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Howard_Casto:
Yeah mine's the HR and like I said, it keeps falling apart. I just bought a 5 pack of super glue at the dollar store and I throw a dab on when the band starts to fall off again. It's a really poor design. If the rubber went on the underside of the sensor as well I think they would hold up better.

Actually our Sears does good business and is extremely popular. Things started to go a bit downhill last year when they eliminated the electronics dept. This one is the largest in the region... three floors with a bijillion square feet per floor and an auto center across the street. I talked to the floor manager. He said that Sears holdings actually own the building and they are shutting it down because the property value has went up to the point of where they can make a ton just selling the building. Forget about the people that have worked there 30 years... Sear's CEO needs a new yacht.

It's going to be hard now. That was our last major appliance store besides the dreaded Best Buy. I guess we could start buying stuff at Lowes/Home Dept. but their prices are generally pretty high on that stuff.

Anyway, I'm going to clean them out I think. They had plexi cubbie holes... 20 for 20 dollars, some computer POS terminals that they haven't put on sale yet and all kinds of junk that I really don't need but can't pass up the huge discount.

pbj:
The newer ones are more like a watchband that clips to the ends of the sensor. Apparently some of them are actually, gasp, water resistant now. Grousing aside, they're very accurate on step counts and I've waddled my way to hundreds in Amazon gift cards.

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dkersten:
Sears was bought by Kmart in 2004, and both Kmart and Sears were smart in the early days and bought most of the property they opened stores on. They are actually one of the biggest realty holding companies in the world. It is really the only thing that has kept them in business for the last decade. We had 2 big Kmarts here, one closed about a decade ago and the land was sold off, and the other closed about 8 months ago, which is about 4 acres of some of the best retail property in the city. I am guessing that soon that area will be home to a slew of strip-mall stores (looks like the property is already sold off). The Sears is still kicking, but when you go in you wonder how they are still in business.. The shelves are barely stocked, the place is just plain dirty, and the staff acts like they are going to close the doors any minute. Their stock is way down this year and they are in the process of cutting a billion dollars per year in operating costs.

My dad has had the same problems with his fitbit, he is on his third and had an issue getting his first two exchanged. He finally just bought a new one at the end of last year and when the replacement finally came in for his last one a few months later, he gave it to my mom to replace her first one that broke. I got one for my GF at Christmas and it is still holding up, but we will see. My brother had to replace one already, but the rest of the family has had pretty good luck with them. Same problems - usually with the band..

Howard_Casto:
Well that's the thing. Business was still booming in this particular Sears, they regularly remodeled, ect.... I think it's the largest in the State, maybe in the tri-state area. Word on the street is that two middle-of-the-road restaurants are going to buy it. That mall already has an Outback and Olive Garden... we don't really need anymore cruddy places to eat.

pbj:

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--- Quote from: pbj on February 17, 2017, 02:13:19 pm ---And.... my local Outback is gone. Still sitting on $65 in gift cards.

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Send them to the ZapCon Eats committee, we'll put them to good use.

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