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I'm not 100% sure why, but for me Sears has always been the trusted name in vacuum cleaners, and for a decade until Sears closed I went there for vacuum cleaner
by Fricken 7y ago
I'm not 100% sure why, but for me Sears has always been the trusted name in vacuum cleaners, and for a decade until Sears closed I went there for vacuum cleaner bags, every couple years or so. It never occurred to me to go to Sears for any other reason.
- chipotle_coyote 7y agoI know my mom had a Kenmore canister vacuum cleaner for decades before it finally broke -- it worked and despite being a plastic canister, it was clearly very well-made; she replaced it with a more "high-end" brand, I think a Sebo, that she doesn't like as much. I know they were always made for Sears by another company, just like Radio Shack's "exclusive" brands, but I don't know who made them in the 1980s. (It appears Panasonic had been making them during the 2000s, but some information I've found suggests that Panasonic got out of that business entirely in 2016.)
- mark-r 7y agoI gave up on Sears finally when I needed a vacuum cleaner part, something like a filter that would need regular replacement. I went to a Sears that had a parts department, and saw that they still sold the vacuum I had. But the parts department didn't have the part in stock - they suggested I could order it and wait for it to come in. I said no thanks, I could buy it online for half the price and have it shipped to my house, saving a trip back to the store.