r/SEARS

Nothing changed there but I thought I’d share some fun facts about it that you guys might find interesting.

You know how Primark occupies a floor at some other Sears locations? Well, I’ve been told they were interested in occupying the bottom floor in Concord as well some time ago but nothing happened of it. They were also open to the idea of only leasing some of the space to smaller tenants or even “something like a flea market” or for it to be used as literally anything but it was complete radio silence.

It’s clear the layout of the entrance down there with that corridor to the side of the mall isn’t very attractive to potential tenants.

Another deal for the Auto Center also fell through.

Sunvalley Mall also recently changed ownership and hiked rents which resulted in a handful of stores and kiosks closing or switch locations elsewhere in the building.

I don’t think we’ll be seeing any other business threatening Sears here.

Nothing new in Concord but recent numbers put El Paso now on top, Concord and Braintree roughly equal and the two Florida locations at the bottom. The plan to open up a third Florida pop up store in Fort Lauderdale fell through. Apparently due to issues getting it approved. They’ve also told me Transformco has become a lot more secretive towards them lately regarding what their plans are. Interpret that how you will.

Heard some chatter about pop up stores on this sub . Anyone know if the came to fruition at all or just rumors. If so what r the locations. Heard Tucson somewhere on this sub but didn't see any other reaffirming post.

It took over a year, but there has finally been some progress on construction at the Orlando Sears. The new elevator inside the has been installed on the opposite side of the store. It is barricaded and covered in paper behind a row of boxed appliances. The former escalator atrium is being closed up and eventually the old elevator will be removed. Hopefully the traps come down soon to reveal proper framed walls.

Just set your money on fire and watch it burn. You will get more satisfaction than dealing with this fraudulent company.

I’m stuck in Orlando for the month, so I figured I’d check out one of the Final Five Sears stores in existence. I didn’t take pictures because there are tons in this sub already, and it honestly took longer to park than how much time I spent in there. I was actually prepared and semi-excited to buy something from hardware, but I never even made it that far because I just felt an overwhelming need to leave.

Obviously, it was incredibly depressing for me. It really just looked like they’re keeping the doors open because Transformco says so and aren’t trying to actually make it a retail store whatsoever. I feel bad for the employees who are running out the clock - hopefully they’re being taken care of. The JC Penney (which I know is on its last legs) I walked through to get there was comparatively bustling and looked “normal” and fully stocked compared to this sad attempt at a retail store. Sears had refrigerators, washers/dryers, grills and large promotional signage at and outside of the mall entrance, blocking what was behind it all and making it almost impossible to see that there was an operational store behind it all. Most of the first floor was apparel with some indoor and outdoor appliances interspersed, which was strange. There was one outside entrance open near MPU, which was the most tucked-away of the three once-available options. Driving around the outside, it looked like they had removed a bunch of the auto center innards as there was fencing around it and a couple of roll-off dumpsters with a ton of garbage in them. Signs all around saying “we’re open!” And pointing to the MPU entrance. There were a handful of “shoppers” inside, but nobody actually buying anything. I didn’t even go upstairs, since all that was available to do so was an elevator down a weird walled-off-from-construction corridor. Literally less than five minutes inside. The rest of the mall was actually decently busy for a Thursday around 3pm.

I’ll choose to remember my second-to-last visit to a Sears back in the mid-2000s as what Sears actually was to me, which was a retail wonderland.

My mother has been being scammed by Sears Parts Direct for years. She ordered Brita filters through them once, and now every 6 months she is charged on her credit card. She receives no filters. She wants no filters. She’s cancelled the order multiple times, she’s talked to her bank and SPD multiple times, and the charges still keep coming though. Most recently her bank declined to refund the fraudulent charge so she is going to leave this bank (US Bank, go figure) unless they reverse their decision (unlikely). Has anyone had a similar experience with this website? I’m wondering if there is there any potential here for a class action lawsuit…certainly she’s not alone in this.