Inside a Kmart store in 2004

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Vampire Robot

Vampire Robot

Жыл бұрын

*Don't forget to check out my other Kmart videos*
Footage shot on 11/17/2004.
Electronics department footage. People shopping.
This was filmed the same day that Kmart announced that they were purchasing Sears in a $11 billion deal.
#kmart

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@NightmareDuckie
@NightmareDuckie Жыл бұрын
This is the best kind of time travel: the ordinary, routine, sometimes mundane. The "in-between" moments that make up so much of life. You never realize you'll miss something like pushing a cart around the supermarket with mom on the way home from school until it's just another past errand now long behind you.
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
Great Comment and Very True!
@racheljohnson2219
@racheljohnson2219 Жыл бұрын
I miss those days!
@thetravelingpugilist
@thetravelingpugilist Жыл бұрын
This comment fucked me up 😐
@madmikemackas
@madmikemackas Жыл бұрын
Very true statement
@paullim4279
@paullim4279 Жыл бұрын
Beautifully said
@israelmendoza7599
@israelmendoza7599 8 ай бұрын
You know you're old when we're at the point where we consider 2004 nostalgic
@rigoelliot115
@rigoelliot115 7 ай бұрын
I own clothes that I still wear from that year.
@JustJory
@JustJory 6 ай бұрын
I mean it was 20 years ago.
@lightingboltzero8575
@lightingboltzero8575 6 ай бұрын
This makes me feel so old now. In 2004 I believe I was 17. I'm now 36 geez time goes by so fast.
@HacksignKT
@HacksignKT 6 ай бұрын
feelsbatman :c
@TheJustJoe
@TheJustJoe 6 ай бұрын
​@@HacksignKThuh? Make sense man.
@droogiesouls8635
@droogiesouls8635 Жыл бұрын
One of the last peak years. We had internet but no social media bullshit.
@amarsta
@amarsta Жыл бұрын
The year this video was made, there was a new kiosk at the service desk for online ordering. I never saw anyone use it
@CaillouThePimp
@CaillouThePimp 9 ай бұрын
@@amarstaThe merchandise they offered online at first was probably pretty limited or the same thing you could just get in store. People just probably thought if you’re going in store to pick up an online order, why not just shop normally then?
@dougfisher1813
@dougfisher1813 9 ай бұрын
Kmart was my free Internet service for a little while back in the early 2000's.
@Am71919
@Am71919 8 ай бұрын
KZbin only had a few hundred videos around this time
@CaillouThePimp
@CaillouThePimp 8 ай бұрын
@@Am71919 KZbin came out in 2005
@CyberRockwell
@CyberRockwell Жыл бұрын
When the lady knocked the tv over... 😅 I miss Kmart. Staple of my childhood.
@pacadet
@pacadet Жыл бұрын
3:55 🤣
@hakeemsd70m
@hakeemsd70m Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the many hours we spent shopping at Kmart in my youth. The good old days of old...
@BluJayMix
@BluJayMix Жыл бұрын
Them ol' LCD screens held up pretty good! An LED screen would've broken if the same thing happened to that 😆
@CT-vm4gf
@CT-vm4gf 10 ай бұрын
Lol, so thin! Wow!
@ncampbell84
@ncampbell84 Жыл бұрын
We didn’t know it then but these were the best days. Simpler times now just a memory.
@catchwreck928
@catchwreck928 Жыл бұрын
😭You have no idea man of course you do but man watching this hurts. so many of my family members were alive, i was a kid living my best life, actually i was a teen so i was getting a bit older and had access to newer things, ahhhhh. i would do anything to go back. its not fair. why didnt we appreciate it more 😭 people say its cause we are depressed but if things in life didnt change so much and for the worse that would not be the case. i literally lost my aunt to covid and none of my grandparents are alive.
@allimkhan7540
@allimkhan7540 Жыл бұрын
Agree 110 percent I feel the same way !
@tmorelli1982
@tmorelli1982 Жыл бұрын
The mid 2000s sucked
@allimkhan7540
@allimkhan7540 Жыл бұрын
@T M I agree in the mid 2000s that is when things started getting very weird. I miss the old days when people were normal and had class 😪
@childof83
@childof83 Жыл бұрын
@@allimkhan7540 there are sooo many people who say that about the mid 2ks. Erly 2ks were great, even though we had 911 which was horrible. Between 2005-2006 I notice things slowly getting weird. By 2007 I remember telling people things have gotten weir and many agreed with me. .
