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[Mike Smith]

I felt that the current Crafstman offerings were not the same quality they were, and they just used that name to inspire confidence based on nostalgia.
I also felt like DeWalt was the modern-day version of vintage "Craftsman"
I just find it funny that now they really are (Dewalt being the "pro" arm of B&D)

So just like all my pro audio "tools" are now owned by Samsung,
Any hand or power tool available in the entire store is going to be a Black & Decker.
(I'm now waiting for Snap-On or Mac to be swallowed-up whole like Behringer did with Midas)

Too late. Stanley has owned Mac since 1980.

I know that only because my son is on the crew of the Kalitta NHRA Top Fuel Mac Tools dragster team, and halfway through last season they changed the dominant sponsorship branding to feature DeWalt for a couple of races -- Stanley or DeWalt are always on the front wing regardless.

[Kevin Conlon]

At least they have payment plans.  They (them, Mac, etc) are really proud of their tools.  They do come to you though.  They should give a huge discount if you go to them and pay cash$$.  If & buts...

Many moons ago when i started my own motorcycle shop i found i needed things that the franchised shop provided. Snap On to the rescue. Before i knew it i owed them 6000.00 bucks. Nowadays other companies, including sears offer tools that are just as comfortable to use. When i was buying the tool trucks really did have the best stuff. I don't know what will become of sears but i think tool trucks have some time left.

[Jeff Bankston]

40 years ago you could order a rebuilt v8 car engine from the sears catalog.

[Ray Aberle]

40 years ago you could order a rebuilt v8 car engine from the sears catalog.

I saw a reprint of the-- what, probably 1915 catalog? at Barnes & Noble recently-- there wasn't much you couldn't order from there. They had just about everything. And super cheap as well! Haha.

[Dave Pluke]

Selling the family jewels.


R.I.P. Sears, Roebuck and Company

To me, the beginning of the end was the loss of Silvertone.

Today, Silvertone is a brand name used by Samick Music Corporation...

With Craftsman gone, can Kenmore be far behind?

Dave

[Bob Leonard]

Almost all of my hand tools, sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, etc. are Craftsman, and except for a few rare cases they have never let me down. I've put pipes on ratchets, vice grips on screw drivers, and any time I've destroyed the tool I would, and still do, stop by Sears for my free replacement.

Craftsman tools are still made in the USA for the most part, and as good as any in my book. What has gone down is the quality of their power tools, which just aren't the same anymore IMO. My most cherished Craftsman tool? A Craftsman sabre saw bought by my father in 1952-3, and still being used today.

[Jay Barracato]

40 years ago you could order a rebuilt v8 car engine from the sears catalog.

In the 1940's you could order an entire house as a kit.

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[Jonathan Johnson]

Having so much bricks and mortar inventory while the consumers are shopping online, is being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Sears has an online presence -- as do most of the chain brick-and-mortar stores. The problem is Amazon became too big of a competitor too fast.

What Amazon did early on was they perfected the shopping experience -- and they were selling only books at the time! Everybody else had to play catch up, and most still haven't caught up.

If Sears partnered strategically with Amazon, I think it could have benefited both. Sears had a large store within an hour's drive of most of the population of the United States. These stores could have served as warehouses for the most popular Amazon offerings, enabling same-day delivery early on, and Amazon could have sold the Sears brands.

Oh well, I'm no marketing expert.

[David Allred]

The Sears toy catalog was an inch thick.  It was the best part making a Christmas wish list.

[Stephen Swaffer]

But, Jonathan,  you do have the benefit of hindsight.

It's ironic that the business model(with the technology of the day) that allowed Sears to grow to what it became is the same one that is becoming its downfall because someone else was better at adapting it to new technology.

The Sears toy catalog was an inch thick.  It was the best part making a Christmas wish list.

My mom came across a 1992 Wish Book while we were home for Christmas-made for an interesting walk down memory lane.

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