Here are some more pictures I've been sitting on. I've got about 300 in total of the Coral Gables and Orlando locations when I visited them about two months ago. If there's a specific spot in these stores you are all interested in, please let me know as I can only upload 20 at a time.
Does it make a difference if I still login just to browse Reddit without participating or should I just do that while logged out and only log in every now and then to file multiple appeals per week?
Should I change my email address so it's no longer an alias? Then again, I've had my account for over 5 years now with an alias email so I'm pretty that's not the issue but idk if that affects the appeal process?
When logging in, should I now do it on a seperate browser that I exclude from my VPN? (I use a VPN 24/7 on all my devices for security reasons, nothing to do with how I access Reddit)
What's the success rate on appeals anyway? (assuming you did nothing wrong of course)
Sears Roebuck and Company started the brand Craftsman on May 20th of 1927, just 2 years after Sears began opening stores in California and Washington State. Craftsman tools really were top quality tools that were made in the USA for much of the 20th Century and even in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Once the sale of the brand to Stanley Black and Decker happened in 2017 the quality was dropping fast as was the in-store and online selection under Eddie Lampert.
Today there are 5 Sears left in the United States and all of them still sell Craftsman tools (which [even sell site wide as well] (https://www.sears.com/tools-craftsman-tools/b-1324478419?sortOption=UNITS_HIGH_TO_LOW&storeOrigin=Sears&filterList=sortOption,storeOrigin)). But as for the wet/dry vacuums aka (also known as) shop vacuums, sadly they don't have Craftsman branded wet/dry vacuums anymore. All they have is VacMaster wet/dry vacuums and even Craftsman and VacMaster replacement filters now: https://www.sears.com/tools-wet-dry-vacs/b-1200004900?subCatView=true&sortOption=UNITS_HIGH_TO_LOW&adcell=Tools_VisNav_WetDryVac&storeOrigin=Sears&filterList=sortOption,storeOrigin
- Coral Gables in Miami Florida 10/27/1954 - present (3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145)
- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California 10/19/1966 - present (1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520)
- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts 10/6/1980 - present (250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184)
- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas 2/24/1982 - present (8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925)
- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida 3/12/1986 - present (8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809)
Sources
The Wayback Machine
2002
2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20040923090008/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=TOOL
2006
Sears Hardware Collegeville Pennsylvania (1995 - sometime in the early, mid or late 2010s) on November 14 2006 (AP Photo / George Widman / Penn Live)
https://www.pennlive.com/galleries/CAFAWZ7YP5GVPJD5O4BC6RNTC4/
2007
https://web.archive.org/web/20071011001232/http://www.sears.com/shc/s/v_10153_12605_Tools?adCell=AH
2008
Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee Illinois (October 1st of 1980 - February 2nd of 2020) on April 22nd of 2008
(James D Williams (c_r_o_n) / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26551393@N03/2489961283
Sears Laurelwood Poplar Avenue Memphis Tennessee (May 7 1958 - April 10 2016) on October 1st of 2012 (Ken Wright / Foursquare)
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b5606b0f964a52099fc27e3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b5606b0f964a52099fc27e3/photos
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b5606b0f964a52099fc27e3?openPhotoId=5069ebfae4b0058e9e6b5fbb
Stonebriar Mall in Frisco Texas (July 15 2000 - January 6 2019) on April 29 2018 (Tony Dang / Foursquare)
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4babab46f964a5209dbe3ae3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4babab46f964a5209dbe3ae3/photos
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4babab46f964a5209dbe3ae3?openPhotoId=5ae60e765d891b002cb5bd46
South Hills Village in Bethel Park Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (July 28th of 1965 - September 2nd of 2018) on May 18th of 2011 (Gene J Puskar / AP Talbot / Penn Live)
Coral Gables in Miami Florida (October 27 1954 - present) on September 19 2017 and November 9 2018 (Phillip Pessar / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/southbeachcars/36494801154/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/southbeachcars/43983822080/
Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California (The Last Open Sears In CA And On The West Coast October 19 1966 - present) on August 6 2022 (Steven Martinez / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/158376442@N07/52314321337/in/album-72177720301631042
Sears Grand in Las Vegas Nevada (July 31st 2004 - January 27 2019) on June 9 2016 (Kmart World)
https://www.kmartworld.com/2016/06/spotlight-sears-grand-las-vegas-nv.html
Sears Grand (Former Kmart) in Solon Ohio (KMart March 16 1978 - September 24 2006, Sears Grand September 24 2006 - December 7 2014) on December 29th of 2012 (Nicholas Eckhart aka / also known as Fan of Retail / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fanofretail/8708373677/
Boyle Heights in Los Angeles California (The First Sears Location In CA July 27 1927 - April 17-18 2021) on July 22 2017 (Kmart World)
https://www.kmartworld.com/2017/08/spotlight-sears-boyle-heights-ca.html
Westland Mall Hialeah Florida (August 18 1971 - Sometime in January or February of 2020) March 12 2019 (Phillip Pessar / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/southbeachcars/47360451231/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sears_Westland_Mall_-_Craftsman_Tools.jpg
Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights California (August 30 1972 - July 15 2018) on December 31st 2012 / sometime in December 2012 (Juee R / Yelp)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-citrus-heights-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-citrus-heights-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-citrus-heights-2?start=60&select=5iVlFO3H5K5sRW-MmDLHEQ
Falls Church Virginia, originally Lord and Taylor (L&T sometime in the 1950-1954 timeframe - 1992, Caldor 1994 - 1998, Sears November 14 1998 - April 12 2020) on April 15 2018 (Joshua Vasquez / Google)
76 South Lander Street in Seattle Washington (The First Sears Location In WA State May 4th of 1925 - June 1st of 2014) circa 2013 (Tom McMahon / Youtube)
Southcenter Mall near Seattle Washington, originally Frederick and Nelson, then the last Sears in WA State (F&N 1968 - 1992, Sears sometime in March 1994 - December 15 2024) on November 12 2018 (Midwest Retail / Flickr)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/153499399@N02/46036389055/
https://midwestreal.blogspot.com/
Skip to 5:30. Apparently El Paso isn't as chill as Concord, Coral Gables and Orlando or maybe it's just that Sears likes me more than this guy. 😂
I've completed the San Jose expansion, added Irvington station, expanded the yellow line to Brentwood, the red and orange lines to Vallejo, the blue line to Livermore, and created a brand new purple line from Daly City via Richmond to Novato. Furthermore, there's now service from SFO/Millbrae to San Mateo and Hayward using a second transbay tunnel. Not to mention service from Daly City to Pacifica, from West Dublin/Pleasanton via San Ramon to Walnut Creek, a connection from Concord to the newly expanded red and orange lines, and of course a Geary subway. Imagine the rest of the peninsula and San Francisco still being serviced by Caltrain and Muni.
