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Lets all buy from Sears
Subject: Sears - Christmas shopping has already started
I know I needed this reminder since Sears isn't always my first choice. Amazing when you think of how long the war has lasted and they haven't withdrawn from their commitment. Could we each buy at least one thing at Sears this year? How does Sears treat its employees who are called up for military duty? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up. Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution. I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves. Pass it on. Decided to check this before I sent it forward. So I sent the following e-mail to the Sears Customer Service Department: I received this e-mail and I would like to know if it is true. If it is, the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your company. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item, even if it's cheaper at that store. This is their answer to my e-mail: Dear Customer: Thank you for contacting Sears.The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback. Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time. Bill Thorn Sears Customer Care 1-800-349-4358 Please pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!! It's Verified ! By Snopes.com at: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp (shows the entire article) |
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When they stop selling overpriced crap I will be there in a flash.
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:33:39 -0600, "ANovice"
wrote: Subject: Sears - Christmas shopping has already started snip I am in the market to buy a spindle sander. After getting a price quote, Sears was the highest ($1120+tax). I got a low bid of $780. Lowest price delivered wins! It saves to check around. |
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sears home service is a fools price rip off, charging 2 travel charges
to have the exact same tech service a furnace with air on one trip. sears appliances always cost more. more to buy, more for service.. the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. |
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SCREW SEARS IN THE A??
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On Nov 8, 2:14 pm, Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:33:39 -0600, "ANovice" wrote: Subject: Sears - Christmas shopping has already started snip I am in the market to buy a spindle sander. After getting a price quote, Sears was the highest ($1120+tax). I got a low bid of $780. Lowest price delivered wins! It saves to check around. Lowest price delivered wins! On an apples to apples basis, true. On a quality, features, service and warranty basis, not so much. |
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On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote:
sears home service is a fools price rip off, charging 2 travel charges to have the exact same tech service a furnace with air on one trip. sears appliances always cost more. more to buy, more for service.. the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... |
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Sears lost my business 7 years ago when they sent gang members to my
house to deliver appliances. I haven't been back since. Lou |
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On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, "ANovice" wrote:
Subject: Sears - Christmas shopping has already started I know I needed this reminder since Sears isn't always my first choice. Amazing when you think of how long the war has lasted and they haven't withdrawn from their commitment. Could we each buy at least one thing at Sears this year? How does Sears treat its employees who are called up for military duty? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up. Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution. I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves. Pass it on. Decided to check this before I sent it forward. So I sent the following e-mail to the Sears Customer Service Department: I received this e-mail and I would like to know if it is true. If it is, the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your company. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item, even if it's cheaper at that store. This is their answer to my e-mail: Dear Customer: Thank you for contacting Sears.The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback. Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time. Bill Thorn Sears Customer Care 1-800-349-4358 Please pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!! It's Verified ! By Snopes.com at:http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp(shows the entire article) I've got kind of a funny story about Sears...at best they were an unknowing victim of their ad agency, at worst they were knowingly dishonest. I have a friend who lives in one of the more upscale neighborhoods in our area. Real nice house, beautiful landscaping. One Sunday morning she's enjoying a cup of coffee while flipping through the ad's in the paper. She comes across the Sears insert and right there on the front page is a picture of her house along with some text extolling the quality of Sears roofing and siding services. The thing is, Sears had nothing to do with siding or roofing their house. It was all done by the custom builder they used for the rest of the house. Now, the ad never said "Here's an example of our work", but it was obvious that whoever put the ad together wanted to make a real nice impression. As it turns out, the husband is a lawyer, so he wrote a very nice letter asking Sears to stop using his house in their ads. Next week's flyer had a different house in the ad. |
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Another plug for them you may not know about. They do *excellent* work
helping FPO AP customers in remote areas order products and they do not charge more than stateside mailing. Since mailing to an FPO AP doesnt cost more (just taes longer) this is correct behavior. Most however, treat us as 'overseas' and charge quite a bit extra and bank the profit. |
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"Toller" wrote in message
... When they stop selling overpriced crap I will be there in a flash. Price, Quality, Service. Pick any two. |
