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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by jbob2000 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:55PM (#18860126)
Reading this, it makes it seem that Sears died because the middle class died. Why did people ditch this middle-of-the-road experience for the cheaper one? Because they were forced to.
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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by bluedino on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @06:46PM (#18860950)
People also buy more of things. Before, you saved up $800 for a 35” console tv.

Today, you buy a $199 tv for every bedroom, living room, man cave, etc in the house

We have way, way more possessions than our parents, and especially grandparents did.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by ghaff on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @05:30PM (#18860400)
People ditched the middle-of-the-road experience because the cheaper experience wasn't an option. Would I buy things for more money if there were no Walmart? Sure. But, for many things, I'll buy at Walmart given the option. Even middle class people like to save money and the value add from more expensive shops often isn't worth the price.
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