@TreyVaswal
@TreyVaswal 7 ай бұрын
But let's be honest. If you were in a Kmart in 2004 you were already time traveling back to like 1997. I remember standing at the checkout at my local one in like 2008 looking around and feeling like I was standing in 1999.
@ceoofsony5924
@ceoofsony5924 6 ай бұрын
I honestly didnt understand the feeling, but yeah. I remember being at kmart around 2009-11 when kmart was declining. I loved it as a kid and as a teen it was still pretty fun to browse. when my local Kmarts were going out of business I was sad even as a 17-18 year old. It was like being back in 2000.
@Silencer333
@Silencer333 6 ай бұрын
i was born in 97, shit is pure nostalgic. i wish kmart was still around
@Cory816
@Cory816 6 ай бұрын
The cash registers ran on Pentium Pro 200mhz processors
@quickpstuts412
@quickpstuts412 5 ай бұрын
Sooooo true! I remember going in the one that closed about 12 years ago and I legit felt like I had warped back to 1992.
@Thomas-yr9ln
@Thomas-yr9ln 6 ай бұрын
I miss 2004 because my parents were alive. I'm grateful to have a home and youtube to keep me sane.
@kymomandstuff
@kymomandstuff 6 ай бұрын
I worked for Kmart for 15 years, and this took me back.
@TheRedUmbrellla
@TheRedUmbrellla Жыл бұрын
I worked here as a teenager in 2004, this video brings me so much comfort 😢
@MakelBelieve
@MakelBelieve Жыл бұрын
Now you are grown ass woman lol 😂
@TheRedUmbrellla
@TheRedUmbrellla Жыл бұрын
@@MakelBelieve way to state the obvious
@leelohaskin7941
@leelohaskin7941 9 ай бұрын
​@@MakelBelieve hush little man
@GuantanamoGG
@GuantanamoGG Жыл бұрын
its 2004, steve jobs is at the helm of apple. the iPod mini is just released, and you get to choose between 4 colors but you choose silver.
@ohnoitschris
@ohnoitschris Жыл бұрын
3:52 lol, she was impressed by how thin the TV was and then knocked it over, and then looked back with such a look of guilt on her face
@VietPho
@VietPho Жыл бұрын
You break it you buy it
@MakelBelieve
@MakelBelieve Жыл бұрын
@@VietPho 🤫 shhh
@coreywiley3981
@coreywiley3981 8 ай бұрын
As a 47-year-old, this doesn't seem that long ago to me. What were some similarities and differences between 2004 and 2023? Well, let's see. It was a post-9/11 world. There was the internet and cell phones, but no smartphones. However, there were iPods, which are now obsolete but were pretty new and widely used at that time. There was no KZbin yet; that was still one year away. Twitter was still two years away, but there was early social media like MySpace and early Facebook. This was before the financial crisis and the Great Recession. This was also pre-Obama, who was, at the time, a state-level Illinois Senator. He would be running (that year) for the federal U.S. Senate seat for Illinois. At the time, Trump was a famous businessperson and reality TV personality. In 2004, the U.S. was engaged in two wars: the War in Iraq (ended in 2011) and the War in Afghanistan (ended in 2021). Brick-and-mortar retail chains remained the dominant force in the retail industry at that time, but e-commerce was on the rise. Of course, there was no Covid-19, and Chat GPT didn't exist. So, some significant changes have taken place. Still, though, I don't feel like I'm in an era now that is so far removed. In fact, I feel like we could still be classified under a larger "grand" period grouping going back as far as the late 70s. I have felt that way for a while as I have seen the world slowly change over the years and decades, but as of recently I feel like we are coming to a major turning point where we will finally phase over to a new grand time period. So far though in my life it feel like there has only been one with smaller eras.
@alahollywood
@alahollywood Жыл бұрын
Kmart had an older and loyal clientele... sadly, both are gone today.
@jstauffer4213
@jstauffer4213 Жыл бұрын
These were the final days of Kmart’s heyday! Even after Walmart came to town in 1996, our local Kmart stores still did okay for a while, because Walmart was such a dump. But then after Target came along in 2005, that’s when Kmart really started falling apart.
@freakyfornash
@freakyfornash Жыл бұрын
Same with my area when K-Mart shut down after Target moved in too.
