The Sears in the local mall is going out of business and is having a 40% off sale clearing everything out. I know recent opinions on the quality of their tools has soured some, but what tools and shop stuff there should be at the top of my list when I go and see what's left?
Got a full set of gear wrenches yet? Also, you may want to check throughout their automotive specialty tools - the Lisle stuff tends to be a lot better than HF tools, and a lot of times is made in the USA.
other than tools, a new TV? Socks and underwear?
I recently bought a tubing double flair tool from sears, it was surprisingly really good.
The $50 winch is slow but surprisingly capable (after you bypass the overheat protection).
eastsidemav wrote: Got a full set of gear wrenches yet?
You do? Then buy two more. Get the ones with the flexible ends.
Pay close attention to the prices, rather than just the discounts. Oftentimes retailers liquidate their inventories to another company charged with clearing out the store. The first step is usually inflating the retail price to minimize actual savings until the desirable merchandise is gone.
Mitchell wrote: Pay close attention to the prices, rather than just the discounts. Oftentimes retailers liquidate their inventories to another company charged with clearing out the store. The first step is usually inflating the retail price to minimize actual savings until the desirable merchandise is gone.
This. People get nuts over a fat discount, and fail to realize that the price was already 40% higher than average retail, to account for the 40% off.
The only real thing to do at these liquidation sales is wait until the prices go to an alleged 80% off, then see if there's anything interesting/useful in the dregs.
when they get to renovating the space for a new tenant, snag the light fixtures and the shelving.
AngryCorvair wrote: when they get to renovating the space for a new tenant, snag the light fixtures and the shelving.
Now that's GRM....
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I'll probably try swinging by the store after work today and seeing what things look like. The GF/STBF works part-time in another store in the mall, so I can have her give me updates on when they drop prices more and start selling fixures (though without having a garage at the moment it's hard to plan what to get storage/lighting wise...).
AngryCorvair wrote: when they get to renovating the space for a new tenant, snag the light fixtures and the shelving.
This is genius!
I'm sitting at a desk/chair/file cabinet I snagged from a local office building that was being torn down - it's all 100yr old solid oak. I gave the 2 kids $20 to put it in my pickup instead of the dumpster. 2 days with stripper and Min Wax... and one man's trash.... is another's $2500 worth of antique furniture ;)
TIRES!!!
I've found great deals before on their in stock tires.
mndsm wrote:Mitchell wrote: Pay close attention to the prices, rather than just the discounts. Oftentimes retailers liquidate their inventories to another company charged with clearing out the store. The first step is usually inflating the retail price to minimize actual savings until the desirable merchandise is gone.This. People get nuts over a fat discount, and fail to realize that the price was already 40% higher than average retail, to account for the 40% off.
Sears does this all the time with their tool sets, even when they're not liquidating. They'll have a 200 piece "mechanics" tool set on sale for $150, regular $250, but the set is only available during that special 1 week sale. The rest of the year you have to settle for their 197 piece set for $155 or their 250 piece set for $190.
In reply to Ashyukun:
off topic, but at this point shouldn't you just go ahead and use swmbo? It's way less confusing for the rest of us who have to decipher what gf/stbf means.
moparman76_69 wrote: In reply to Ashyukun: off topic, but at this point shouldn't you just go ahead and use swmbo? It's way less confusing for the rest of us who have to decipher what gf/stbf means.
Steady-time Boyfriend?
Woody wrote:AngryCorvair wrote: when they get to renovating the space for a new tenant, snag the light fixtures and the shelving.Now *that's* GRM....
seriously...slatwall and pegs is the way to go when youre ready to organize a workshop...
moparman76_69 wrote: In reply to Ashyukun: off topic, but at this point shouldn't you just go ahead and use swmbo? It's way less confusing for the rest of us who have to decipher what gf/stbf means.
Girlfriend/Soon-to-be-fiancee. Would just be 'fiancee' if the jeweler's designers weren't slow and clueless. SWMBO would be easier, but it also just doesn't sit right with me. May change my mind after a year or two of being married. 
Hasn't sears been going out of business for a few years now?
mad_machine wrote: Hasn't sears been going out of business for a few years now?
I was in our Sears just the other day--no wonder they're going out of business. No merchandising strategy, half the lights were out, and the styles on the manicans looked to be about 10 years out of date.
mad_machine wrote: Hasn't sears been going out of business for a few years now?
The one here that is going down isn't much of a surprise- it's literally in the middle of the mall. As in, to get from one side of the mall to the other, you have to walk THROUGH the Sears. You'd probably think this would mean they'd get a lot more sales from the traffic, but it apparently mainly means that they just have to pay more in upkeep from the additional traffic. It's always been a head-scratcher for me how they have the store laid out too- the main 'path' through the store from the two sides of the mall is about 75% clothing going through both Men's & Women's, and 25% through the electronics & appliances. Why they didn't put the tools section at least bordering on the main path and not off in a corner like it is has always mystified me.
I got my coveralls from sears, good sturdy stuff.
Buy a Grip Tite socket set, it's much harder to round off a bolt with these.
accordionfolder wrote: I got my coveralls from sears, good sturdy stuff.
That's a good point... the Craftsman work pants I picked up a 4 years or so ago are starting to show their age and the abuse I put them through...
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