Shopping at a JCPenney store in 1997: Part II

[@ToeTag9899]

Back when malls where thriving I miss those days.

[@landonyates8316]

You know what. Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, KS is still thriving today!!!! I go there sometimes!!

[@dougr.6734]

Back when a working man could afford to buy back to school shoes, clothes and a backpack for all his kids.

[@WolfenEXE]

People are still able to do that these days. The problem is that kids are very demanding and want super pricey stuff these days. Shoes is a great example.

[@TheBluePilledPebric]

I’m a millionaire

[@sarcasmenul]

just wait untile de dollirazation picks up steam, then you guys will really miss the “good old days”

[@mr_trollxd1588]

@@WolfenEXE it’s actually society’s fault because if someone is wearing cheap shoes then they’ll get flamed on for not fitting with the others

[@RoundenBrown]

Yeah they can't anymore. Kids go to school naked and shoeless now.

[@thefray123]

I do not miss the back to school shopping, but picking out your backpack for the year was always fun until we all got Jansports when we got older. Those things could last a lifetime!

[@fernandasoares7645]

Back when more people could afford to go shopping for a lot of stuff.

[@RoundenBrown]

Thanks Brandon

[@revemb4653]

Converse use to be around $30 or less back then. Now they charge $60 or more for canvas and a piece of rubber

[@MarkMeadows90]

Those kids are probably my age by now. I remember those days getting clothes and shoes for back to school. At least we didn't have to have a specific uniform.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Do you remember Converse EFX? I thought those were so cool.

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@oldradiosnphonographs yes I do in a way. But I didn't get the cool kid shoes like they would wear. It was mostly cheaper Avias, Nikes, or Starter brand shoes.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

@@MarkMeadows90 yeah in the 90s my shoes came from the Wally World shoe aisle…I didn’t start wearing really cool shoes until high school. I remember I had red Chucks in 9th grade my classmates thought they were cool. My mom thought they looked like clown shoes 🙄

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@oldradiosnphonographs Same here, it was mostly Walmart shoes, or shoes from Payless Shoe Source. I miss Payless actually. You could find some good cheap shoes there every so often. I inherited one of my sister's old pair of Converse Chuck Taylors that she had from the early 90s. Original black and white color. I wore them when I was in first grade from what I remember. I thought I could become a basketball player from wearing them LOL! I mean hey, Converse were the choice of shoe back in the 50s to the 70s with basketball teams.

[@Sir_Render1]

I'm one of the kids in this video. Was born in 1990 lmao

[@hoopnani]

You were really ahead of your time for recording all of these. God bless you.

[@LL-bl8hd]

Cute. ☺️ Hope they're all doing well today.

[@RoundenBrown]

Those kids have kids now

[@Sir_Render1]

I am doing well! I'm the Shiloh in this video hahha so crazy to have seen this. Never knew this video was even made

[@Sir_Render1]

@roundenbrown I do actually have a child now lmfao

[@LL-bl8hd]

​@@Sir_Render1 Awesome glad to hear it! 😀 How did you find out about this video? Do you remember that day at all?

[@Sir_Render1]

@LL-bl8hd I remember the book bag part. But I don't remember the rest of the day. I also did not know someone was recording do this was kinda mind-blowing to find.

[@Anarchist86ed]

Clothes shopping in 1997. Still more fun to watch than a DarksydePhil stream.

[@vampirerobot]

lol...I didn't even know who that was...had to go and look him up.

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@vampirerobot He's an unemployed E-Beggar who thinks playing video games and begging for money all day is the hardest job anyone could ever have. I don't recommend ever watching him unless you can't sleep. I mean that literally. He's put me down for the count several times with his boring streams.

[@theone9705]

Watching a horse pass wind is better than dsp

[@firefoxmoz]

d00d they were having a 40% off sale there was nothing I could do. Bugged consumerism mechanics ack ack ack ack ack

[@ClipzTv720]

Awesome dad right there man

[@SFranklin]

What a great video. Back in the days when kids didn’t have to lug Chromebooks or IPads around and everything was on paper.

[@CherryFrog321]

I was just starting kindergarten in 1997. So I definitely remember going school shopping for the first time that year!

[@danielsantana540]

Jc penny in the 90 s for as long I can recall was huge

[@hectorlopez1069]

It was so popular in the 90s for clothes.

[@justinjuerakhan7934]

JCPenney knew sneaker culture back then compared to now😅😅😅

[@nerdbamarich2063]

What a time 🙏🏾

[@messengerofgrace1336]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! 😢UNBELIEVABLE!! THIS IS ME AND MY KIDS SHOPPING FOR SCHOOL!! COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME THIS VIDEO!!!

[@vampirerobot]

What is your email?

[@messengerofgrace1336]

@@vampirerobot thank you Soo much!! God Bless You!!!

[@DollishDes]

Who was actually recording you during this time? Very lucky to be able to look back like this!

[@razvandobos9759]

I go to JC Penny all the time. Glad they’re still going despite filing for bankruptcy back in 2021. Sephora was first added to most JC Penny’s back in 2006 to keep it alive. But then in 2021 their contract with JC Penny expired and now they’re inside Kohl’s

[@chrissy0078]

What a sweet DAD🎉 Such patience!💕

[@messengerofgrace1336]

Thank you for the compliment. I'm still sweet with my kids. And my grandkids.

