Tech From a 30-Year-Old Sears Catalog

Re:Tech From a 30-Year-Old Sears Catalog by NSAID on Sunday September 01, 2013 @01:15PM (#6311163)

"Sears should have morphed into Amazon."

They were so close. They started the Discover CC, the Prodigy computer network, and were the largest retailer nationwide. They shut down mail orders two years before Amazon launched.

http://www.metafilter.com/62394/The-Record-Industrys-Decline...

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Re:Tech From a 30-Year-Old Sears Catalog by thought_alarm on Sunday September 01, 2013 @01:50PM (#6311303)

I don't know about the US, but many small towns in Canada still have a Sears storefront where people can pick up their orders. My parents furnished their cottage that way.

The Sears "Catalogue" is also still alive and well. The 2013 Wish Book is 700 pages: https://secure.sears.ca/catalog-request

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Re:Tech From a 30-Year-Old Sears Catalog by awor on Sunday September 01, 2013 @06:50PM (#6312516)

Can confirm. I live in Northern Canada, and often Sears has the cheapest shipping on larger items, appliances, etc. Our shipping options are extremely limited (mostly just Canada Post). I bought a 40" TV that cost me only $7 in shipping, delivered to my local gas station /Sears Pickup Depot. I'm about a ~30 hour drive north of Vancouver

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