@jackson5116
@jackson5116 Жыл бұрын
@@freakyfornash that's what's finishing them off. Walmart may have weakened them, but Target is who finished them off.
@freakyfornash
@freakyfornash Жыл бұрын
@@jackson5116 For a while K-Mart had a normal sized location until they got a newer, bigger one in late 93/early 94 in my area. Until then, Caldor was their biggest competition, until Wal-Mart came around in 93, which prompted K-Mart to upgrade where I am. Caldor would later close their doors in late 98. Target than came about here in the late 2000's/early 2010's(teens), and knew K-Mart's days were probably numbered then. As good as it might be to have those stores close by, I do miss the more simpler days when we didn't have much here, but were good enough with what we did have, until commercial development began to start popping up like crazy as time went on.
@pacmancdi
@pacmancdi Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Walmart is still doing as well as they are. The stores are always trashed and the prices aren't even that low anymore
@hakeemsd70m
@hakeemsd70m Жыл бұрын
​@@pacmancdi Yeah, I miss the golden days of Walmart too. The once king of low prices is now way past their prime.
@BigRiceEnergy
@BigRiceEnergy Жыл бұрын
I miss Kmart so much. Used to go shopping there every weekend with my mom and it’s become an integral fond childhood memory of mines. I was so sad the day it was announced they were on the list of stores being closed down.
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
I can relate Rice. I miss Kmart as well.
@thebestchannel5456
@thebestchannel5456 Жыл бұрын
Only a few left like Miami... New Jersey....New York....There are some outside of the US like Guam, which is definitely the best and thriving
@Wildcat6830
@Wildcat6830 11 ай бұрын
There are heaps of Kmart stores here in Australia and from what I’ve heard they’re doing pretty well.
@JesusChrist2000BC
@JesusChrist2000BC 10 ай бұрын
​@@Wildcat6830They found success in Australia but got wiped out by Walmart here in the US unfortunately. Kmart had much better service than Wal-Mart.
@SBwj1gr
@SBwj1gr 6 ай бұрын
@@Wildcat6830yeah, when I was there a few years ago in Brisbane, it truly was a shock to see lol
@thegamingchef3304
@thegamingchef3304 Жыл бұрын
I was on my Honeymoon in 2015 and we found a Kmart. We spent like an Hour in there 😂. Had those old Tiger electronic handheld games. It literally looked like the 90s in there.
@Peter-ph7hv
@Peter-ph7hv 11 ай бұрын
One regret I have in life was that I wasnt born in a time when I couldve been in my 20s like I am right now but in 2004, so I can see how truly Kmarts were from a adult perspective. I remember shopping with my mom at my local Kmart back in 2004, I really miss those days looking back it knowing all the Kmarts I knew are all gone. It was truly an honor for me to say I have shopped at Kmart.
@merfwriter
@merfwriter 8 ай бұрын
I was in my 20s in 2004. I was 22. My K-mart started to go out of business by the 2000s. I remember when K-mart rebranded itself as Big K in the late 90s. By the mid to late 2000s or maybe early 2010s, my K-mart was taken over by this Sears Outlet store. The store was awful. Barebone selection of stuff. It was nothing like K-mart.
@live42dayy25
@live42dayy25 7 ай бұрын
An honor is crazyyy
@johnsmithdoe3718
@johnsmithdoe3718 5 ай бұрын
You’re a npc
@ilovepugs99
@ilovepugs99 2 ай бұрын
Hater​@@live42dayy25
@kristinwade8050
@kristinwade8050 8 ай бұрын
I was born in 2004 and I'm turning 19 next week its crazy enough to think that this video was taped nearly 20 years ago.
@rattmausch
@rattmausch 6 ай бұрын
2004, Kmart was already on its way out. The peak was 80's into the early 90's. Kmart was already declining by the late 90's
@aldoushuxleysghost
@aldoushuxleysghost Жыл бұрын
Last thing I purchased at my local K-Mart was the PlayStation 4 I put in layaway in 2014. The store closed in late 2018. Today, only a few exist
@mitchell.9632
@mitchell.9632 Жыл бұрын
Good ole layaway; where they put a in back for your with your name and you put a down payment on it.
@Yomomma1467
@Yomomma1467 Жыл бұрын
STFUUUUUUUUU really?? I’m surprised I remember me and my 3 siblings and my dad got us out Wii there crazy how time flies.