[@alexmasak]

That's crazy. These kids were going to be first graders which is exactly what I would have been in this year

[@Sir_Render1]

This is me in this video lol

[@brandonlongwell8093]

Yes! Can you do please Shopping to Baby Einstein Products at Target in 2004-2005.

[@AO-mx9tk]

This reminds me of when I worked at the men's department at a Sears back in '96. Life seemed so different back then. Thanks for vid.

[@vcentlee-theunexpectedone]

Back when people weren’t so reckless and ruining the things yet like today. Didn’t see clothings, backpack and shoes all over the place like today yet.

[@Ms.Delphine1204]

Nothing was different. I worked at JCPenny for my first job and would have to clean out dressing rooms where people refused to bring out things they didn’t want or would find tons of tags ripped off of stolen merchandise. Kids would urinate in the dressing rooms and you had to constantly refold table items. Just because it was the 90s doesn’t mean it wasn’t just as chaotic at certain times of the day.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Back when there was no online shopping, no smartphones, just relaxing and shopping around the mall.

[@Jones22_]

Those young boys are now my age wow

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Was Converse EFX was still a thing in ‘97? I lowkey always wanted a pair back in the day…

[@Ekh0es]

What does that guy whisper at 1:49? Sounds like he is saying to someone go stand over there?

[@Dino-lu4mq]

🎶Hello It’s Me 🎶 by Todd Rundgren playing in the background

[@Mayrita1111]

97 I started school that year! My parents had to shop for me and my sister!

[@missylou82]

When JcPenney’s had lot of things in there store. Now, they’ve hardly anything in their store. No selection of items in there store. If you go shopping at JcPenney’s this century.

[@csxisaiahjonesproductions2290]

@Vampire Robot Did You Have A The Great Train Store Video ?

[@vampirerobot]

Unfortunately No.. ☹️ sorry

[@csxisaiahjonesproductions2290]

@@vampirerobotWhat Year Did The Great Train Store When Out Of Business ?

[@Sir_Render1]

​@@vampirerobot where was this video found?? Are there more? This is my dad with me and my siblings

[@thedirtybubble9613]

The Westland Mall in Hialeah. You have a ton of Miami/South Florida videos don't you??? I love seeing how it was back then.

[@trustnoone3007]

How do you actually obtain these videos or are you actually THERE recording us 📹 👀 without even knowing lol. No, serious question, how do you get these videos that was recorded way, way back? If I see an old footage of a Caldor's retail store similar to K-Mart/Target, I'm going to pass out. Literally, to the ground.

[@luxuryqueen42]

We’re not meant to know cuz other people have asked the same question how these videos are obtained and they never respond. I guess its top secret 🤫😂

[@mel816]

I'm guessing Vampire Robot either worked as a news cameraman who took these b-roll videos, or got a hold of these videos from TV stations clearing out old videotapes from storage.

[@sarcasmenul]

90’s nostalgia is usually corny as hell and nostalgia for consumerism, but shoes were really wild back then, like jesus look at those silhouettes lmao

[@joshuaromo835]

I’m the kid in the light blue shirt with my brother, sister and Dad starting at 0:55

[@vampirerobot]

@joshuaromo835 Let me look around for the full video

[@RachaelDurso-vr3uj]

Ah, I was back to school shopping for 8th grade when this was filmed

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

These kids are millennials and on instagram right at this very moment

[@Sir_Render1]

Can confirm (I'm the kid in this video) 😂

[@biggjamess]

Kids were just as smart in those days.. “shawn already has one”

[@hectorlopez1069]

They wanted toys for sure

[@danielsantana540]

Awesome vid

[@Stonewallgaston]

Where are they now? 😂q

[@Sir_Render1]

Here 👋🏼

[@texasborn19977]

I was born in 1997 👌🏼

[@Sir_Render1]

@vampirerobot this is my dad with me and my siblings! Where was this video found?

[@vampirerobot]

@sir_render1 Nevermind, I think I may have found it. What is your email?

[@Sir_Render1]

@@vampirerobot KZbin doesn't allow for me to comment my email

[@vampirerobot]

I'll make it work

[@Sir_Render1]

​@@vampirerobotgot it! Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@PeepGamePopoff]

Look at that wall of shoes omgggf

[@Unknownuser-ki8te]

Back when the American dream existed

[@mitchell.9632]

Home video on this one? Seems like the vast majority on here is news casts.

[@vampirerobot]

No. It's another news story. It does look like it though, doesn't it?

[@bigmac5753]

Full house vibes

[@manny4486]

I remember the shaqnosis shoes at jcpennys

[@danielsantana540]

Have you heard of game crazy store

[@vampirerobot]

I have not Daniel.

[@danielsantana540]

@@vampirerobot game crazy was a cool store .some say it may be a eb games gamestop wanna be.gamecrazy went defunct by 2010 .there is some yotube vid of game crazy which I enjoyed back in tha day

[@anthonyz7023]

@@danielsantana540, What about FuncoLand?

[@QMoney30z]

We had one in Antelope, CA

[@c7a865]

Now JCPenney’s are going bankrupt and closing down multiple stores

[@MirandaCallahan-p4f]

I shop at thrift stores it's cheaper

[@FFXIgwyn]

All these boring normie clothes are exactly the same lol.

[@ThatOneChannelinAZ]

*NO WAY* I had them shoes at the start of the video they where the converse dennis rodmans.