Credit to Subway Builder.
Took some pictures of all the new inventory they've got! The manager told me they're "doing so good right now, don't be surprised if he reopens one." 😅 (he as in Eddie Lampert)
They did get rid of appliances at the mall entrance as they're now planning to have an appliance showroom on the other side of the store. Although they've now told me it will include non Kenmore appliances as well, so technically it won't be called a Kenmore Studio after all.
Unfortunately there were some shoplifters and unruly kids at the store today. There's this girl who admitted she broke a window a few years ago and brought a bunch of homeless people and a dog into the store. After trying to leave through one of the entrances that turned out to be locked, they ended up leaving empty handed after getting caught.
The manager did insist I tell you all that all the closed Sears stores that have their signs still up are still owned by Transformco and they keep maintaining them to make sure things like electricity and plumbing keep working. When the signs go down and the lights go out, that's when you know they were just sold.
There are actually two luggage sections. Next to small appliances and underneath the escalators.
It was cloudy here but I did have a little bit of luck going to the Embarcadero. That's the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
It was cloudy here but I did have a little bit of luck going to the Embarcadero. That's the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Yep, that's still there lol.
Might be a bit of a rant but here in California, why is it that Trotskyists make up the majority of communists?! It's either them or DSA "Marxists". If you try to talk to them, all they'll end up doing is yell StAliNiSt at you or some other nonsense. It's so exhausting, really.
Well, I've seen others but usually it's small groups no one has ever heard of and they just preach "no war", "against ICE" and "AI bad" and sure, that's nice and all but there's rarely any substance behind it all.
The San Jose expansion can't come soon enough imo. Once that's done, I'd love to see them extend the yellow line to Stockton and the red line to Vallejo and Fairfield. Perhaps the blue line can also be extended to Livermore. Dare I mention Marin county and a connection from Colma to Pacifica?
In the more distant future, I'd also love to see a connection between Dublin and Walnut Creek and an extension from Millbrae to San Mateo and have a second transbay tunnel from there to Hayward. The rest of the peninsula can still be served by Caltrain, although honestly I wish all the transit agencies would merge and we could have a monthly pass to ride them all.
The store looks exactly the same as last week as the manager has been on vacation.
That said, they've been quite busy just like every weekend and so was the rest of the mall. As in half a dozen people waiting in line at checkout at all times.
What is new is that Sunvalley is no longer a Simon owned mall. They're now "leased and managed by Spinoso".
Also, the bottom floor (while still being a warehouse) does look more neatly organized now. For those curious, most of their boxes I saw that had a shipping label on them came from Ontario, CA and Garland, TX with some shipped straight to the store itself.
Yep, they still have them!
I know there are other ways to play and rip Blu-rays on a Mac but this was the only player officially licensed to do so by the Blu-ray Disc Association.
Worst of all, it never received Apple Silicon support and Mac OS 27 will be the last version to still support these older Intel based apps via the Rosetta compatibility layer.
Keep in mind, we're talking about standard 1080p Blu-rays. There has never been an official way to play 4K Blu-rays on a Mac. Even on Windows, the DRM that was used (Intel SGX) had major CPU based security vulnerabilities and has thus been discontinued for several years now.
I've become more aware of my privacy around 2018 and honestly I feel like I'm using basically the exact same software and services as back then. The privacytoolsio website, now privacyguides, is largely unchanged all these years later.
Is there anything new that came out post 2020? Honestly, all I can think of is Proton Drive and the introduction of lockdown mode and advanced data protection on iOS.
I feel like the privacy landscape completely missed the rise of AI and now we're lacking the necessary tools to protect us from AI surveillance companies. Not to mention school and work increasingly forcing us to install literal spyware on our own devices ever since the pandemic.
International terminal G. Traveler is leaving the US, not arriving. I've selected traveler greeting and farewell but honestly knowing my mom, it's probably gonna be a bit of traveler assistance as well (but nothing disability related or anything like that) but the website didn't allow me to select both.
This is my first time being aware of the SFO Gate Explorer program.
Yep, they've got jewelry. Apparently Coral Gables and Concord are the only Sears stores left that sell jewelry. Although El Paso does sell perfume.