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nick hull wrote:
In article , "ANovice" wrote: Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. If you want the war to last forever, support Sears & Bush. If you want the war to end, boycott Sears. Let those dumb enough to fight wars for Halliburton pay the price. Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. Due to imposed "humanitarian" concerns imposed upon the rules of engagement, our forces are precluded from killing off the goblins faster than they can breed. Attrition is no longer a viable option. |
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"ANovice" wrote: Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. If you want the war to last forever, support Sears & Bush. If you want the war to end, boycott Sears. Let those dumb enough to fight wars for Halliburton pay the price. Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 06:56:14 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote
Re Lets all buy from Sears: Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. We have met the enemy and he is us. |
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:57:15 GMT, Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:50:22 -0800, wrote: On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote: sears home service is a fools price rip off, charging 2 travel charges to have the exact same tech service a furnace with air on one trip. sears appliances always cost more. more to buy, more for service.. the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... Our local KMart is usually empty. One time I went there and a security person kept watching every move I made. I left the store and ever since have been shopping at WalMart. Yeah, me too. I find it much easier to shoplift at Walmart. |
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:34:36 -0600, IGot2P wrote:
wrote: On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote: sears home service is a fools price rip off, charging 2 travel charges to have the exact same tech service a furnace with air on one trip. sears appliances always cost more. more to buy, more for service.. the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... No, K-Mart acquired Sears in 2005. I was just in a K-mart today, and I still think the association with Sears sounds strange. -- 46 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has no place in the curriculum of our nation's public school classes." -- Ted Kennedy |
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On Nov 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote: the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... No, K bought Sears. K went bankrupt, K sold off lots of real estate, K had LOTS of money, K bought Sears. |
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HeyBub wrote:
Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. What war? I happened to be in San Diego three years ago when the President stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in his camouflage suit to tell us that our mission in Iraq had been accomplished and the war was over. I always believe what the President says. It's unpatriotic not to. Paul |
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Paul MR wrote:
HeyBub wrote: Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. What war? I happened to be in San Diego three years ago when the President stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in his camouflage suit to tell us that our mission in Iraq had been accomplished and the war was over. I always believe what the President says. It's unpatriotic not to. Paul I, too, have been drunk in San Diego. The president did not wear camoflage (it was a flight suit). He wore a standard business suit as he delivered his speech. The USS Abraham Lincoln was not in San Diego. In his speech, he did not mention the word "accomplished," "completed," "finished," or "over" (with one exception below). He did say: "Our mission continues. Al Qaida is wounded but not destroyed...The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide." You may be thinking of his statement: "... major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." But, of course, he was refering to engagements with the Iraqi army. There have been no major (brigade or larger unit) sized operations since. Here's the speech for your review: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/01/bush.transcript/ |
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On Nov 9, 7:09 am, nick hull wrote:
In article , "ANovice" wrote: Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. If you want the war to last forever, support Sears & Bush. If you want the war to end, boycott Sears. Let those dumb enough to fight wars for Halliburton pay the price. Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ Supporting the troops is not the same as supporting Bush or the war...it is supporting families. Try opening your eyes...and keeping your head out of your posterior. |
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On Nov 9, 6:27 pm, yugami wrote:
On Nov 8, 5:50 pm, wrote: On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote: the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... No, K bought Sears. K went bankrupt, K sold off lots of real estate, K had LOTS of money, K bought Sears. S.S.Kresge (where the K comes from) started a store in 1899 in Detroit later moving to Troy. There was a merger...the new Sears Holdings is in Hoffman Estates, Il. where Sears was. |
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HeyBub wrote:
Paul MR wrote: HeyBub wrote: Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. What war? I happened to be in San Diego three years ago when the President stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in his camouflage suit to tell us that our mission in Iraq had been accomplished and the war was over. I always believe what the President says. It's unpatriotic not to. Paul I, too, have been drunk in San Diego. The president did not wear camoflage (it was a flight suit). He wore a standard business suit as he delivered his speech. The USS Abraham Lincoln was not in San Diego. In his speech, he did not mention the word "accomplished," "completed," "finished," or "over" (with one exception below). He did say: "Our mission continues. Al Qaida is wounded but not destroyed...The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide." You may be thinking of his statement: "... major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." But, of course, he was refering to engagements with the Iraqi army. There have been no major (brigade or larger unit) sized operations since. Here's the speech for your review: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/01/bush.transcript/ You're trying to provide facts to those who prefer to not to hear. What is so hilarious, though, is that those same folks will scream bloody murder whenever someone brings up Algore's "I created the internet" moment. ROTFLOL. -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:54:56 -0800, "Dave Bugg" wrote: wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:43:11 -0800, "Dave Bugg" wrote: HeyBub wrote: Paul MR wrote: HeyBub wrote: Sadly, the social liberals are responsible for the war lasing a long time. What war? I happened to be in San Diego three years ago when the President stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in his camouflage suit to tell us that our mission in Iraq had been accomplished and the war was over. I always believe what the President says. It's unpatriotic not to. Paul I, too, have been drunk in San Diego. The president did not wear camoflage (it was a flight suit). He wore a standard business suit as he delivered his speech. The USS Abraham Lincoln was not in San Diego. In his speech, he did not mention the word "accomplished," "completed," "finished," or "over" (with one exception below). No, he made his speech standing in front of a HUGE banner hung by his advance crew that said in letters several feet tall: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Later, his spin crew tried valiantly to convince the media that they had nothing to do with that huge banner that "Just happened to be there". Wars have many missions. The mission to destroy the Iraqi army and depose So-Dammned-Insane WAS accomplished. Sure, Rush, take some more pills. That's a rebuttal? You hear something that doesn't match your opinion and you throw out something that has nothing to do with the facts at hand? You'd better go back and read the transcript from the speech Bush gave during that event: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/01/bush.transcript/ As was stated by a Heybub: "You may be thinking of his statement: "... major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." But, of course, he was refering to engagements with the Iraqi army. There have been no major (brigade or larger unit) sized operations since." -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:34:36 -0600, IGot2P wrote:
wrote: On Nov 8, 2:38 pm, " wrote: sears home service is a fools price rip off, charging 2 travel charges to have the exact same tech service a furnace with air on one trip. sears appliances always cost more. more to buy, more for service.. the satisfaction guaranteed or your money back guarantee left when k mart took over. Sears owns K... No, K-Mart acquired Sears in 2005. Then, the ankle bracelet acquired Martha in 2006 |
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:07:49 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote: In article , wrote: No, he made his speech standing in front of a HUGE banner hung by his advance crew that said in letters several feet tall: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Which was placed by carrier's Capt and crew before they left the Gulf and LONG before the presidential trip was planned. Later, his spin crew tried valiantly to convince the media that they had nothing to do with that huge banner that "Just happened to be there". Of course since that was the truth.; It was an indication that the carrier's mission had been accomplished. Have another cup of koolaid, Kurt. No Koolaid involved. When a dignitary visits a deployed vessel, the crew hangs signs. They hang bigger signs for bigger dignitaries. I'm sure the skipper of the boat had to approve the banner that hung on the island that day, but I doubt he considered the fact that the media would use the wordage as an anti-Bush rally slogan. The words 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' were chosen and displayed by the crew, not the President's press secretary, and the banner was placed by the crew as a background for a speech by the POTUS. MM took it from there.... |
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0600, Shanghai McCoy wrote: wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:07:49 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote: In article , wrote: No, he made his speech standing in front of a HUGE banner hung by his advance crew that said in letters several feet tall: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Which was placed by carrier's Capt and crew before they left the Gulf and LONG before the presidential trip was planned. Later, his spin crew tried valiantly to convince the media that they had nothing to do with that huge banner that "Just happened to be there". Of course since that was the truth.; It was an indication that the carrier's mission had been accomplished. Have another cup of koolaid, Kurt. No Koolaid involved. When a dignitary visits a deployed vessel, the crew hangs signs. They hang bigger signs for bigger dignitaries. I'm sure the skipper of the boat had to approve the banner that hung on the island that day, but I doubt he considered the fact that the media would use the wordage as an anti-Bush rally slogan. The words 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' were chosen and displayed by the crew, not the President's press secretary, and the banner was placed by the crew as a background for a speech by the POTUS. MM took it from there.... Here, let me refill your cup, Shanghai. Now THERE'S a snappy comeback. |