@johnbeck7124
@johnbeck7124 Жыл бұрын
To think that many of the elderly people in this video are now dead. It’s truly scary!
@vincemajestyk9497
@vincemajestyk9497 Жыл бұрын
That's funny! I was thinking the exact same thing! That OLD lady fiddling with the toaster oven. "What's this new fangled contraption for?" That lady probably passed 10 years ago. I'd like to know what store this was. Look's like one I was in.
@FallacyUnknown
@FallacyUnknown Жыл бұрын
And many of the young kids in the video are in college now or have and on with their lives..
@thorguff
@thorguff Жыл бұрын
@@vincemajestyk9497, "newfangled"? It's a toaster oven. Sure was surely familiar with them.
@coreymurry8293
@coreymurry8293 Жыл бұрын
You never know. There could still be a few of the elderly people still alive in this video and if they are still alive they would probably be 100 years old or a little older than that. There have been a good majority of people that have lived to be 100 years old and even past that.
@bsanchez3563
@bsanchez3563 Жыл бұрын
True true
@MarkMeadows90
@MarkMeadows90 Жыл бұрын
This is the era when Kmart started going downhill. I remember some Kmarts had Hot Wheels Collector events where if you were lucky enough to be early in line, you got to look through cases of Hot Wheels vehicles and pick out what you wanted. I only went to two events. They stopped doing that sometime in 2007.
@Intangedous1
@Intangedous1 Жыл бұрын
Funny enough, when I'd worked there in 2014, they had a Hot Wheels event and had me run it. They gave me raffle tickets and told me to hand them out to people. Only like three people had showed and I'd just said to hell with it and let them go through the boxes.
@MarkMeadows90
@MarkMeadows90 Жыл бұрын
@@Intangedous1 that’s the spirit lol
@Xbell-The-Road-Rippers-Expert
@Xbell-The-Road-Rippers-Expert Жыл бұрын
Awe heck yeah, I remember the Hot Wheels K Day events!
@amarsta
@amarsta Жыл бұрын
​@@Intangedous1 me too
@mrmikeflo11
@mrmikeflo11 Жыл бұрын
Ah the good old days of Kmart that will be in my memory forever of when me and my mom used to shop there
@itsdefinitelytrue7600
@itsdefinitelytrue7600 6 ай бұрын
I actually miss Kmart😢 25 years ago, that was my go to store and they were open 24 hours, a lot of stuff was reasonably priced🤑 back then I lived by a freshly built Kmart and it was pretty awesome👍
@MakelBelieve
@MakelBelieve Жыл бұрын
Rip old lady 😢
@smadaf
@smadaf Жыл бұрын
My consolation on getting dragged to Kmart in the late '80s was to go to the toy department and stare at the Lego sets for ages.
@jayman9750
@jayman9750 Жыл бұрын
I loved our Kmart, I watched them build it and then watched it slowly go under, basically the only store I’d shop at other than Sears another store I miss..😢
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
I agree...very sad Jay
@Noiseheads
@Noiseheads 9 ай бұрын
My mom and I would go to K-mart all the time. Our favorite thing to do was go to the music section and pick out a CD to listen to on the way home. I saved up enough money from helping my dad on the weekends to buy a gamecube there. I can walk the store in my head still, but this is an amazing visual reminder.
@MeadeSkeltonMusic
@MeadeSkeltonMusic 6 ай бұрын
I was 25 years old. Time flies . I really hope there are Kmarts in heaven!
@coreymurry8293
@coreymurry8293 Жыл бұрын
I remember shopping at Kmart when I was a kid. I was 9 or 10 years old in 2004 depending on what time of the year this was. I am now 28.
@Vendzor
@Vendzor Жыл бұрын
Looks exactly how I remember it. I can smell the video, hahaha. Had many Icees, popcorn, nachos, and Little Caesars pizza in that era. It's funny, cause in 2004 I'm sure there were many people who longed for the old 1970s Kmarts of their youth, and likely complained about the modern stores. We look back on videos like these with so must reverence; the feeling that the past was so much better. But once we take off the rose tinted glasses we realize how blinding those nostalgic feelings can be.
@rabiabegum6136
@rabiabegum6136 Жыл бұрын
I wonder why we always think the past was better 🤔
@Ilovevedios44
@Ilovevedios44 Жыл бұрын
@@rabiabegum6136 It has something to do with selective memory. Usually we remember mostly positive things from the past and tend to forget about the negative especially when times are hard in the present.
