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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:01 AM Original message |
Did KMart ever not suck? When? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only their garden shop was good, and only about 20 years ago. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Martha Stewart stuff was pretty good |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I got one of her skillets from K-mart last year |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. It's still good. Her stuff is very pretty, nice colors, etc. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I used to love their garden shop. They even sold Martha Stewart plants one year. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Oh... I remember the Martha Stewart plant collection |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. The garden shop near me was good until late last year. This yr; forget it. |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. They used to have a bitchin' snack bar... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It's now a "Little Ceasars" pizza counter instead of the snack bar. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I haven't heard the name "Little Ceasar's" in years. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. Their selection always sucked. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. The one on Route 17 in New Jersey wasn't that bad |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. No kidding. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Back in the late 70's and 80's |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. No |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. The one that is down the street from me is great..... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Mine is one town away but after I make the trip |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. they didn't suck back when they had a lunch counter and sold guns |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. HAHA - you described any K-mart I've been to perfectly! |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Mine in St.Petersburg are great.....It's probably because the..... |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. That's what I remember about them..... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. come to the one in Des Plaines, IL |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. I got a great Christmas present there one year |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. K Mart didn't suck in the late 60s and in the 70s. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. When they were the main alternative to TG & Y and Woolworths, maybe. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Walmart sucks worse |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Having worked for Kmart for 4 years in the early 90s, I can tell you exactly what their problem is |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. I knew a guy who worked there a while and he said they always |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Whenever a store is collapsing on a national level, its individual locations |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:00 PM Original message |
Toys-r-us is awful! |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ten two fifteen years ago, they were bright, orderly, shining places |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The closest one to us is really crowded, poorly arranged, dirty looking |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm crossing my fingers because Sear's seems to be making some essential changes |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. There was a time, when Sears was #1 retailer and they were worried about Kmart. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. You still have Sears? I thought they went under. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sears and KMart merged a few years ago |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Oh yeah, actually 3 within probably 30 miles |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Even their ads suck. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Wally's ads suck too, so why is Wally's always crowded? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes. There was a time when Kmart did not suck. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. The stuff they have for sale is pretty good |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. KaMe apART? |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. I honestly don't remember ever liking KMart. |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. There are 2 in Manhattan |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. the one we have here ( SoCal) |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
39. Some of them here weren't too bad, so they closed them. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Eh, you like Walgreens better anyway |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. At Kmart I could have bought a gun for safety. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. they are run by morons. they closed a store in Valdosta Ga. because the numbers weren't good |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. When it was Kresge's |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. The one near me is well-lit, clean, etc. |
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