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Posted on 3/1/26 at 5:34 am to FLTech
As a child of the 70’s, seems most of the stuff in our home was from Sears.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 6:40 am to FLTech
Brought back some wonderful memories. Thanks for posting! Notice the pace of life, the squeeking car door, rolling up the windows, behaved kids, etc. I turned 14 that year. Had the famous Farah poster on my wall, listening to Boston's, More than a Feeling. Could go on and on. Good times!
Posted on 3/1/26 at 7:09 am to FLTech
My God, I can still remember going here with my grandpa in the 80s looking for lawn equipment. I'd give anything to get back that day with him.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 7:39 am to FLTech
When I was little best place for toys, then got my first .410 there and bought shotgun shells, then tools
Posted on 3/1/26 at 7:58 am to FLTech
I was born in 77, so my memories of SEARS and the mall began around 83 and 84. I loved SEARS! The toys, the tools, the knives, and lawn mowers were all in the same general area! It was fantastic! And when they decorated for Christmas, that place was Heaven to a young boy!
Posted on 3/1/26 at 8:48 am to FLTech
I can smell the store from that video. Sears had every single thing a person could need outside groceries.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 9:12 am to Byrdybyrd05
My sister swore that a guy's dick was hanging out of his boxers in a Sears catalog back in the 70s, but I don't see how they could do that without someone noticing before publication.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 9:12 am to LSUandAU
I wore Toughskins too when I was a kid. My Dad managed the shoe department so all my shoes came from Sears. I can remember when $30 for a pair of athletic shoes was considered outrageous. Sure miss those days.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 9:56 am to FLTech
If I recall, this video has been posted here before, but it's worth taking another look, it never gets old. I'm a fan of retro videos.
Watched it again, brought me back lots of good memories, much simpler times.
Little girl now is probably 60 and the mom probably 92, if still alive.
Watched it again, brought me back lots of good memories, much simpler times.
Little girl now is probably 60 and the mom probably 92, if still alive.
This post was edited on 3/1/26 at 10:06 am
Posted on 3/1/26 at 10:46 am to MidWestGuy
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The one in the Chicago suburbs in the 80's, had the order desk and conveyor belt, I think they all did, that was their 'thing'.
Made some sense, they didn't have to stock shelves (just had one on display, IIRC), no shoplifting, probably fewer employees needed.
Trouble was, it just took too long to get your stuff. If they could have been faster about it, it might have worked for them (and the customers)
As a kid I loved it, I remember the feeling of watching the stuff come down the belt and the excitement of wondering if "is that mine?"
lol simple times when we had patience.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 10:48 am to FLTech
I remember the Sears in either San Jacinto Mall or Dearbrook Mall had a candy bar and we’d get chocolate covered peanuts before we left.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 11:25 am to TechBullDawg
Service Merchandise had this cool stereo room
Posted on 3/1/26 at 11:33 am to FLTech
My mother had me decked out in Toughskins - shorts and jeans. An elementary-school aged boy on the go in the late 70s/early 80s needed that kind of professional grade wear.
And I don't think we bought paint anywhere else until I was probably in college and Sears was starting its slide. Never went anywhere else for tools and lawn equipment.
Their corporate management post 1989 or so has to have set some kind of record for incredibly dumb decisions.
...and let's not even get started on what 10-13 year-old Harry thought about the catalog's lingerie section.
And I don't think we bought paint anywhere else until I was probably in college and Sears was starting its slide. Never went anywhere else for tools and lawn equipment.
Their corporate management post 1989 or so has to have set some kind of record for incredibly dumb decisions.
...and let's not even get started on what 10-13 year-old Harry thought about the catalog's lingerie section.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 12:08 pm to HarryBalzack
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...and let's not even get started on what 10-13 year-old Harry thought about the catalog's lingerie section
Posted on 3/1/26 at 12:50 pm to FLTech
And the silent shame of Mom asking where the "husky" section was.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 1:19 pm to Disco Ball
On rewatching it kinda hits as a downer when the mom is steering the kids toward the cheaper options, I remember that same tone of voice from mother ending up with Rustler jeans instead of Guess or Girbaud.
She knew the shoes were shite and basically lying to the kid, you’re not good enough for the nice shoes.
She knew the shoes were shite and basically lying to the kid, you’re not good enough for the nice shoes.
Posted on 3/1/26 at 1:48 pm to FLTech
It’s funny seeing a normal suburban mom with kids driving a tank of a car like that
We used to be a proper country
We used to be a proper country
Posted on 3/1/26 at 1:59 pm to Havoc
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On rewatching it kinda hits as a downer when the mom is steering the kids toward the cheaper options, I remember that same tone of voice from mother ending up with Rustler jeans instead of Guess or Girbaud. She knew the shoes were shite and basically lying to the kid, you’re not good enough for the nice shoes.
Just because my mother wouldn’t purchase me the “nice” clothes doesn’t mean she didnt think i was good enough…im sorry if that was your reality :(
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