@Saintnick90
@Saintnick90 Жыл бұрын
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
@hakeemsd70m
@hakeemsd70m Жыл бұрын
Back in 2004, people actually talked to each other face to face because here was no social media, and people weren't glued to their smartphones because they didn't exist. So in that regard, the past was better.
@thorguff
@thorguff Жыл бұрын
@@hakeemsd70m social people always talk to people no matter what. In 2004, a lot people scoffed at those who were in chat rooms, blogs, messageboards but now they are filling social media with garbage all day.
@gregelliott5016
@gregelliott5016 Жыл бұрын
Hopefully Kmart can make a come back. And you can tell it's from the early 2000's with the style of TV's on the shelves
@chargermaster586
@chargermaster586 Жыл бұрын
A CRT I'd take one to Use older video game systems
@SpencerLemay
@SpencerLemay Жыл бұрын
K-Mart is as dead as they come. The margins are so small at retail stores it's barely worth it.
@wildkeith
@wildkeith Жыл бұрын
Kmart doesn't exist anymore
@gregelliott5016
@gregelliott5016 Жыл бұрын
@@wildkeith they might come back
@DissentingTirade
@DissentingTirade Жыл бұрын
soon it will all just be amazon, far as the eye can see
@anthonyterry8162
@anthonyterry8162 6 ай бұрын
My mother and I used to take every Friday and shop at KMart after an early breakfast. I would usually buy new shirts and stuff but loved the electronics section. It was never busy so felt right at home and the whole experience had a real cozy feel to it.
@booberfeldt5566
@booberfeldt5566 9 ай бұрын
19 yrs ago life has changed so much ! Notice Everyone seems friendly and not Waring pajamas in public no one staring or constantly yakking on they're phones
@SpencerLemay
@SpencerLemay Жыл бұрын
Lmao I bet the store looked exactly the same 10 years later, just yellower.
@amarsta
@amarsta 6 ай бұрын
That's no joke. When I started in '95 the store was new and bright white. 20 years later the shelves, floors, registers, even the bathroom walls were yellowed from the flourescent lighting
@justiceformattlabbe8021
@justiceformattlabbe8021 10 ай бұрын
Imagine people actually enjoying shopping instead of looking down on their phones
@Number7_RingGuy
@Number7_RingGuy 6 ай бұрын
This was way before people didn't care how they looked in public. As I watched the video, none of the shoppers wore pajama bottoms and a coat like they do today.
@flatdanii_
@flatdanii_ 9 ай бұрын
The weird thing about 05:29 is about the kid in the shopping cart. He looks to be about 5 or 6... that makes him 24 or 25 today. I know that's just how time works but it feels so weird...
@A_idiot4
@A_idiot4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks this the only reason I know what a k Mart looked like because I was borned in 2011 and my dad showed it this to me so thank u 🙏
@PowerSynopsis
@PowerSynopsis Жыл бұрын
I used to date a girl with a young kid that was born the same year as you. To think, you all are running around on KZbin posting comments now...Enjoy your youth!
@MatthewLavan
@MatthewLavan Жыл бұрын
NOSTALGIA 🥹 and omg, I literally just finished watching Elf 📺😂
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@freakyfornash
@freakyfornash Жыл бұрын
To think the time period this video was taken in, is now as old the 80's were back then! Damn!
@jonathanhartman9101
@jonathanhartman9101 Жыл бұрын
Quite amusing this was shot the day which is commonly referred to as the start of Kmart's downfall. So this video is basically a glimpse of Kmart's peak. Thanks for uploading.
@SpongeBath_ShitPants
@SpongeBath_ShitPants 6 ай бұрын
3:55 The way she looks at the camera after she knocks the TV over LOL.
@jdcapps21
@jdcapps21 9 ай бұрын
This is around the last time I bought anything from Kmart. This video is a Time Machine!!!
@quickpstuts412
@quickpstuts412 5 ай бұрын
Ahhhh yes...this was right before TVs really slimmed down. I remember buying my dad one of the ones with the silver border in 2005.
@Hiiamsamm
@Hiiamsamm Жыл бұрын
these vids make me happy and sad at the same time
@bchristian85
@bchristian85 9 ай бұрын
K-Mart was passed it's peak by this point, but this was probably one of the last few years that it was still relevant. Last time I went into a K-Mart was in 2011 (and only did so because I was nostalgic for the early 2000s) and it was very near the end by that point.