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:20:03 -0600, Shanghai McCoy wrote: wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0600, Shanghai McCoy wrote: wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:07:49 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote: In article , wrote: No, he made his speech standing in front of a HUGE banner hung by his advance crew that said in letters several feet tall: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Which was placed by carrier's Capt and crew before they left the Gulf and LONG before the presidential trip was planned. Later, his spin crew tried valiantly to convince the media that they had nothing to do with that huge banner that "Just happened to be there". Of course since that was the truth.; It was an indication that the carrier's mission had been accomplished. Have another cup of koolaid, Kurt. No Koolaid involved. When a dignitary visits a deployed vessel, the crew hangs signs. They hang bigger signs for bigger dignitaries. I'm sure the skipper of the boat had to approve the banner that hung on the island that day, but I doubt he considered the fact that the media would use the wordage as an anti-Bush rally slogan. The words 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' were chosen and displayed by the crew, not the President's press secretary, and the banner was placed by the crew as a background for a speech by the POTUS. MM took it from there.... Here, let me refill your cup, Shanghai. Now THERE'S a snappy comeback. I sensed it was all you could grasp. You assumed. I'm going to guess that you're a wingnut who's all mouth and no spine. Ever been in the military? Thought not. Go push your socialized medicine, but please stay away from our aircraft carriers - I believe you'd F-up our banners. |
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OT: Shipping to APOs (was: Lets all buy from Sears)
"Cshenk" wrote in message ... [snip] Since mailing to an FPO AP doesnt cost more (just taes longer) this is correct behavior. Most however, treat us as 'overseas' and charge quite a bit extra and bank the profit. Not quite right -- it may not cost you or I more to mail to an APO, but it costs many companies a LOT more, because their shipments to U.S. addresses are highly discounted. Here's why -- companies such as on-line or TV shopping channels like HSN use a trucking company, not the post office, to move goods from their warehouse to the buyer's local post office . The local post office delivers the package at a special discounted rate. The combined costs of shipping plus local postal are less than using USPS from the shipper's warehouse.. But they can't use this method to ship to APOs because their trucking company can't get there, so they either have to set up a separate shipping procedure for APO mailings -- making the overhead and the shipping for APO orders more expensive, or make a business decision not to sell to APO addresses. If you ever have an order from HSN that doesn't get delivered, and trace it back to the post office, you'll find out that it was delivered to your local PO by R R Donnelly Logistics. Other on-line or TV sellers have similar arrangements. Companies which use FedEx, UPS, etc. have similar problems delivering to APOs |
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JimR wrote:
"Cshenk" wrote in message ... [snip] Since mailing to an FPO AP doesnt cost more (just taes longer) this is correct behavior. Most however, treat us as 'overseas' and charge quite a bit extra and bank the profit. Not quite right -- it may not cost you or I more to mail to an APO, but it costs many companies a LOT more, because their shipments to U.S. addresses are highly discounted. Here's why -- companies such as on-line or TV shopping channels like HSN use a trucking company, not the post office, to move goods from their warehouse to the buyer's local post office . The local post office delivers the package at a special discounted rate. The combined costs of shipping plus local postal are less than using USPS from the shipper's warehouse.. But they can't use this method to ship to APOs because their trucking company can't get there, so they either have to set up a separate shipping procedure for APO mailings -- making the overhead and the shipping for APO orders more expensive, or make a business decision not to sell to APO addresses. If you ever have an order from HSN that doesn't get delivered, and trace it back to the post office, you'll find out that it was delivered to your local PO by R R Donnelly Logistics. Other on-line or TV sellers have similar arrangements. Companies which use FedEx, UPS, etc. have similar problems delivering to APOs Chuckle. At work, for anything too big for the APO bag, we use DHL or FEDEX into their depots in Bagram or Baghdad. Street addresses are kind of fuzzy over there- our people often have to go pick it up themselves. Shipping equipment into SWA is a major PITA- every border crossed, there is some form to fill out, and some sort of 'inspection fee' or 'duty' to pay. And if you **** off the head of whatever border station, well, your stuff just sits. About 2 shipments out of 10 just sort of vanish without a trace. aem sends... |
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I'm suing Sears for the unbelievably horrible job they've done with
the installation and customer service on my central air conditioning system. You can read about it here (I hope you have some free time-- my list of complaints is over 20 pages long): www.BrainChampagne.com/sears.html |
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aemeijers wrote:
They missed a bet with the merger, IMHO- rather than close or sell off the stand-alone or stripmall Kmarts, they should have walked away from the expen$ive enclosed-mall rents where Sears is, and made the Kmarts into old-style Sears stores like in the 1960s and 70s. In almost every case, department stores at malls are not paying rent. They built, and own their buildings, and often the parking lots closest to their stores. It actually is a big pain in the butt for mall owners, because the department stores have veto power over new construction at the mall that might have an impact on the department stores, even when the impact is minimal. We're going through that at the mall near me, where there are actually four different owners, Sears, JC Penney, Federated, and Evershine (mall owner), and everything the mall owner wants to do is subject to approval by the department store owners. The department stores really can't do anything else with their mall stores except to continue to operate them, or try to sell them to another departments store chain. The zoning is such that they can't just run out and tear down the store and build condos. |
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Lou wrote:
