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PotatoJudge posted:KMart is owned by Sears and both are being run into the ground by their CEO, he's a big time believer in Ayn Rand's books / philosophy. That almost explains that perplexing musty smell that all K-marts have.
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fearlessflyingfish posted:That almost explains that perplexing musty smell that all K-marts have. that or... wait does asbestos have a smell?
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phobo posted:I worked there 16 years ago. you're probably still on their payroll somehow, check your accounts
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/photos-kmart_n_4575711.html
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Maka posted:my local kmart closed down and got turned into a whole foods enjoy your garbage store for gullible idiots
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Maka posted:my local kmart closed down and got turned into a whole foods You should probably mention that you bombed the Kmart before that happened.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:22
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Feb 22, 2015 01:26
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There's a KMart in Minneapolis that's not only a decrepit pile of poo poo, but also divides a major thoroughfare, presenting a roadblock between downtown and the southern part of town. It smells like dust and sad and old, sour poo poo. The best thing about it is the taco trucks that park in the parking lot during lunchtime.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:41
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looks like they've got a monopoly on board games
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a few months back i needed a couple big boxes of unlubricated condoms for reasons and the only place i could find them (after checking multiple drugstores/walmarts) was kmart so thats why kmart is still open, because theyve got the big boxes of unlubricated condoms
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:looks like they've got a monopoly on board games They should break it down and build a hotel on it
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social vegan posted:They should break it down and build a hotel on it it'd suck to get railroaded down that aisle
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:it'd suck to get railroaded down that aisle Say what you will about KMart, but at least they have plenty of free parking.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:50
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back in like 09 kmart was oddly the place to go for video games. they broke the mass effect street date by like 3 drat weeks
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Feb 22, 2015 01:55
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I always thought places like this would be great for an indoor paintball arena.
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There is only one K-Mart left near me in Beverly Hills, and amazingly, it's the only K-Mart I've been in that's both busy and not a piece of poo poo. It's shocking to me every time. K-Mart Corporate Genius 101: Create something as as memorable and pop-culture as the "Blue Light Special" then discontinue it entirely for decades, despite it being so successful everyone knows what you're talking about when you bring it up (that's over 20, I suppose). Blue Raider posted:back in like 09 kmart was oddly the place to go for video games. they broke the mass effect street date by like 3 drat weeks It is true, they pride themselves in not giving a poo poo about retailer agreements apparently. Before it closed the K-Mart in my home town was the place to go for shoplifting, pretty much. I remember sitting at the return counter for 45 minutes waiting for an idiot to return money to my credit card, watching people carry electronics out the door with alarms blaring, and not a single gently caress was given. This happened at least four, five times. Clerks would look up, shrug, give a "Not my problem!" look and just go on about their day. ED: Actually, I take that back. They got annoyed the alarm "ran for so long" because it was "annoying." Keep in mind nobody was working in electronics, so there's literally no way this could have been a misunderstanding. It was surreal. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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There are KMarts in Manhattan but no Walmarts. The people protest against opening up Walmart but have no problem with a giant, ugly, empty KMart in the center of the universe. The rents must be insane for those locations on to of that... How do they stay open? Who shops there? Whyyyyyy
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good luck finding booze, lube, a cucumber and clean underwear in one stop at 4 in the morning, manhattan
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the closest one to me got turned into a charter school this year I'd make a joke about half empty bookshelves, but they have literally no outdoor space or room for any kind of field, just an open parking lot with the spaces still painted in at least they can take a field trip to the local latino supermarket a hundred feet away in the nearby strip mall
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PotatoJudge posted:KMart is owned by Sears and both are being run into the ground by their CEO, he's a big time believer in Ayn Rand's books / philosophy. Counterpoint, the CEO of Amazon believes the same things. K mart just sucks it has nothing to do about libertarian philosophy.
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gggiiimmmppp posted:good luck finding booze, lube, a cucumber and clean underwear in one stop at 4 in the morning, manhattan Srsly. Once Duane Reade and the local bodega close for the evening, you're boned.
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I went there last week to buy two bottles of maximum strength cough syrup.
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gggiiimmmppp posted:a few months back i needed a couple big boxes of unlubricated condoms for reasons and the only place i could find them (after checking multiple drugstores/walmarts) was kmart Listen man, it's not my idea, just yours, but I think you know what you have to do.
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I am so not surprised that a libertarian turned out to be terrible at business. I look forward to hearing that K-Mary is now exclusively working in Bitcoin soon.
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quick someone post that youtube video of the baby faced 20 something in a suit going to a horrible store that was like k mart's and big lot's abused illegitimate child. He just keeps finding weird gross stuff and ancient vhs tapes or something and looking disappointed.
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dev286 posted:There are KMarts in Manhattan but no Walmarts. 
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Feb 22, 2015 02:58
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The only reason that any are still open is because K-Mart owns the buildings themself instead of renting space.
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Blue Irish Spring is a pro tier soap
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Brotein_Shake posted:quick someone post that youtube video of the baby faced 20 something in a suit going to a horrible store that was like k mart's and big lot's abused illegitimate child. He just keeps finding weird gross stuff and ancient vhs tapes or something and looking disappointed. sounds a lot like building 19
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People who think KMart is bad never experienced the unforgettable shoddieness of a Building 19. A part of me died when they all closed down due to what I assume was a UN Mandate on third world hell holes.
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Frostwerks posted:sounds a lot like building 19 Yesssssss I couldn't remember the name but it was in the last k-mart thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odz_-BcKxx0 
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a hole-y ghost posted:all kcafes are partially covered by merchandise or have merchandise stands encroaching into their area. When one of the lovely cafes/nail salons/photo studios/shady banks at the front of a Walmart closes they slap up some drywall and make it look like it was never there. It's in the design of the building that they can do that. Walmart and K-Mart are both terrible but Walmart is so much better at being terrible.
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Brotein_Shake posted:Yesssssss I couldn't remember the name but it was in the last k-mart thread ive seen a million furniture stores just like this sans grocery section (lol) i think being lovely and cheap is their MO
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kmart is still a thing in australia but it's different than this, like they're pretty successful. they're like a downmarket target who'll pricematch, basically.
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jarvis cocker posted:life philosophy: sometimes you have to walk through a sears to get to a macy's Lol I'd never shop at Macy's. I'm white.
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Brotein_Shake posted:Yesssssss I couldn't remember the name but it was in the last k-mart thread God drat this place owns.
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chaosbreather posted:kmart is still a thing in australia but it's different than this, like they're pretty successful. they're like a downmarket target who'll pricematch, basically. You don't have Walmart, right? And do you have anything like Dollar General or Family Dollar? I think the unavoidable problem for Kmart, even our version of it, is that there's just too much competition in the downmarket arena.
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