Michigan Says Goodbye to Sears

**Danny** · February-14-20, 08:38 PM

The Last Sears Dept. Store at the former Livonia Mall location in Livonia,MI. on Seven Mile Rd. and Middlebelt Rd. Will be closing it's doors for good. We will miss the way we buy goods and services from building homes that is ordered from the catalogue to buying clothes. Goodbye Sears! Thanks for over 80 years for service in Detroit and Suburbs.

https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/l...oit-is-closing

**Metro25** · February-14-20, 11:52 PM

Meh, who really cares. It will be kinda weird having Sears not exist anymore.

Chicago lost their golden goose of over a century. Sucks for them. I wonder if in a alternate reality it would have been possible for Sears to transition into an Amazon.

**Cincinnati_Kid** · February-16-20, 04:37 PM

The handwriting was on the wall. J.C. Penney's is next.

**catch22** · February-16-20, 08:24 PM

The Westland store is still open, and is not on any closure lists that I know of. But it's just a matter of when, not if. There's a store in Grandville too, but it will probably disappear when Westland does.

**softailrider** · February-16-20, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid

The handwriting was on the wall. J.C. Penney's is next.

You ain’t kidding about J.C Penny. Went there to shop for a mattress, they have them on the lower level, beautiful selection, must have been 40 different mattresses to chose from. Not a single sales person on that floor, I called the store on my cell twice, they said they would send someone down there. After about 30 minutes we just left, talk about horrible / non-existent customer service. Couldn’t buy anything if you wanted to.

**canuck** · February-17-20, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by softailrider

You ain’t kidding about J.C Penny. Went there to shop for a mattress, they have them on the lower level, beautiful selection, must have been 40 different mattresses to chose from. Not a single sales person on that floor, I called the store on my cell twice, they said they would send someone down there. After about 30 minutes we just left, talk about horrible / non-existent customer service. Couldn’t buy anything if you wanted to.

Probably due to a coupla clerks testing said mattresses somewhere down there...

**hybridy** · February-17-20, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by canuck

Probably due to a coupla clerks testing said mattresses somewhere down there...

Had similar experience with Sears 2 years back. Ordered $3k worth of new appliances. Tried to buy in store, but the single clerk was busy with another pair. Waiting 30 mins for another employee. Just ended up ordering online instead.

**Wesley Mouch** · February-17-20, 11:06 AM

G*d bless Amazon and Creative Destruction.

Think about those fine clerks at Sears when you hear Bernie Sanders promising a job for everyone. He'll make sure the quality that is Sears is universal.

**Jimaz** · February-17-20, 12:29 PM

Now I can't get Camarillo brillo out of my head.

Is that a real poncho...i mean
Is that a Mexican poncho
Or is that a Sears poncho?

**barnesfoto** · February-18-20, 02:12 AM

The death of Sears can be attributed to longtime CEO Eddie Lampert who was part of an Ann Rand worshiping right wing cult. Of course, stores that are located in suburbs where the average age of the residents is above 50 could also have something to do with it. https://www.salon.com/2013/07/18/ayn...sears_partner/

**Scottathew** · February-18-20, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by barnesfoto

The death of Sears can be attributed to longtime CEO Eddie Lampert who was part of an Ann Rand worshiping right wing cult. Of course, stores that are located in suburbs where the average age of the residents is above 50 could also have something to do with it. https://www.salon.com/2013/07/18/ayn...sears_partner/

Fascinating article. That sad part is that as Sears and Kmart go down the toilet Lampert an his other rich buddies will continue to get much richer.

**LongGone06** · February-18-20, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by barnesfoto

The death of Sears can be attributed to longtime CEO Eddie Lampert who was part of an Ann Rand worshiping right wing cult. Of course, stores that are located in suburbs where the average age of the residents is above 50 could also have something to do with it. https://www.salon.com/2013/07/18/ayn...sears_partner/

Ayn Rand rejected political labels, but was more of a libertarian than a true conservative. Also, consider that Salon is a progressive opinion site. That said, Lampert's decisions have always appeared to be in his own best interests, not that of Sears or Kmart.

**CassTechGrad** · February-18-20, 10:46 AM

I got my very first credit card at Sears, around 1972. I got a coat, I'm gonna check up in the attic to see if I still have it!