@krispysocks99
@krispysocks99 Жыл бұрын
The person was just standing there recording the poor grandma 👵 😂 She didn’t even know what was going on
@vincemajestyk9497
@vincemajestyk9497 Жыл бұрын
Interesting video. More stock and more customers than I can remember ever seeing in a Kmart. Seeing those prices and the goods like the 'Peak' antifreeze reminded me why I rarely shopped at Kmart. The quality of their merchandise and their prices. One was high and another was low. Not hard to figure which was which. 15 years later a gallon of Prestone Antifreeze was CHEAPER @Walmart than Kmart's 2004 price. That's the story of why Sears and Kmart are no longer around.
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
Yeah...those price wars with Walmart wasn't one of their best ideas.
@sarcasmenul
@sarcasmenul Жыл бұрын
They had a price wars with walmart??? yeah no wonder they closed down lol
@jenniferburchill3658
@jenniferburchill3658 9 ай бұрын
​@@vampirerobot NEVER try to price compete with Walmart. You will lose every time.
@rockoorbe2002
@rockoorbe2002 6 ай бұрын
Yup. Just like I remember K-Mart. Only 2004 and you could already see the writing on the wall.
@kejaffzi4121
@kejaffzi4121 5 күн бұрын
That was my time. I was 17 and no one looked at their phone much except to play Snake. There was technological progress but it was just before the internet exploded. You weren't bombarded with stuff from the internet all the time, you still met regularly and arranged to meet on the phone. I'm glad I got to grow up like this.
@SteveStell
@SteveStell 11 ай бұрын
The silver painted case tv era. All televisions were that silver gray color for a few years in the early/mid 2000s.
@hainescityrailfan9983
@hainescityrailfan9983 Жыл бұрын
I remembered when my dad most of the time say: “I need to go to Kmart” when we were in Puerto Rico in Juana Diaz and also we went to look for the transcription and go with him, Unfortunately the store closed in early 2020 and now is a Pepe Ganga
@unchainedsilver9702
@unchainedsilver9702 6 ай бұрын
Makes me feel old to know 2004 was 20 years ago now , feels like yesterday , miss stores like KMART and places in Canada that were similar like Zellers ...We had both at one time and other places but most are gone now except Walmart and Canadian Tire ....We now live in the Amazon world of shopping ..
@teresapflaumer5717
@teresapflaumer5717 9 ай бұрын
2004, age 32. This was around the time of one of my last trips to KMart. I used to shop at the ones in Moorestown and Burlington. I loved those exciting "Blue Light Specials"!
@TaedarVulpine
@TaedarVulpine Жыл бұрын
When Kmart was nearing the end of its prime. I miss the old Kmart days when I shopped there a lot.
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
Same.
@_am.ber_
@_am.ber_ 5 ай бұрын
My mom and i spent so much time at Kmart. Rest in peace mom
@soonerborn9073
@soonerborn9073 3 ай бұрын
You can see the shift in society from 2008 - 2010 (introduction of iPhone). It's just not the same anymore.
@SarahAnew
@SarahAnew 29 күн бұрын
I often miss Kmart. This store was laid out exactly like ours. Walmart and target are on the other side of town and what was once Kmart is now a uhaul store. I still have some items from Kmart. A wooden shelf and my weight bench.
@Livefromthrcreek
@Livefromthrcreek 8 ай бұрын
My brain trying to process that 2004 was almost 20 years ago
@LeftBeef
@LeftBeef Жыл бұрын
Except for the electronics department (and the customers lol), it still looked similar to how my local Kmarts looked even in 2019
@jackson5116
@jackson5116 Жыл бұрын
most didn't see any true remodels, the few that did circa 2010 just got a few new signs, and the 2004 logo put on the face of the entrance, but many, many of them retained their early-2000's look.
@Clay3613
@Clay3613 Жыл бұрын
@@jackson5116 As much as I dislike Wal*Mart, their remodels into Supercenters were very vanilla and out of time. Meanwhile Super K-Marts seemed to be stuck in 1997-2005 design wise. I rather prefer the 70-80s relics over the trendy looks of the 90s.
@vincemajestyk9497
@vincemajestyk9497 Жыл бұрын
@@jackson5116 Early 2000's? Most hadn't been updated, really updated, 10-15 years before then. Just spruced up. A good deal of the ones I went to in 7-8 states, right out of the late '70's early '80's.
