Not your aunties Montgomery Ward catalog...

[Mgderf]

Moving into a new address, I expected to get junk mail.
No big deal. It usually starts fires pretty well.

I got a Montgomery Ward catalog in the mail today and it looked more like a Fingerhut or Carol Wright type thing.
Just a sparse few pages with a large declaration on the front page telling me that I've been pre-approved for credit!
Buy now, pay later...

I had a couple of minutes at lunch and decided to browse the catalog to see what kind of crap I could "buy now" and "pay later"...
Yep, just like Fingerhut. Pots and pans, bedding, furniture, dildos....
Wait, WHAT?

Yes, buried near the center were 2 pages of sex toys, IN A MONTGOMERY WARDS CATALOG!

Then back to garden tools and patio furniture...

I was floored!
Most definitely NOT the Montgomery Wards I remember from my youth.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Well, I never thought about it that way, but you do always seem to have all of the cool toys...

 

[HoughMade]

They sold the name and trademarks. It has nothing to do with the old department/catalog store. After the bankruptcy in 2000, a catalog marketer in Iowa (no stores) bought the name, but then it failed and the name was sold to another no-name retailer with no physical stores

 

[JCSR]

Pics of toys you ordered. Asking for a friend.

 

[Mgderf]

Pics of toys you ordered. Asking for a friend.

Not even with YOUR credit card!

 

[Leo]

Because of caring for elderly relatives some geriatric / med supply catalogs still come to the house. Among the usual trusses, bunion cream, wheeled walkers and the usual things you think of for aged people, there are some pages with various "equipment" to help those functions. Old people need luvin' too.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

You obviously didn't know my Aunt.

 

[Mgderf]

You obviously didn't know my Aunt.

I thought about adding that in...

 

[Ingomike]

They sold the name and trademarks. It has nothing to do with the old department/catalog store. After the bankruptcy in 2000, a catalog marketer in Iowa (no stores) bought the name, but then it failed and the name was sold to another no-name retailer with no physical stores

People of a certain age just do not understand this point, even if they acknowledge what you say. I have explained this dozens of times, folks say they understand, then soon after they talk about a good Magnavox electronic item they found, still not understanding the concept in the real…

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You obviously didn't know my Aunt.

One of my mother's sisters was apparently a prostitute back during the Depression. Aung Geraldine was a hoot.

 

[xwing]

They sold the name and trademarks. It has nothing to do with the old department/catalog store. After the bankruptcy in 2000, a catalog marketer in Iowa (no stores) bought the name, but then it failed and the name was sold to another no-name retailer with no physical stores

Correct. Just joined to add this comment, but HoughMade beat me to it. The current "Montgomery Ward" has nothing to do with the famed store. They just bought the name during bankruptcy auction.

 

[Creedmoor]

Moving into a new address, I expected to get junk mail.
No big deal. It usually starts fires pretty well.

I got a Montgomery Ward catalog in the mail today and it looked more like a Fingerhut or Carol Wright type thing.
Just a sparse few pages with a large declaration on the front page telling me that I've been pre-approved for credit!
Buy now, pay later...

I had a couple of minutes at lunch and decided to browse the catalog to see what kind of crap I could "buy now" and "pay later"...
Yep, just like Fingerhut. Pots and pans, bedding, furniture, dildos....
Wait, WHAT?

Yes, buried near the center were 2 pages of sex toys, IN A MONTGOMERY WARDS CATALOG!

Then back to garden tools and patio furniture...

I was floored!
Most definitely NOT the Montgomery Wards I remember from my youth.

Even the old Wards sold toys for Mom,

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[singlesix]

I'd comment but then I'd be the old grumpy man...wait to late.

I loved the Christmas Season Catalogs

 

[Flingarrows]

I'd comment but then I'd be the old grumpy man...wait to late.

I loved the Christmas Season Catalogs

Those were the best. My grandparents got the wards, Sears, etc. catalogs. After dinner, the adults would play cards. We would watch tv and browse the catalogs.

Toys, guns, go carts, and mini bikes were my favorites to browse.

When I got older, I liked browsing the JC Whitney and one other - I don’t remember the name, but similar

 

[Timjoebillybob]

One of my mother's sisters was apparently a prostitute back during the Depression. Aung Geraldine was a hoot.

My great Aunt wasn't a prostitute, at least not that I know of. But she was a hoot as well. Her first husband from what I understand was the enforcer for the NWI chapter of the Invaders MC. She didn't ride on the back of his, she had her own. Which probably explains the vibrating saddle we found when going through her stuff.

 

[Gunmetalgray]

Even the old Wards sold toys for Mom

Always wished old tools/guns could talk and share their history. In this case, not so sure.

 

[BigRed]

Moving into a new address, I expected to get junk mail.
No big deal. It usually starts fires pretty well.

I got a Montgomery Ward catalog in the mail today and it looked more like a Fingerhut or Carol Wright type thing.
Just a sparse few pages with a large declaration on the front page telling me that I've been pre-approved for credit!
Buy now, pay later...

I had a couple of minutes at lunch and decided to browse the catalog to see what kind of crap I could "buy now" and "pay later"...
Yep, just like Fingerhut. Pots and pans, bedding, furniture, dildos....
Wait, WHAT?

Yes, buried near the center were 2 pages of sex toys, IN A MONTGOMERY WARDS CATALOG!

Then back to garden tools and patio furniture...

I was floored!
Most definitely NOT the Montgomery Wards I remember from my youth.

How well did you know your auntie?

 

[BigRed]

Because of caring for elderly relatives some geriatric / med supply catalogs still come to the house. Among the usual trusses, bunion cream, wheeled walkers and the usual things you think of for aged people, there are some pages with various "equipment" to help those functions. Old people need luvin' too.

Leo, no need to explain. You just do you.

 

[Mgderf]

Even the old Wards sold toys for Mom,

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USED?!!!

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Man. I miss Sears