**Hermod** · February-19-20, 07:29 PM

Sears was Amazon for decades. Then they decided to get out of the mail order business and Amazon came a long and took over. I can remember in 1963 when I arrived in Ft Hood, Texas. The local town was Killeen which in those days was a wide spot in the road. The local Sears was a very small storefront. Down one side was a line of appliances and down the other was a rack of auto tires. In the back was a catalog desk top do Amazon type shopping.

**Danny** · February-20-20, 12:43 PM

Of course the SEARS in Westland Mall will the last one in the Michigan!!!

**Danny** · February-20-20, 12:45 PM

When Toys R Us closed BLAME AMAZON!

When K-Mart Closed BLAME AMAZON!

When Sears Closes what can we do BLAME AMAZON!!!

It's all your fault AMAZON!!

**djtomt** · February-20-20, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Hermod

Sears was Amazon for decades. Then they decided to get out of the mail order business and Amazon came a long and took over. I can remember in 1963 when I arrived in Ft Hood, Texas. The local town was Killeen which in those days was a wide spot in the road. The local Sears was a very small storefront. Down one side was a line of appliances and down the other was a rack of auto tires. In the back was a catalog desk top do Amazon type shopping.

It blows my mind that the original "internet" store, catalog shopping giant Sears, couldn't adapt to the internet age. What an interesting paradox.

**LarryC39** · February-20-20, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Danny

When Toys R Us closed BLAME AMAZON!

When K-Mart Closed BLAME AMAZON!

When Sears Closes what can we do BLAME AMAZON!!!

It's all your fault AMAZON!!

**Dbest** · February-23-20, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

When Toys R Us closed BLAME AMAZON!

When K-Mart Closed BLAME AMAZON!

When Sears Closes what can we do BLAME AMAZON!!!

It's all your fault AMAZON!!

Amazon is for lazy people. Convince me otherwise..

**Trumpeteer** · February-23-20, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dbest

Amazon is for lazy people. Convince me otherwise..

Don't think we could confuse you with the facts....

**Hermod** · February-23-20, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by djtomt

It blows my mind that the original "internet" store, catalog shopping giant Sears, couldn't adapt to the internet age. What an interesting paradox.

Amazing that Sears, Wards, and Penneys all had major catalog business at one time. We always had the current edition of all three catalogs in the house In the day before porn became readily accessible, I learned about women from the underwear pages in the catalogs.

**Pat001** · February-24-20, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Dbest

Amazon is for lazy people. Convince me otherwise..

I wanted to buy LED turn signal bulbs for my motorcycle. I drove to three different auto parts stores and a motorcycle dealership, but no one had the bulbs I needed in stock. So I went on Amazon, found the exact bulbs I needed and received them in the mail two days later.

I needed a replacement O ring for a leaky Grohe faucet but no hardware store or plumbing supply company had them in stock. The only place I could find one was on Amazon.

Convince me I'm lazy.

**401don** · February-24-20, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Hermod

Amazing that Sears, Wards, and Penneys all had major catalog business at one time. We always had the current edition of all three catalogs in the house In the day before porn became readily accessible, I learned about women from the underwear pages in the catalogs.

That's pretty messed up, not having National Geographic I mean.

**Richard** · February-24-20, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Pat001

I wanted to buy LED turn signal bulbs for my motorcycle. I drove to three different auto parts stores and a motorcycle dealership, but no one had the bulbs I needed in stock. So I went on Amazon, found the exact bulbs I needed and received them in the mail two days later.

I needed a replacement O ring for a leaky Grohe faucet but no hardware store or plumbing supply company had them in stock. The only place I could find one was on Amazon.

Convince me I'm lazy.

I just canceled my amazon prime,I think they are bait and switch,they started out with lower prices but a lot of their vendors are also on EBay at half the price.

The last two orders they said next day from the warehouse 5 miles away and never even showed up.

Even with their streaming service,order a movie that says $3.99 HD and get billed $7.

I still order from Sears and it shows up within two days.

Sears has probably the largest online free cache of owner and service manuals and parts breakdown in the country,for appliances and lawn equipment,even for older models that many copy for their site.

I wonder what is going to happen if they take that offline.