Should have used their $5B in capital to invest in updates to stores -- capitals1 01/17/2019 01:41AM
