On Dec 28, 6:21*am, "Bill" wrote:
"oldyork90" wrote in message
I'm reading bad news about Sears/KMart. *If Sears goes tits up, I
hope
they hand off the Craftsman line. *I always had good luck with their
hand tools.

You might want to RE-READ the story!

"Sears, which has more than 4,000 full-line and specialty retail
stores"...

"said yesterday that it will close 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores"

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...2/28/sears-kma...

sears sold off craftsman tools and most other assets years ago...
thats why craftsman tools are available in all sorts of stores today.

sears sold off craftsman, were trying to sell off the kenmore brand,
coldwell banker real estate, allstate insurance, their fiancial
services / credit card unit and others.

this created lots of $$ for shareholders.......

the downside, these assets kept the retailer afloat when business
would get bad for sears retail.

rumor has it sears will go bankrupt soon, as the article describes
they were borrowing money over christmas, normally a cash cow time of
year.

sears lost me as a customer years ago. intrusive attempts to push
credit cards at the registers without enough help to check out
customers. long lines formed. i once left a bunch of expensive tools
at a backed up register, and told a store manager here these are
yours ..... i went to the nearby home depot and bought essentially the
same tools for much less...... is sears a retailer or a credit card
provider pick ONE

in fixing up my moms home for sale i had her sears furnace with air
serviced. they charged 2 travel charges for the same tech to swap tool
kits at his truck.

its ripoffs like this that drove me away from sears. they dropped the
satisfaction guaranteed or your money back policy too.

sears where america no longer shops at.....