re: #185 Joe Bacon 🌹

The depressing thing is I remember Sears used to service what they install and their warehouses kept replacement parts for everything.

They did a complete remodeling of our kitchen, building cabinets and installing Sears appliances. But thanks to Fast Fuck Eddie those days are gone.

They used to ship whole houses long before IKEA was a teardrop in the eye of a customer trying to follow directions.

I think their demise is linked to the rise of the suburban mall. Poorly lit, badly planned—it had to go once the internet hit if they didn’t change; and they couldn’t because they were attached to early-morning indoor walking spaces for elders. I’m not sure how Kohls survives.