Sears lost my business 7 years ago when they sent gang members to my house to deliver appliances. I haven't been back since. Yeah, they outsourced the delivery and they outsourced the service, and it got much worse. Never let them deliver anything. Hopefully you won't need warranty service. Still, they very often have the best price, by far, on appliances, and have a much larger selection that places like Home Depot, Lowes's, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, or Costco. Costco has the benefit of a 2 year standard warranty, but their selection is very limited. I need to buy a range and microwave/hood for a rental unit. I was in Sears today, and I did my usual "reluctant to buy today routine," which almost always results in a fairly substantial price cut. In this case the oven came down from $450 ($500 sale price - 10% mail in rebate) to $382 with no rebate needed. This was the "associate friends and family discount") which was 20% then another 10%, for 28% off the non-sale price of $530. I actually would have paid the higher price, as no other oven from any manufacturer had the features I wanted for the rental, which was coil burners (no ceramic top) but self-cleaning including the oven racks, and a hidden oven element (the last two features are rather rare on sub-$1000 ranges), though common on more expensive ceramic cooktop ranges. Similarly, the microwave/hood I wanted was not available anywhere else. I needed a relatively high CFM 30" hood/microwave (400 cfm) which is not all that common for less than $500, but with the 28% discount, there is new Kenmore model that is around $250. If you have tenants that do a lot of Asian stir-fry type cooking, you need a high cfm exhaust. Even 400 cfm isn't terrific, but a lot of the microwave/hoods are 300 cfm or less. |
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Lets all buy from Sears
SMS 斯蒂文 夏 wrote:
Lou wrote: Sears lost my business 7 years ago when they sent gang members to my house to deliver appliances. I haven't been back since. Yeah, they outsourced the delivery and they outsourced the service, and it got much worse. Never let them deliver anything. Hopefully you won't need warranty service. Still, they very often have the best price, by far, on appliances, and have a much larger selection that places like Home Depot, Lowes's, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, or Costco. Costco has the benefit of a 2 year standard warranty, but their selection is very limited. I need to buy a range and microwave/hood for a rental unit. I was in Sears today, and I did my usual "reluctant to buy today routine," which almost always results in a fairly substantial price cut. In this case the oven came down from $450 ($500 sale price - 10% mail in rebate) to $382 with no rebate needed. This was the "associate friends and family discount") which was 20% then another 10%, for 28% off the non-sale price of $530. I actually would have paid the higher price, as no other oven from any manufacturer had the features I wanted for the rental, which was coil burners (no ceramic top) but self-cleaning including the oven racks, and a hidden oven element (the last two features are rather rare on sub-$1000 ranges), though common on more expensive ceramic cooktop ranges. Similarly, the microwave/hood I wanted was not available anywhere else. I needed a relatively high CFM 30" hood/microwave (400 cfm) which is not all that common for less than $500, but with the 28% discount, there is new Kenmore model that is around $250. If you have tenants that do a lot of Asian stir-fry type cooking, you need a high cfm exhaust. Even 400 cfm isn't terrific, but a lot of the microwave/hoods are 300 cfm or less. I bought a Kenmore microwave oven about 9 months ago and it went belly up last week. Prior to buying it I had a GE microwave and it lasted 26 years without any repairs. No more Kenmores for me, thank you. RF |
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Lets all buy from Sears
on 11/13/2007 7:05 PM RF said the following:
SMS 斯蒂文 夏 wrote: Lou wrote: Sears lost my business 7 years ago when they sent gang members to my house to deliver appliances. I haven't been back since. Yeah, they outsourced the delivery and they outsourced the service, and it got much worse. Never let them deliver anything. Hopefully you won't need warranty service. Still, they very often have the best price, by far, on appliances, and have a much larger selection that places like Home Depot, Lowes's, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, or Costco. Costco has the benefit of a 2 year standard warranty, but their selection is very limited. I need to buy a range and microwave/hood for a rental unit. I was in Sears today, and I did my usual "reluctant to buy today routine," which almost always results in a fairly substantial price cut. In this case the oven came down from $450 ($500 sale price - 10% mail in rebate) to $382 with no rebate needed. This was the "associate friends and family discount") which was 20% then another 10%, for 28% off the non-sale price of $530. I actually would have paid the higher price, as no other oven from any manufacturer had the features I wanted for the rental, which was coil burners (no ceramic top) but self-cleaning including the oven racks, and a hidden oven element (the last two features are rather rare on sub-$1000 ranges), though common on more expensive ceramic cooktop ranges. Similarly, the microwave/hood I wanted was not available anywhere else. I needed a relatively high CFM 30" hood/microwave (400 cfm) which is not all that common for less than $500, but with the 28% discount, there is new Kenmore model that is around $250. If you have tenants that do a lot of Asian stir-fry type cooking, you need a high cfm exhaust. Even 400 cfm isn't terrific, but a lot of the microwave/hoods are 300 cfm or less. I bought a Kenmore microwave oven about 9 months ago and it went belly up last week. Prior to buying it I had a GE microwave and it lasted 26 years without any repairs. No more Kenmores for me, thank you. RF Before buying a new microwave, find out who made the Kenmore, so you don't go out and buy the same brand somewhere else. http://www.appliance411.com/parts/sears.shtml -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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