“Can we get it?”It was a rhetorical question meant to test their parents. The two young girls had already begun dragging the toddler-sized mannequin out of the former kitchen section.“There’s so many dead people in here!” one said, referring to the mannequins strewn across the skid-marked floor, some dismembered. And though there were no real dead people, there were certainly ghosts of Sears past haunting the department store’s brightly lit Promenade Mall location in Thornhill on its final day. At the end of a three-month liquidation sale, Canadian shoppers bid farewell to Sears on Sunday with bargains of 80 per cent delighting those lucky enough to snag what was left. Just $6 for a full-length coral dress that would normally run you $89. A wooden dresser topper down to $10.99 from $109.99.But with boxes torn open and dust floating everywhere, the prospects for coming out with a bag-full of treasures were not so promising. Still, determined shoppers sifted through the racks of leftovers — mostly women’s denim, bras and summer wear. Ann Petgrave, of Vaughan, visited the Bramalea Sears location Saturday night before deciding to bring her husband along for one last visit Sunday. “I’m really sentimental for Sears, and I’m really sorry that they’re closing. I like the bargains, but I’m still sad,” she said.“I thank Sears for what they have done for providing quality stuff and appliances … and I wish them all the best.”While she spoke, two women had attempted to grab the clothes she draped over a rack nearby. Petgrave managed to defend her items, which she called pieces of Sears. Read more:Laid-off Sears Canada employees share memories — and what they’d like to say to top executivesFinal Sears stores close Sunday, marking the end of an eraThe big missteps that brought Sears to the edge of collapseThere was a hungry air among the customers eager to scoop up ...
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