@copyright-ur1sf
@copyright-ur1sf 6 ай бұрын
lol I guess I'm old but besides the TVs this looks exactly the same as right now, to me. I also had to remind myself 2004 was nearly 20 years ago. Seems like 10, absolute tops.
@justyoung2264
@justyoung2264 6 ай бұрын
2004 looks like 1994
@MasterAdam100
@MasterAdam100 Жыл бұрын
Some random kid in 2004: "YU GI OHHHHH!!!!" lmao it's at 41 seconds.
@octonoozle
@octonoozle 11 ай бұрын
If you were born in the 70s, 80s (or earlier) you are very lucky! To everyone else, I'm sorry you missed out!
@TheHardstyleGuy.
@TheHardstyleGuy. Жыл бұрын
Pure nostalgia i remember going to Kmart in the early 2000s as a kid theres still one an hour away from me I’m planning on visiting it for the nostalgia before it closes
@kalanilee7951
@kalanilee7951 Жыл бұрын
Where is it at? I miss Kmart😥
@TheHardstyleGuy.
@TheHardstyleGuy. Жыл бұрын
@@kalanilee7951 its in westwood nj 1 of 3 kmarts left😭
@zzizahacallar
@zzizahacallar Жыл бұрын
@@TheHardstyleGuy. when I was in NJ back in 2019 I visited a Sears and it stocked Kmart clothing. I miss it Kmart
@TheHardstyleGuy.
@TheHardstyleGuy. Жыл бұрын
@@zzizahacallar me too😭
@hampstercrazy
@hampstercrazy 8 ай бұрын
This made me miss my grandma so much.
@theplaguedoctor_topic1067
@theplaguedoctor_topic1067 Жыл бұрын
I hope one day Kmart makes a comeback I loved it so much better than Walmart
@allentoyokawa9068
@allentoyokawa9068 Жыл бұрын
Back when they had quality TV's from Japan and not junk from china or korea
@PaulyWally30
@PaulyWally30 6 ай бұрын
I wish K-mart, Sears, Montgomery Wards, and Toy's R Us were still open.
@fab555trainspottingandmore
@fab555trainspottingandmore Жыл бұрын
I live in Switzerland and we have other similar stores but its sad that they are closing all stores in the US while in our country Malls and Stores are still popular and make millions and Billions of Dollars in Switzerland Swiss francs
@vincemajestyk9497
@vincemajestyk9497 Жыл бұрын
I think the way people shop is changed and has evolved over a long period. Shopping 'Malls' have been dying off for a very long time.
@fluffles9591
@fluffles9591 Жыл бұрын
Granny toaster oven was timeless
@jasons8479
@jasons8479 6 ай бұрын
When 27" was considered a big screen TV.
@rockoorbe2002
@rockoorbe2002 6 ай бұрын
And they were heavier than a modern 55" TV.
@allimkhan7540
@allimkhan7540 Жыл бұрын
The Old days were the best times especially the 70s and 80s life was normal than unlike today.
@Rayquesto
@Rayquesto Жыл бұрын
Things felt slower then and this demonstrates that….
@bti-ro2vh
@bti-ro2vh 6 ай бұрын
I miss going to Kmart with my Grandma. Getting the Kmart cafee and little Ceasars. RIP Grandma.
@Domanator316
@Domanator316 Жыл бұрын
Love these old videos! Best $1 I ever spent at a Kmart was in the mini arcade up front duel wielding House of the Dead 2 as a kid.
@jarodmoses1126
@jarodmoses1126 11 ай бұрын
What’s crazy is this the Kmart I worked at! And right around the time I started!!!! Even know the checkout manager dan was there in the video!
@TomAnthonyV
@TomAnthonyV Жыл бұрын
Used to shop at Kmart with my parents all the time. Will you be posting any more Kmart videos? I saw your Kmart videos from 2000 and 2001 as well. I would love to see one with a bluelight special.
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure Tom. But if I do, I'll let you know.
@TomAnthonyV
@TomAnthonyV Жыл бұрын
@@vampirerobot Sounds good. Which Kmart was this shot in?
@vampirerobot
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
@@TomAnthonyV 11000 S Cicero Ave Oak Lawn, Illinois
@robbiep4500
@robbiep4500 Жыл бұрын
@@vampirerobot do you have a lot of footage from IL stores?
