weird... Sears advertising on Craigslist

[mrbigstuff]

So, I'm looking for a dishwasher (see yesterday's thread), and I notice that a Sears in RI is using CL for new and/or returned merchandise. I really hope Sears sticks around, and maybe this will help them in some small way, but it just seemed weird. Will Target be next?

[JoeH]

Is it a regular Sears store, or one of their franchised Sears Hometown and Outlet stores? The latter are usually independently owned and operated with Sears providing merchandise to be sold.

[mrbigstuff]

it's a Hometown store

[JoeH]

Then the advertising decision to post on CL was made by an independent operator, not Sears itself. May not mean anything for the Sears brand itself.

[samintx]

I got an email the other day my "craig's list box" was full. I have never been on the website and there is no "box". I knew it was spam but find it interesting what the Spammers go thru to get you to open email.

[Octave Doctor]

A few of the local pawns put ads on CL here. Don't think it does them much good since the photos they use and their prices are a dead giveaway. A local franchise wouldn't be much different from the resellers who restock at auctions.

[srf1957]

JoeH wrote:
Then the advertising decision to post on CL was made by an independent operator, not Sears itself. May not mean anything for the Sears brand itself.

No! About 5 years ago was working in a hometown store. The district manager for the northwest area thought it drum up business. The only problem was thereare so many hometown stores craigslist looked like a Sears ad.