Sears sells Craftsman to Stanley/B&D for 900M

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Detroit wrote:Retail is dead.
Macy's closing 68 stores
:dat:
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I can't remember the last time I went into a retail store.
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Detroit wrote:I can't remember the last time I went into a retail store.
:dat:

When amazon ships it to your door for as much or less than you can get it in person, it makes 0 sense.

Amazon uses its cloud business as a cash cow to drive every single retailer out of business.
It is a very evil and fked up strategy ...

The only retailers that are doing well... are home improvement like Home Depot thanks to :thanksobama: ppl are buying a ton of shit to improve their homes now that their values are rising and pent up demand...

Also a lot of that shit you can't ship... and or amazon doesn't carry.

For EX they didn't sell garage openers.
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Detroit wrote:I can't remember the last time I went into a retail store.
I like being able to get things in 15 minutes instead of 2 days.
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Detroit wrote:I can't remember the last time I went into a retail store.
I like being able to get things in 15 minutes instead of 2 days.
Depends on the thing. Many things I can wait for. What I can't, Home Depot, Autozone, or O'Reiley carries.

Though, I guess those are "retailers" so :derp:
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Detroit wrote:I can't remember the last time I went into a retail store.
I like being able to get things in 15 minutes instead of 2 days.
I don't like to buy clothes on line. I prefer to try them on first and see the color in person.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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troyguitar wrote: I like being able to get things in 15 minutes instead of 2 days.
I don't like to buy clothes on line. I prefer to try them on first and see the color in person.
I buy mine at Costco. Try them on at home and return what I don't like the next time I'm there to buy gas.

Fuck, that's another "retailer". I guess I do still go to retailers.
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No, but cheap.

I've got a set of Tekton impact sockets that have fared well so far.
Not all of their stuff is cheap.
But, a lot of Tekton stuff looks identical to Craftsman things I've bought, same blow-molded case and all.
i dont like the outlook of my warranty. I went all in on craftsman right after my HF stuff started failing.

Also, I'll give you something moldy to blow on? :iono:
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Detroit wrote:
wap wrote: I don't like to buy clothes on line. I prefer to try them on first and see the color in person.
I buy mine at Costco. Try them on at home and return what I don't like the next time I'm there to buy gas.

Fuck, that's another "retailer". I guess I do still go to retailers.
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My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
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Acid666 wrote:My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
Sears houses were great. My town has 2 of them. The one I'm aware of is beautiful.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Acid666 wrote:My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
Our city has a ton of Sears homes. Pretty cool to see. They came in boxcars and assembled on site.
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Acid666 wrote:My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
Sears houses were great. My town has 2 of them. The one I'm aware of is beautiful.
Indeed. And super high quality too.
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AND they were called "Sears Craftsman Homes".
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Detroit wrote:
wap wrote: Sears houses were great. My town has 2 of them. The one I'm aware of is beautiful.
Indeed. And super high quality too.
Lol. It was decent. But nearly ZERO insulation. Her cooling bills were close to $300/mo when I ran the AC. She hated it because she's a fucking hippie hipster and likes to drink cold Pabst on the porch with her fuckwad ironic friends and not use the ac. This is fucking Louisiana bitch. Not the Bahamas.
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Detroit wrote:AND they were called "Sears Craftsman Homes".
Yup.

Somewhere at home I have a replica Sears catalog from 1927. It's fascinating.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Acid666 wrote:
Detroit wrote: Indeed. And super high quality too.
Lol. It was decent. But nearly ZERO insulation. Her cooling bills were close to $300/mo when I ran the AC. She hated it because she's a fucking hippie hipster and likes to drink cold Pabst on the porch with her fuckwad ironic friends and not use the ac. This is fucking Louisiana bitch. Not the Bahamas.
Insulation wasn't really a huge thing back then... Technology just wasn't there.

But the structure and quality of materials was very good.
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wap wrote:
Detroit wrote:AND they were called "Sears Craftsman Homes".
Yup.

Somewhere at home I have a replica Sears catalog from 1927. It's fascinating.
When we moved and discovered there's like 20 houses in our hood, we found a site that has fliers for each of the home models. We went through them and like to look for them when we take the :doge: for walks.
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Acid666 wrote:My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
What?!
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Detroit wrote:
wap wrote: Yup.

Somewhere at home I have a replica Sears catalog from 1927. It's fascinating.
When we moved and discovered there's like 20 houses in our hood, we found a site that has fliers for each of the home models. We went through them and like to look for them when we take the :doge: for walks.
Is your house one?
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Detroit wrote: When we moved and discovered there's like 20 houses in our hood, we found a site that has fliers for each of the home models. We went through them and like to look for them when we take the :doge: for walks.
Is your house one?
No, ours was a custom build for what was the equivalent of the Surgeon General for our little city. Random, I know.

But one across the street is.
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Ours looks like a scaled up version of this. I believe there's one a few streets up.
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Acid666 wrote:My old roommate's house was a Sear's house. It's a historic landmark.
It has a basement. In LOUISIANA.
What?!
Back in the day you could order a home from the Sear's catalog. It would come on several railway cars and a few people could assemble it in a weekend or so.
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What?!
Back in the day you could order a home from the Sear's catalog. It would come on several railway cars and a few people could assemble it in a weekend or so.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2193072 ... !1e1?hl=en

The yellow house. That's where I used to live. It's a Sear's house. Shotgun style. 2 story. Small basement where the ac is bolted to the floor underneath.
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