Posted on 03/09/2005 2:30:36 PM PST by Cagey
They should replace the "K" with the wildly popular "Wal"
My favorite thing about Sears is that it says, "Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back" above every entrance door. (Note the conspicuous lack of any time limit.)
My favorite thing about Kmart is that I rarely have reason to set foot in one.
Who cares what they call the stores? All the Sears tools and appliances I bought several years ago have been replaced by better products at the same or a lesser price. That's what they need to fix, not their image.
My only hope is that my local Sears doesn't become infected by Kmart. Kmart would do well to just fire every single one of their employees and start from scratch. I'm not certain how they recruit their people, but it appears to take a certain type of surly laziness to become a manager there.
What they should replace is that God-awful cotton candy/strawberry syrup odor that hits you square on the minute you go through the doors as you enter. Then they'd be one giant leap ahead of Wal-Mart, which has a similar, but not as offensive odor wafting through their aisles as well.
Do they manufacture that odor? What's the deal with that?
sorry friend that was just changed. 90 days money back.
electronics 30 days
A rose by any other name......................
Went shopping today. Sears seems to be deserted and their merch is poorly organized. Fred Meyers is sharp and on the ball as usual, but with minor complaints about labeling discount items. The Federal Building had two guards, an x-ray, a walk-thru metal detector, and a wand. I got to use all of these and show picture ID, too. Even after filling up their large metal dish with the metal from my pockets I stuned the beeber. Strangely, there were few visitors aside from those with urgent business or plenty of time to kill.
Based on the physiques of much of the employees and customers, it apparently is some kind of glucose solution they are required to consume in bulk.
Gee, from bankruptcy to $111 a share in a couple of years...meanwhile the old KMRT shareholders got completely hosed, wiped out. This is/was one of the most inventive deals of all time. [withholding opinion/comment]
{GASP!} I'm going to make it a point to see if the lettering was removed from the entrances before I buy that new refrigerator. If not, I'll make sure to keep a timestamped photograph.
Profits through M&A. Store closures and changing the color of money. Wonder the organization will be profitable in 3 years when the merger is closer to completion.
Sears AND K-Mart both have a corporate policy that if you want a career in management with them, you must be 100% fully and totally relocateable, on their whim, at the drop of a hat. Only a certain unstable segement of society is willing to agree to such a deal.
WalMart chased most of the K-Marts out of Texas. The only one I know about that is left is just off post at Ft. Hood, although I'm told there are a few others.
Now I can boycot Sears as well as K-Mart. Curious how Sears, Wards, and K-Mart went downhill when they stopped (or cut way back) selling guns and ammunition. I used to like Sears. I had a JC Higgins (by High Standard) shotgun and did my father. I traded my in about 20 years ago, but my brother is having Dad's refurbished for my nephew to use, the thing is well over 50 years old and has a cracked stock. It's been cracked for most of that 50 years in fact.
We call it Kmapart around here.
I got a notice in the mail yesterday.
Cash in my shares of Sears stock at $50 or get 1/2 as many shares of the 'new' company.
Both stocks are selling above those prices so I think I'll switch.
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