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Who remembers Woolworths?
Saw a blast from the past today....
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Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Who remembers Woolworths?
I remember Woolworths. I grew up in N. California and my mother would drag me there all the time. I would get some candy out of the deal so it wasn't that bad.
Who remembers Woolworths?
I remember Woolworths. I grew up in N. California and my mother would drag me there all the time. I would get some candy out of the deal so it wasn't that bad.
Originally Posted By: Diesel_Clatter
There is a Kmart very convenient to where I live and I almost never go there.
My wife and I have a running joke about how they never have what we are looking for.
Just last weekend I did attempt to find a garden hose nozzle there. They had some weird fan spray things but no basic nozzles.
Today my wife needed some yarn. She told me she was going to try Kmart. I told her they probably wouldn't have it. I was right.
This seems to happen every time I give them a chance, which is why I usually pass them by.
There is nothing exciting in their oil isle either. Even their Spectrum store brand looks relatively expensive.
They do seem like they could go under any day.
If this current/upcoming recession doesn't have them go belly up, I don't know what will.
Kmart = the cockroach of retail (they never die)
There is a Kmart very convenient to where I live and I almost never go there.
My wife and I have a running joke about how they never have what we are looking for.
Just last weekend I did attempt to find a garden hose nozzle there. They had some weird fan spray things but no basic nozzles.
Today my wife needed some yarn. She told me she was going to try Kmart. I told her they probably wouldn't have it. I was right.
This seems to happen every time I give them a chance, which is why I usually pass them by.
There is nothing exciting in their oil isle either. Even their Spectrum store brand looks relatively expensive.
They do seem like they could go under any day.
If this current/upcoming recession doesn't have them go belly up, I don't know what will.
Kmart = the cockroach of retail (they never die)
Yeah, Safeway was a big deal when I lived in Cali. I haven't seen them in Wisconsin, but when I was working in Boulder, CO, they had them there.
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Our Woolworths was the first "big" store to appear in Portage Place, which was a new mall that was built on the other end of town from the previous malls.... to try and help "build-up" that end of town. It was then replaced by a K-Mart. Which was then replaced by a Walmart.
Walmart then went into "MEGA" mode and built below Canadian Tire. So the old Walmart is now a Golds Gym. Shoppers Drug Mart is building directly across from Walmart to try and get some of their business back.
Walmart RAPES local business. It's open 24 hours and always busy. Sad really........
We just got a new COSTCO too.....
I can hear the local retailers screaming for some lube.....
Walmart then went into "MEGA" mode and built below Canadian Tire. So the old Walmart is now a Golds Gym. Shoppers Drug Mart is building directly across from Walmart to try and get some of their business back.
Walmart RAPES local business. It's open 24 hours and always busy. Sad really........
We just got a new COSTCO too.....
I can hear the local retailers screaming for some lube.....
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Our Woolworths was the first "big" store to appear in Portage Place, which was a new mall that was built on the other end of town from the previous malls.... to try and help "build-up" that end of town. It was then replaced by a K-Mart. Which was then replaced by a Walmart.
Walmart then went into "MEGA" mode and built below Canadian Tire. So the old Walmart is now a Golds Gym. Shoppers Drug Mart is building directly across from Walmart to try and get some of their business back.
Walmart RAPES local business. It's open 24 hours and always busy. Sad really........
We just got a new COSTCO too.....
I can hear the local retailers screaming for some lube.....
Yeah, if the WalMart didn't do it, the Costco will. I lived in a town 3 years ago that had a Costco and that place was crazy busy. If you didn't come within the first couple of hours on a given day, you'd be parking a ways away.
WalMart kind of [censored] me off in my town. They moved into a new building and their old building is now an eyesore. Weeds growing everywhere, looks dilapidated, etc. Now the retailer (Steve and Barrys) that leased the building from WalMart, went out of business.
In the past couple months the following stores have went out of business near me. You may have not heard of a couple of them:
1. County Market (a very large grocery store chain)
2. Linens N Things (a national retailer)
3. Steve & Barry's clothing (a national clothing retailer)
I'm guessing that many other retailers will close their doors in 2009.
Our Woolworths was the first "big" store to appear in Portage Place, which was a new mall that was built on the other end of town from the previous malls.... to try and help "build-up" that end of town. It was then replaced by a K-Mart. Which was then replaced by a Walmart.
Walmart then went into "MEGA" mode and built below Canadian Tire. So the old Walmart is now a Golds Gym. Shoppers Drug Mart is building directly across from Walmart to try and get some of their business back.
Walmart RAPES local business. It's open 24 hours and always busy. Sad really........
We just got a new COSTCO too.....
I can hear the local retailers screaming for some lube.....
Yeah, if the WalMart didn't do it, the Costco will. I lived in a town 3 years ago that had a Costco and that place was crazy busy. If you didn't come within the first couple of hours on a given day, you'd be parking a ways away.
WalMart kind of [censored] me off in my town. They moved into a new building and their old building is now an eyesore. Weeds growing everywhere, looks dilapidated, etc. Now the retailer (Steve and Barrys) that leased the building from WalMart, went out of business.
In the past couple months the following stores have went out of business near me. You may have not heard of a couple of them:
1. County Market (a very large grocery store chain)
2. Linens N Things (a national retailer)
3. Steve & Barry's clothing (a national clothing retailer)
I'm guessing that many other retailers will close their doors in 2009.
Woolworths is a grocery store in Australia.
Regarding Kmart, we have one locally. The lot is never more than half full at any time of day. Pretty much the Kmart crowd has gone to the Walmart that was recently built nearby.
