Cool. I used to be all about Sears and Craftsman, but over the past 5-7 years, their quality has gone to crap, along with their customer service. The last decent thing I bought from them was a router and a router table, that was 6 years ago. I've used the heck out of it and it still works great. However, pretty much every other tool I've bought there since has been crap and hasn't lasted a year without breaking. My dad was the same way, a diehard Craftsman fan, but in the few years just before he died, he swore them off too. I'll still buy their appliances and their hand tools (just no power tools). I'll definitely never buy another Crapsman lawn mower. Both my push mower and my riding mower have been nothing but trouble. Both push mowers my parents bought crapped out in about a year and a half, too.
One thing I will say to support you is that the compressor my dad bought there about 5 years ago is still going strong. It's a 20 gal horizontal type, and it's in my garage now. Works like a charm after many years of heavy use.