[quote name='YoshiFan1']I can't say I am that surprised. Most of the time when I go to Sears (multiple locations) there are hardly any customers.
Does it have to be manually adjusted? I scanned some clothes with green tags tagged more than $2.99 and they scanned for whatever it was tagged for.[/QUOTE]
In the Women's department at my Sears everything was ringing up as it should and the higher priced green tags were ringing up as 2.99. So it should ring up, but as long as the sign is there stating 2.99 clothes you should be able to get it manually adjusted at the register.
I am not surprised that Sears is in trouble, I was looking at TV's and they have TV's on display but they don't actually have the one you want in stock, they actually have very few in stock, if its not in stock they have to order it and it takes 7-15 days or something to come in. If a TV is on display in a store I expect it to be in stock unless they have an out of stock sign on it rather than waiting 20-30 min for an employee to find out my desired item is out of stock. Perhaps I am just asking too much of retail stores but I really don't think that is unreasonable. I really don't think its too much to ask for them to have an ad item in stock on Sunday, the day the ad is issued. For the record I ended up ordering my TV from Amazon. I have seen more than one disappointed customer in the last week because the TV they wanted was not in stock.
Kmart has gone so downhill here, there are many items in Kmart that are double the cost of Walmart and Target for the same exact item on everyday items. The store is dirty and is not stocked properly and they keep old groceries on the shelf because no one is going to pay double the price of Walmart and Target for food items. They used to be competitive but now Kmart's prices are so high they are just dead retail weight here. I know its bad for a retail store to close because it puts people out of jobs but Kmart is such a crappy store that I wouldn't blink if it closed. Sears prices are mostly MSRP for electronics or below if the item is on clearance, I have gotten some REALLY good deals at Sears so I would be very sad to see them go but I have no sympathy for Kmart because they are extremely overpriced and yes I know they are the same company.
The only departments here that get any activity are kids clothes and maybe tools, no one comes to Sears to buy electronics and video games, but some people do buy TV's there because your only choices for TV's here are Sears, Walmart or Target unless you want to travel farther out for one.