....oh also the averge American is a great big punter for buying stuff they don't even need LOL
Not at all like us over here, eh?
Chinese online shops (eg AliExpress), for even less money. Shipping is generally negligible from China too, although it can take a couple of weeks.
Sears stopped being anything other than a vendor of cheapnese tat in the 1980s; a shadow of their former self these days. Harbor Fright/Harbor S***e/Harbor Freight are the same, they just have a wider range of stock than most.I was an ocassional visitor to Michigan during the 90s and I always had a look in Sears when I was there as there were fair sized DIY/tool departments in the bigger stores.
Could never bring anything heavy home but usually brought back things like wood router bits, which were $ for £, so about half-price back then.
Sears didn't use to do any mail-order outside of mainland USA those days, which I thought was a pity. Now I see that they have started a mail-order service but the range of tools is nothing like what it was.
I imagine that they're feeling the pinch in the US economy and concentrating on pink things for ladies that have high profit margins.