Sears Canada in trouble

Sounds about right, they been closing stores in the U.S. for a while now.

Tony V. said:

I used to always buy craftsman tools from them but they hardly have anything left any more. I still have a craftsman snowblower that runs great.

They have two of the largest Sears stores in Canada here (both stores are 3 floors and almost 250,000sq ft each). I don't know how they stay open as they are not very busy.

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Ya I remember a year or so back I got a memo about craftsman and how the warranty would be covered by some other company. Ya, the Sears here isn't that big, but I believe i know what there business model is. Charge more for the same product, don't worry about quantity of sales, minimum staffing (maybe if your lucky one person a department). And as we have seen that is a failing business model.

The Sears store here is two stories tall, in a major shopping mall and doing quite well. I'd hate to see 'em go.

I must say if you keep an eye out you can get a pretty good deal sometimes. I bought my stainless tool chest from them a couple years back. And they certainly have products which if you need to get hands on right away you can go get and not have to wait for it to be shipped from some other retailer.

Yeah, they have great deals on all kinds of stuff, if one is patient.