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Anyone miss K-Mart?

Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:10 am
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26720 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:10 am
Probably one of the best AD campaigns ever.


I just shipped my pants.
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
25231 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:17 am to
poors and democrats shopped at that place.

--the OT
Posted by Ziippy
Member since Aug 2023
1042 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:20 am to
“K-mart sucks” - Rainman.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37613 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:22 am to
No

You miss nostalgia
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19239 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:22 am to
Some of my fondest memories are from the going out of business sale at the K mart on College Drive circa ‘96. It was absolute chaos
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37267 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:23 am to
The icees and popcorn were good but most of what they sold was cheap knockoff crap.
Posted by SmelvinRat
Slumwoody
Member since Oct 2015
1408 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:24 am to
Yes, yes. K-Mapart. Always found in the seediest parts of town. Fond memories...
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14257 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:31 am to
"Attention K-Mart shoppers. Blue light special on Isle 14!"
Posted by TigerFred
Feeding hamsters
Member since Aug 2003
27200 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:32 am to
I would find the best toys for my kids there at the cheapest prices.

Once found these airplane big wheels for $5. I bought all 10. Gave one to every kid on the street. The boys rode those things until the wheels literally fell off.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119512 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:33 am to
I worked in sporting goods while in college at a Kmart. The store manager made $80K plus bonuses. The sporting goods manager mad almost $60k. Good paying jobs in the 80s.

I did learn to drill put bowling balls.
Posted by RealDawg
Dawgville
Member since Nov 2012
9498 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:38 am to
Smell of popcorn when you walked in and coke slushie. Strong kid memories.
Posted by tigernurse
Member since Dec 2005
30412 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:42 am to


that commercial cracks me up. but I am easily amused, o there's that.

but no, I don't miss the Kmart. I'd rather pay more money, deal with fewer people and be in a more desirable part of town.
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17763 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:42 am to
Yes for the ammo sales
Posted by TSS4LSU
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2003
749 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:47 am to
Blue light specials at the deli were this little kids dream. Loved their sub back when I was little.
Posted by papasmurf1269
Hells Pass
Member since Apr 2005
20916 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:53 am to
My dad left me at a Kmart on Florida Boulevard. I walked out in front and looked through the big plate glass windows to Florida Boulevard and saw him driving down the road.

Obviously my mother sent him back to pick me up and he was not happy
This post was edited on 10/8/23 at 11:54 am
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
6232 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 11:57 am to
My grandma would get me popcorn and a frozen coke when we went.

I remember thinking stores were kind of dirty, even as a kid.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29433 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 12:00 pm to
Dad has a Marlin 336 he bought from Kmart in the late 80s. Used to have a legit sporting goods dept
Posted by footswitch
New Market
Member since Apr 2015
3965 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 12:00 pm to
My Mom retired with 28 years. She worked mainly in the Grille. Good food and blue light specials included submarine sandwiches for .25 cents.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
34069 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 12:10 pm to
Nope. Might as well have been shopping in Hudson's or a Big Lots. They didn't care about the shopping experience
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261680 posts
Posted on 10/8/23 at 12:13 pm to
I miss TG&Y and Gibson's.

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