Regarding Kmart, we have one locally. The lot is never more than half full at any time of day. Pretty much the Kmart crowd has gone to the Walmart that was recently built nearby.
genynnc, you'd have liked the "Big A" in Biddeford Maine before they turned into Carquest. Cans of 20w20 with an amazing amount of dust and grime! I think these were the newest cans, with metal tops and bottoms, and cardboard sides, and over time the cardboard leached a little oil through which attracted dust like a magnet! Truly horrible oil, I don't care how much zinc it had, it cold cranked like a 20w50 and hot protected like a 5w20! Yuck!
KMart factoid: If you bought a new Daewoo in the mid 90's before their dealer network was up and running you'd have to get your warranty work done at KMart's Penske car care centers!
KMart factoid: If you bought a new Daewoo in the mid 90's before their dealer network was up and running you'd have to get your warranty work done at KMart's Penske car care centers!
Originally Posted By: bobfather99
Originally Posted By: genynnc
( i have to admit a little about my stupid addiction of looking for old oil in every odd town I drive through)...
Me too...
You never know when you will hit the jackpot...
Even if you win the jackpot, all you win is a few quarts of really old oil.
Originally Posted By: genynnc
( i have to admit a little about my stupid addiction of looking for old oil in every odd town I drive through)...
Me too...
You never know when you will hit the jackpot...
Even if you win the jackpot, all you win is a few quarts of really old oil.
had a kmart here a long time ago, they actually carried decently priced oil, was the only place that i could find Superflo.
then the store went under, close Kmart is 30 miles away and last time i was there the oil selection sucked and like previous posts, older rated oil at insane prices.
and no oil filters, how can you sell oil but no filters.....don't make sense to me.
then the store went under, close Kmart is 30 miles away and last time i was there the oil selection sucked and like previous posts, older rated oil at insane prices.
and no oil filters, how can you sell oil but no filters.....don't make sense to me.
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Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Who remembers Woolworths?
I do! Then it turned into Woolco didn't it? We had a Woolco at our local mall, which then turned into a Walmart.
Who remembers Woolworths?
I do! Then it turned into Woolco didn't it? We had a Woolco at our local mall, which then turned into a Walmart.
There is a hardware store I frequent that still has quarts of "Pennzoil PZL Turbo 10W-30" for the everyday low price of $5.99! Back in the day this oil probably sold for maybe $1.50.
This thread is way more interesting than anything I've seen at the local K-Mart (or Big-K or whatever they're calling themselves nowadays) in the two or three times I've visited it in the last ten years. It's oil section was pretty much just like the others here describe -- a cross between an oil museum and a dust collection experiment gone awry.
haven't been to the local K in awhile, but it's still there. the Weis supermarket next to it is getting rebuilt, don't know what's going in there yet.
KM is a depressing store; I get the woolworths comparison also. there was a WW in the local mall when I was a kid on LI. in the '80's, it still felt like you were stepping back into the '60's (and not in a good way). they still had plaid wallpaper! it was the place mom would drag us to go clothes shopping, and she would buy fabric there. they even still had a lunch counter.
I HATE the WM here also. always a mess, always crowded, always takes forever to get through the place, 3 out of 20 registers open. and it's NOT always the best price. on some things, yes, but not on others. but they get you in, they drain your life force from you so that you don't have the energy to go somewhere else where it's cheaper ('oh, just get it NOW, you're already here!'). I left there the other day w/ like 4 bags of stuff, nothing fancy, and spent $77! the only reson I was there anyway is because we got some WM gift cards for our new baby. otherwise, I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
KM is a depressing store; I get the woolworths comparison also. there was a WW in the local mall when I was a kid on LI. in the '80's, it still felt like you were stepping back into the '60's (and not in a good way). they still had plaid wallpaper! it was the place mom would drag us to go clothes shopping, and she would buy fabric there. they even still had a lunch counter.
I HATE the WM here also. always a mess, always crowded, always takes forever to get through the place, 3 out of 20 registers open. and it's NOT always the best price. on some things, yes, but not on others. but they get you in, they drain your life force from you so that you don't have the energy to go somewhere else where it's cheaper ('oh, just get it NOW, you're already here!'). I left there the other day w/ like 4 bags of stuff, nothing fancy, and spent $77! the only reson I was there anyway is because we got some WM gift cards for our new baby. otherwise, I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
I ran into some of the old Pennzoil Synth at an Advance Auto back in 2006. It was all SJ and SL. There was also a nice supply of SL M1 15W50. I convinced the manager to give the whole stock to me at $2.50 a quart. Use the Pennzoil (10W30) in the CR-V and the 15W50 M1 gets mixed with 10W30 M1 for the 9-5. Just used my last 2 qts on my last oil change.
I always wonder why some department stores and grocery stores even carry oil when they have no intention of being competitive. If I need oil bad enough and am willing to be bent over to buy it I will get it at the local 24 hour gas station.
Originally Posted By: mpvue
I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
Permission to use that phrase in the future?
I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
Permission to use that phrase in the future?
Originally Posted By: Saturn_Fan
Originally Posted By: mpvue
I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
Permission to use that phrase in the future?
why not? I'm sure I swiped it from somewhere else anyway
. I just wanted to make sure my feelings on WM wern't misunderstood.
Originally Posted By: mpvue
I avoid it like it's a friggn pitbull w/ AIDS.
Permission to use that phrase in the future?
why not? I'm sure I swiped it from somewhere else anyway
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