The slow death of the department Store ...

[dogtag]

W.T. Grant, Monty Wards, Woolworth, Emporium - all nothing
now but fond memories. Then came Amazon with it's on-line
bargain basement outlet which allowed you to shop without
the tiresome necessity of showering, getting dressed and
leaving the house. As if this wasn't bad enough as far as brick
and mortar stores were concerned, along came the coronavirus
which as it turns out might well be the proverbial "Last Nail"
Penny's, and Neiman Marcos are filing for bankruptcy. Macy's
and Sears might not be far behind and if they don't actually go
belly up, they'll close hundreds of their stores. Many small shops
were struggling before the 'pandemic' struck, so their survival is
at the least extremely doubtful. Soon they'll be none left.
Personally, I miss the Monty Wards and Sears that had me as a
frequent visitor, and I still have a Sears 22 single shot rifle.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/first-jc-penney-now-neiman-marcus-set-file-bankruptcy

[Vern Humphrey]

I still have a Sears 22 single shot rifle.

Maybe if they started selling guns again, they'd survive.

[Gun Smoke]

Maybe if they started selling guns again, they'd survive.

I remember going into a Grants in the early 60's. They had a Lugar for $85. Looked like it might have been re-blued because it appeared to be near new. Surplus guns were plentiful back then and not considered collector items yet. Even then I thought, $85 for Lugar was cheap but gosh, who had $85 back then to spend on a gun especially being a kid?

Back when the local malls opened we obtained a new Sears, MW, and JCP. They had most everything you could want including guns. The Sears even had a tobacco shop and most big stores had restaurants and nice, clean, large bathrooms. They tried to keep the shoppers in their stores with no need to go anywhere else.

Now days if you stroll through a mall all the shops sell are bra's, purses, and women's shoes. You have your choice of 40 shops but they all sell bra's, purses, and women's shoes at about triple the price of buying on-line.

Some of these stores brought this on themselves of going out of business. How many remember Aldens and Spiegels? I think they were mail order only. Normal delivery time was 6-8 weeks. That's 2 months. Then if something wasn't right and you had to return it you waited another 6-8 weeks for a refund. Buying on-line usually takes less than a week computer to mail box. Often I get things in 2 or 3 days.

I know as a kid when I would have my mother order something for me by the time it came in I'd halfway forgotten about it or didn't really need it any longer.

[Vern Humphrey]

I remember going into a Grants in the early 60's. They had a Lugar for $85. Looked like it might have been re-blued because it appeared to be near new. Surplus guns were plentiful back then and not considered collector items yet. Even then I thought, $85 for Lugar was cheap but gosh, who had $85 back then to spend on a gun especially being a kid?

Back when the local malls opened we obtained a new Sears, MW, and JCP. They had most everything you could want including guns. The Sears even had a tobacco shop and most big stores had restaurants and nice, clean, large bathrooms. They tried to keep the shoppers in their stores with no need to go anywhere else.

Now days if you stroll through a mall all the shops sell are bra's, purses, and women's shoes. You have your choice of 40 shops but they all sell bra's, purses, and women's shoes at about triple the price of buying on-line.

Some of these stores brought this on themselves of going out of business. How many remember Aldens and Spiegels? I think they were mail order only. Normal delivery time was 6-8 weeks. That's 2 months. Then if something wasn't right and you had to return it you waited another 6-8 weeks for a refund. Buying on-line usually takes less than a week computer to mail box. Often I get things in 2 or 3 days.

I know as a kid when I would have my mother order something for me by the time it came in I'd halfway forgotten about it or didn't really need it any longer.

Dead on. When I was a kid, you could buy saddles, forges and all kinds of things from Sears. They went from the mainstay of rural America to another plastic version of Macys.

[Gun Smoke]

Dead on. When I was a kid, you could buy saddles, forges and all kinds of things from Sears. They went from the mainstay of rural America to another plastic version of Macys.

Sears use to sell house kits too but that was long before my time.

[Vern Humphrey]

Sears use to sell house kits too but that was long before my time.

My grandfather's house came from a Sears kit. But that was Sears then -- I wouldn't buy a carburetor re-build kit from Sears these days.

[dogtag]

My grandfather's house came from a Sears kit. But that was Sears then -- I wouldn't buy a carburetor re-build kit from Sears these days.

It was my place to go for Craftsman Tools
My Radial and Table saw were from my local Sears plus a 'skill' saw.
But that was the early 70s.

[shadycon]

I rebuilt a 327 for my 69 El Camino; 11:25 domed pistons less than $90.00 a set. Wound up about 400 HP. Qh the good old days!!!

[Roadkingtrax]

I rebuilt a 327 for my 69 El Camino; 11:25 domed pistons less than $90.00 a set. Wound up about 400 HP. Qh the good old days!!!

Holley or Edelbrock man?

[RED]

Buggy wheels, horse harnesses, aluminum toothpaste tubes, milk deliveries in glass bottles, dry charged auto batteries, Gilette Blue Blades, refillable long neck beers, and church keys are all gone and done with... brick and mortar stores are dying every day.

Change or die...

The U.S. deep State political system is in the process of dying.

Peelosi, Shumer, and Biden are the aluminum toothpaste tubes of today. Togor and the ridiculous traitorous garbage of today's radical left wing Communist mindset are as done with as the dry charged lead acid batteries of the 50's.

[shadycon]

Holley or Edelbrock man?

Edelbrock hi rise man., 750 Holly carb. fuely heads, GM 350 hp cam, headers, Muncie 4 sp. 3.50 posi. It loved Sunoco 103 oct. gas!!!

[togor]

I liked old Mopars, enjoyed this vid when I found it.

[lyman]

Buggy wheels, horse harnesses, aluminum toothpaste tubes, milk deliveries in glass bottles, dry charged auto batteries, Gilette Blue Blades, refillable long neck beers, and church keys are all gone and done with... brick and mortar stores are dying every day.

Change or die...

The U.S. deep State political system is in the process of dying.

Peelosi, Shumer, and Biden are the aluminum toothpaste tubes of today. Togor and the ridiculous traitorous garbage of today's radical left wing Communist mindset are as done with as the dry charged lead acid batteries of the 50's.

wow,,


this was not a thread drift,

this was a thread took a hard right, thru fence and across the field, down in the woods comment,




so whatch drinking tonight?

I'm having an Elijah Craig small batch

[shadycon]

I did a hard left thru a fence in my first car, '59 chevy. Local Justice of the Piece took my Dr. Lic. until I fixed the fence. Oh to be 16 again!

[gwp]

Sears also sold Allstate cars and scooters in the 1950s.