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- Subject: Re: Do you think it was really Sears?
- Message-ID: <92327.141851NIEDFELD@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- From: <NIEDFELD@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Date: Sunday, 22 Nov 1992 14:18:51 EST
- References: <1992Nov20.115354.27404@wixer.cactus.org><JCH.92Nov20122549@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu>
- Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service
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- While we are on the subject of Sears credit cards I would like to
- tell a short story about me and my Sears credit card.
-
- About 2 years ago I had to get a Sears repairman out to do some work
- on my kenmore washer. I was short of cash at the time so I put it on
- my Sears credit card. About 3 weeks later I get a statement from
- Sears saying that I owed 92 bucks for the service call. When I called
- to find out what the deal was I told the lady that I had put it on my
- credit card and asked why I was being billed again for it. After she
- took my credit card number and about 3 minutes later she came back
- and told me that since I had not used my card in the last 6 months
- that I would have to come in and 'requalify' (fill out forms) to be
- able to use my card again. (Before that six months I used it all the
- time and always paid up.) After I expressed great dissatisfaction
- with this policy she told me that I really should come in an requalify
- because I might need it to buy something. Then I told her that I would
- not be comming in to do the paper work because I no longer had any need
- for the card. I told her that I would just use my VISA card next time.
-
- Since then I got a 12.5 percent card from USAA Federal they (and other
- banks) can just take their 18-21 percent cards and _____ __ !!!
-
- I will never use a Sears credit card ever again. As a matter of fact,
- I really don't do much shopping there anymore.
-
- John Niedfeldt
- Miami University
- Oxford, Ohio
-