@MrAllen-fv9cj
@MrAllen-fv9cj Жыл бұрын
Kind of funny seeing the last of the box/tube TV's....the hybrid flatscreen coming into play at this time.
@amarsta
@amarsta Жыл бұрын
Those big grey tvs are HDs that weighed about a hundred lbs 😵‍💫
@thomasjones4306
@thomasjones4306 8 ай бұрын
I was 12 in 2004. One of my coworkers was just born this year. Lmao. He’s always calling my an old man in the work place.
@baseduck
@baseduck 11 ай бұрын
I was only two years old when this was shot. Now I’m finishing up my undergraduate degree. It’s weird - this video simultaneously seems like it was shot forever ago and like it was shot yesterday. I really do enjoy these slice-of-life videos. Thank you for sharing :)
@TedTheAtheist
@TedTheAtheist 9 ай бұрын
You're lucky. WheN i was a kid we didn't have video cameras readily available.
@michaelstacey8303
@michaelstacey8303 7 ай бұрын
What are you? A hundred ? Movie and video cameras have been readily Available for over 70 years
@TedTheAtheist
@TedTheAtheist 7 ай бұрын
@@michaelstacey8303 Yet my family didn't own any in the 1970's or 80's... so yea, they weren't around then for us.
@andreww1212
@andreww1212 Жыл бұрын
Man, this is a trip. My local K-Mart was still around then. I was just a kid in high school and Half-Life 2 had just come out. I'm sure I was at home playing Counter-Strike: Source for hours on end when this was filmed. XD
@brandon11122
@brandon11122 6 ай бұрын
I was 10 years old, for some reason this was my favorite year of being alive, everything felt fine
@NLYS27
@NLYS27 8 ай бұрын
When adults and people would interact with each other as humans. I was already in Kindergarden around this time. Halo 2 posters were everywhere. Game Crazy had a entire wall dedicated to selling Halo 2. The coolest toy i ever wanted at the time was Black Rangers Morpher from Dino Thunder. The music was so good, i remember telling my self. I cant wait to be adult adn experience the world more. I dont regret those words but i do wish i could experience that world as adult and do wish that things didnt have to get as bad as they did. But things can alwasy change.
@susanbezio6708
@susanbezio6708 8 ай бұрын
Blue light specials were always interesting. I miss Kmart.
@ericgagnon4489
@ericgagnon4489 Жыл бұрын
I miss Kmart 😢
@TokyoACR
@TokyoACR Жыл бұрын
Lady looking at TV... TV falls over.... Lady looks over and thinks: "Nobody saw that right?" Sees camera man.... "Sorry!". 😂
@forrestaustin7050
@forrestaustin7050 7 ай бұрын
Clean stores and fully stocked.
@KDashGames15
@KDashGames15 9 ай бұрын
I started to work at KMart in 2006, and in those two years apart, not much change. I really do miss working there though, especially during the holiday season. Sept - Dec is the best time to work there.
@jayme5280
@jayme5280 8 ай бұрын
that's too cute that the cashier was able to entertain the baby
@Comedy101688
@Comedy101688 Жыл бұрын
retail prices in that store are comparable to used ebay prices today.
@econhelp583
@econhelp583 9 күн бұрын
A little past 2:00 it is announced to “visit our website” and shopping by web was still a bit of a novelty in 2004. Amazon was still mostly selling books. Retail was still very much in play, online shopping was so much smaller back then.
@bcyrx
@bcyrx Жыл бұрын
Oh god that's when I started my run with them, this is going to be painful nostalgic.
@KobatheASMRbiker
@KobatheASMRbiker 9 ай бұрын
That lady knocking down the TV, lol
@poottootlol
@poottootlol Жыл бұрын
I love his filming. It's such a dad way of filming lol.
@PyroJiro
@PyroJiro 3 ай бұрын
I can smell the Little Caesar's pizza
@jacquelinerobinson758
@jacquelinerobinson758 2 ай бұрын
I miss Kmart so much.
@sonhuynh8222
@sonhuynh8222 9 ай бұрын
Watching this makes me sad 😞…… still remember the icee and popcorn snacks as a kid !
@ElijahSinclair1220
@ElijahSinclair1220 6 ай бұрын
Oh the jewelery counter I remember getting up as a kid and me and my grandfather going to Kmart very early for a sale on a specific jewelry It was the first time I'd ever picked out a present for my mom all on my own. He passed 3 months ago It's those dumb moments you miss
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