morton
I live for the CABE
I had mentioned in an earlier post that I didn't think this store (York, PA) would last the new year. Sadly I was correct. It's closing was announced today.
About 2 years ago they started having some great sales on some of the bike items they carried like wireless speedos at $9, balloon tires for $5.50. I stocked up and started making regular visits but the sales soon ended.
But you could see the store was slowly dying. First the auto department went away and they filled that area with cheap looking seasonal merchandise. Then it finally hit me that the Craftsman tools were all made in China...ugh. I can buy that crap at flea markets for less.
At times the tool department, garden department, and seasonal department were staffed (sic) with only 1 person, And usually this person had little knowledge of any of the products.
The few bikes they carried were cheap looking and priced about $40 to $50 higher than chinamart.
At one time I bought a lot of things from Sears because they had a local repair shop if anything you bought needed parts or repair but that went away years ago.
They became a textbook example of retail failure.....high prices, poor service, and limited inventory.
Goodbye JC Higgins
About 2 years ago they started having some great sales on some of the bike items they carried like wireless speedos at $9, balloon tires for $5.50. I stocked up and started making regular visits but the sales soon ended.
But you could see the store was slowly dying. First the auto department went away and they filled that area with cheap looking seasonal merchandise. Then it finally hit me that the Craftsman tools were all made in China...ugh. I can buy that crap at flea markets for less.
At times the tool department, garden department, and seasonal department were staffed (sic) with only 1 person, And usually this person had little knowledge of any of the products.
The few bikes they carried were cheap looking and priced about $40 to $50 higher than chinamart.
At one time I bought a lot of things from Sears because they had a local repair shop if anything you bought needed parts or repair but that went away years ago.
They became a textbook example of retail failure.....high prices, poor service, and limited inventory.
Goodbye JC Higgins
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