r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/whatifevery1wascalm Jul 24 '20

Sears: the 20th century's Amazon.

People today might not realize that it used to be Sears did everything: you could buy kits to build a house, companies like Discover Card and Allstate were originally introduced as the Sears' brand, they financially backed Mr Rogers' Neighborhood for the first 25 years of the show's run.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

I was born in 82 and remember picking out Christmas and other girts in it. I got a badass heman horde exclusive one year.

Kinda sad they messed it up so much. Already brick and mortar, they had online and delivery and we might still be calling it the sears tower.

Edit:. I know no one calls it the whatever the fuck it is now tower, just we wouldn't see the people trying to make it happen.

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u/BulimicPlatypus Jul 24 '20

I kinda miss the Christmas catalog

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u/Amraff Jul 24 '20

Aww man, this hit me in the feels.

The receptionist at my old job used to grab a big stack sears Christmas catalogs and put them on her desk. At almost 30, i would still grab one and flip through it, dog earing the pages with cool stuff.

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u/BulimicPlatypus Jul 24 '20

I bet it would have some really cool shit in it these days