Which one would you bring back?

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ariadneR · Accepted Answer

Tf? I answered.  Anyhow what I said was, they still have toys r us up here in Canada. So out of the remaining 3, I'd pick radio shack. They had a lot of cool stuff

LaurenM1997 · Accepted Answer

Blockbuster only cause I love films

82lynx · Answer

Unfortunately back when Sears and Radio Shack were doing well, I was as broke as a china mart wristwatch and didn’t know what to look for in terms of quality.

I have three Sears-branded TV sets with a Sanyo chassis, one an early MTS stereo receiver. Shortly after, Sears switched to RCA as a TV supplier; of course by then RCA had gambled and lost on the Videodisc and was owned by Thomson.

I have a Craftsman Commercial 3/8” drill from 1977 (got that one in a never-opened box) and a Craftsman sabre saw which is a clone of the DeWalt D318-04, or DW318 in the US. At the moment they’re my only power tools and they run like a champ. Scratch that; I also have the Black and Decker equivalent of the saw but it doesn’t have a cord and the trigger switch has been removed.

There’s a Keeprite-chassis Kenmore 6000 BTU air conditioner in my mom’s room and a 1984 Sanyo-chassis Kenmore microwave/convection oven in the kitchen which is smaller but a lot heavier than a relatively modern built-in microwave I scrapped recently.

Radio Shack—as it used to be— would also be handy to have around these days what with my interest in component-level repair of vintage electronics. Back in the early 2000s when I was one of a ragtag band of misfits that would meet up monthly to discuss computer-related things, the group’s coordinator talked about how Radio Shack used to be staffed by guys who knew what they were doing. They would be tinkering with stuff behind the counter between customers, as opposed to then-modern times when staff couldn’t even tell you the difference between interlaced video and progressive scan. They would respond with something like “Duh, I don’t know, I just started here”.

When I was about 10 I was still able to go into Radio Shack and get a stylus for an old BSR/Garrard record changer I picked up at a flea market.

dustybiker2 · Answer

Sears and radio shack tie for my business back before they were micromanaged with poor choices into the ground. Don't know who they brought on but it was obvious and they regret it now. They were two steady companies back in the day: reliable service and products. They were always packed with customers.

avery58 · Answer

Toys R Us, I feel like my future kids would have loved it. It was one of my favorite places as a child.

Blockbuster is pretty much pointless and unnecessary these days, but it definitely has an early 2000's nostalgic feel attached to it.

exitseven · Answer

Definitely Sears. I really miss Sears.

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

Blockbuster hands down. I had so many "adult sleepovers" because of that place. The closure of Blockbuster had to have been an immediate halving of the Trojan annual sales

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I would probably bring sears back cause it was one of my favourite places to shop for clothes in my youth. I remember the children's dance shoes I got as a 6 year old and the sophisticated Liz Claiborne top I got as a 12 year old kid.

AviatorTom · Answer

I'd bring back SEARS. I used to do most of my shopping at Sears, quality stuff, whether it be clothes, electronics or tools. Since Sears disappeared, I'm still looking for that one store that has it all... no, not Walmart, with its cheap stuff from China.

Drumlin2001 · Answer

No place for blockbusters anymore. Don't have Radioshack or Sears in UK.
I'd say Toys R Us. But would need to work alongside a coffee chain, maybe have a softplay area, make it something of a location to visit as well as just buying toys.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Blockbuster. Although I could get recording tape at Radio Shuck, it was getting pretty expensive, last time I bought any, about 30 years ago and it was garbage tape, anyway!! I spent MONTHS recording a HUGE project onto a couple hundred reels of their tape and when I tried to play it the first time, the oxide melted and clogged up on the tape heads!!
Sears was WAY too expensive and I never went to Toys R Us.

Simslover92 · Answer

RadioShack out of these. But I would want to bring back Kmart because of the not having to pay to get your check cashed thing there.

Jennz6 · Answer

Sears, I used to shop there all the time for clothes and shoes mostly but they had a variety of merchandise.

strateguy632 · Answer

sears because it add competitiion in many types of products.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Blockbuster and toys r us are the only ones that landed in the UK

I'd pick blockbuster because I remember it more

'the candy and carpet smell, I get high off it'
Christopher Moltisanti, the Sopranos, S1Ep8 cira 1999

OfMiceandMen · Answer

I agree with @aviatortom I liked certain things from Sears. The tools were good quality.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

Blockbuster, losing that caused video game quality to decline and prices to go up.

DarkLegacy · Answer

I only really liked Toys R Us so i would bring back that one out of those options. Im not familiar with radioshack and gears.

OddBeMe · Answer

Sears. No contest. Bought my wardrobe, tools and the broken filter thing in the fridge.

dreamstar72 · Answer

Sears and radio shack most of the times they had what I needed

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

RadioShack all the way!

Nikki1989 · Answer

Never been to any of them.

Booklover_90 · Answer

Definitely  Blockbuster. ❤️

MemeSupreme · Answer

blockbuster

Drewtate · Answer

Toys r us.

elaphe · Answer

Blockbuster, please.

WhiteBoyChill · Answer

None. I was not a customer at any of them

Fireguy17 · Answer

Sears, great tools.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Toys R US.

Jeff51 · Answer

All of them. Miss every one of them

laly520 · Answer

Toys R Us

OtterMan68 · Answer

Record stores

Pterodon · Answer

I miss sears

BLP11520 · Answer

Sears had good tools

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