<story><title>Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/sears-hasnt-fared-better-after-bankruptcy-as-another-100-stores-will-soon-close-11570959000?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bluedino</author><text>Our Sears store is finally closing it&amp;#x27;s doors this month. It took long enough.&lt;p&gt;20 years ago I worked there, selling Packard Bell and Macintosh computers, as well as vaccums. Who decided those departments should be merged, I don&amp;#x27;t know. Once in a while I&amp;#x27;d sub at a smaller store about 45 minutes away, and cameras got thrown into the mix.&lt;p&gt;I always liked the Sears Auto Center for tires, service, and Diehard batteries. Craftsman hand tools were decent until the mid-2000&amp;#x27;s when they started changing warranty policies.&lt;p&gt;The power tools and lawn equipment were never really any good. If you buy a &amp;#x27;Craftsman&amp;#x27; mower, you&amp;#x27;re getting the same Chinese-engined lawnmower that you buy at the same price point at any other store. Just like any other product these days.&lt;p&gt;They used to have an entire part of the store dedicated to flat-screen TV&amp;#x27;s. As they cheapened, the area got smaller and smaller, until it was 4-5 sad TV&amp;#x27;s hanging on a wall. Just this last year they decided to fill that part of the store with mattresses.&lt;p&gt;I noticed the store filling up with Craftsman, Kenmore, and other Sears-branded junk. Just low end stuff like cheap shoes, plastic utensils, and pots and pans. I figured distributors weren&amp;#x27;t willing to give Sears enough credit to stock the stores with stuff of any value.&lt;p&gt;The store itself hasn&amp;#x27;t been kept up in forever. Most of the ceiling tiles are stained from leaks. the carpets are probably as old as I am, everything is broken, and it doesn&amp;#x27;t even feel like they turn the heat on in the winter.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/sears-hasnt-fared-better-after-bankruptcy-as-another-100-stores-will-soon-close-11570959000?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zipwitch</author><text>Sears biggest problem is that the now-former CEO had been looting it for years.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-sears-lawsuit&amp;#x2F;sears-sues-lampert-claiming-he-looted-assets-and-drove-it-into-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1RU1V3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-sears-lawsuit&amp;#x2F;sears-sues-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>