PATRIOTIC SEARS

[jinman]

I also worked at Sears when I was in college and it was a very nice place to work. The Manager was the Chairman of the local Christian Business men's association and it showed in his leadership.

These views are just my very humble opinion.

Sam

Sam, that's all you needed to say. The other stuff will take this thread on a tangent and doesn't help promote a positive thread about a classic American icon. Sears has been a staple for products and employment in this country for as long as I can remember. My first visit to Santa Claus was in a Sears & Roebuck store when I was just a toddler in the early 50s. Heck! I probably learned to read as much from lookin' at the Sears catalogs as I did from my school books.:thumbsup:

 

[slaveToHorses]

I like to shop at my local Sears Hardwear, its been a longtime since i have been in a Sears Dept store i will have to stop by and leave some money now.

I do think that craftsman products have gone down hill big time in the last 10 years

You might find that when you actually go to the store, the design and quality of craftsman stuff has gone up in the last 10 years. Now back in the late 70's/80's I thought craftsman power tools were junk. I had a few of them that really had serious flaws. I also liked the smooth finish of other wrenches over the rough castings of craftsman. I stopped buying their stuff back then.

But now they have nicely finished handtools, very nice pneumatic tools. The designs and build quality on their power tools seem to have greatly improved. They also carry many other brands now. It is worth checking in them again. I purchased their pneumatic cut-off saw a while back and it is right up there with my IR stuff. I really like it.

I am also a fan of their twisted wrenches. Check em out.

 

[riptides]

On the Wal-Mart shopping, remember you as a consumer choose to shop there or -not-.

Simple as that.

 

[chopped]

Im sorry but with first hand experience of Wal Mart policys I disagree I do not consider 'good haelth' care from them First off, the premioum is many times more than the employee an afford ..period. let alone the deductables.
And sick time? well you have to take multiply days off to even make use of them.
wal Mart is a prime example really of a work place needing a Union.People bash unions but its the only defence to heartless companys.
We have a few small business her who care aboutt he employees and they show that to them..
A wal-mart worker or home depot or lowes etc. Isnt gong to be telling anyone they arent happy with their work place.They know better.
The main problem is managers with no power and fear of their own jobs. With this they cant manage people at all.

 

[OkieDave]

By the way, "Target" stores, a French company, NEVER contributes ANYTHING to Veteran's groups.

I'm not sure where you're getting your facts. Target is publicly-traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol TGT, and headquartered in Minneapolis (which I'm pretty sure is in the United States).

The "French-owned" meme is a popular myth on the internet, probably stemming from the tongue-in-cheek pronunciation of the store's name as "Tar-zhay."

As to contributions to veterans' causes, I don't know one way or another, but Target is widely hailed as one of the most generous companies in America; in 2005, Forbes ranked it as the the highest cash-giving company as a percentage of income in the country. It also has one of the best forensics labs in the country, and offers pro-bono services to law enforcement all over America, from small departments all the way up to the FBI, Secret Service, BATF (spit!), and others.

I'm not sure where you're getting your facts, but you really need to check them.

 

[donn12]

Back to Sears...
I think they are doing a great thing. I love going there and I will make it a point to shop there when I can.

 

[timswi]

Back to Sears...
I think they are doing a great thing. I love going there and I will make it a point to shop there when I can.

I am a Sears tool shopper...I might have to buy something I don't need next time..

Good job Sears:thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

thanks for the heads up on Sears. I used to buy a lot of tools from them, such as radial arm saw, joiner, routers, etc, never had any major problems from them. My only grip with them is they mark their regular prices up so that they can have a "sale" which is the normal price found anywhere else. However, when I built my house I bought all my appliances from sears in one trip, and 13 yrs later they are all still working great.
I know from my neighbor it's tough getting called up as a reserve and coming home without a job.

 

[Bird]

Im sorry but with first hand experience of Wal Mart policys I disagree I do not consider 'good haelth' care from them First off, the premioum is many times more than the employee an afford ..period. let alone the deductables.
And sick time? well you have to take multiply days off to even make use of them.

Of course, I don't know, or care, what your "first hand experience" is or was. And I don't have documentation to the contrary, but I know a couple of older Walmart employees who say the primary reason they keep working there is because of the great health care insurance (Blue Cross/Blue Shield). One of them recently spent a considerable amount of time in the hospital and told me what astronomical bills he saw, how little he had to pay, and also what premiums he's paying (a darned sight less than I pay for Medicare and medicare supplement).

 

[LostInTheWoods]

I know Walmart one of the greeters has told me what a great place it is to work; decent salary for what he does and great health insurance.

Now, Bird, you know we can't use "health" and "insurance" in the same thread, or bad things might follow...:laughing:

It's funny that on this site we try to steer people away from "Grey market" cheap junk because we know how important "Quality" is---but when it comes to Walmart, people tow the company line and follow in lockstep to the beat of their drum. "Walmart-Walmart-Walmart!!!"

Not only do they have a monopoly in the market place but they have a psychological monopoly on the minds of "Flea market" (sorry, I'm not Politically correct) type shoppers that view WM as the Holy Grail.

A recent comment by one of my "relatives," went something like this: "Ifin Walmarts don't has id, Is done need it."

Yes. Its amazing they even let us "flea market" types vote. Some of us are silly enough to believe that competition is everything in the marketplace. The best competitor wins...generally by providing what people want, at good prices, and by being good enough to its employees that they actually keep showing up for work. Of course, those employees probably aren't any smarter than the rest of us, are they?

By the way, "Target" stores, a French company, NEVER contributes ANYTHING to Veteran's groups.

Nope. Never have, never will. Well, unless you count what the Veterans of Foreign Wars posts on their website...

"...Target contributes more than $2 million dollars weekly to charitable causes, and is one of the corporate sponsors for the tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's "The Wall That Heals"...a traveling Vietnam Memorial..."

Or unless you count the statements of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), which is a Department of Defense organization...

"Target Corporation has been recognized as an "Outstanding Employer" which has gone above and beyond..in support of National Guard and Reserve employees".

I guess the way I see it is I KNOW people who work there. They like their jobs. Google isn't going to change what I know first hand.

As far as "flea market" mentality? Well, I take that comment to be just a flame. You obviously don't like walmart so you will say anything to anger walmart shoppers. Walmarts goods are new and are lower cost. Lower quality comes with that. Some people don't make a lot of money and are able to have a higher quality of life by shopping at walmart. I can shop anywhere, but see no reason to spend more money on some items. A lot of stuff you can buy at walmart is no different than anywhere else. Some of it is junk. The buyer gets to choose what they want to spend their money on.

Also, Walmart can't have a monopoly if there are other stores that you can shop. Walmart's competitiveness may be brutal, but they aren't the only store out there.

rjkobberman, quit making sense. Nobody wants to hear that. :laughing: