I went in the Westland, MI Sears yesterday. The tool department had only a handful of tools. Not a single power tool. 90% of the tools they had were screwdrivers. No torque wrenches, no nut drivers, a couple of wrench sets (gear wrench) - 5 sets of tap and dies (the smaller sets) and a few “tool sets” (think 108 piece sets). Otherwise they had some large craftsman tool boxes, ten to twenty vacmaster shop vacs and some single wrenches and warranty tools.
The entire store was pretty barren but nothing as bad as tools. It made me pretty sad. Oddly, the store was fairly busy but I don’t know why as there was so little to buy.
They still had decent deals on humidifiers if you need a small one (200 sq foot) or a huge one (think 4k square foot model) by aprilaire - I bought the pedestal model last year when it was cheaper and I had points to burn. I don’t understand the point of keeping the store open with no inventory.
On top of the trash can by the entrance was one of the old black good craftsman hoses, I’m guessing someone tried to warranty it but of course they had almost nothing in that part of the store except some grilles (Kenmore and a few kitchenaid) and some yard equipment think lawn roller, a tiller and a large leaf mulcher. No shovels, hoses, hand tools, rakes or shovels.
At this point he Eddie should just put the stores out of their misery - he’s just burning cash selling a few items of clothing and shoes. Can barely imagine it pays the electric bill.
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