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From: c55-hp@buddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Ilya Goldberg)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Discover -- A product of the Sears
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 13:42:33 EST
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In article <34200017@uiucuxc> hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
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>re: sears credit policy
>
>just to show the other extreme: sears was my first credit card; i got
>it at age 18, as a college student with zero credit record.  my memory
>is a little fuzzy about it (this was ~1970), but i think i used the
>credit right away for a $400 purchase (even before i got the plastic).

	This is one of the ways you can get a Sears charge without having
much of a credit record.  Currently, they will give you one of theirs
instantly if you show them a major credit card.  But, if you don't have one
of those and really want to have a Sears card, go into one of their stores,
go to a salesperson and tell him/you would like to buy a tv/stereo and that
you want to open a charge account right away to finance the purchase.
This will instantly raise your chances of getting the card.  And even though
you can bring your purchase back (even to another Sears), your card will
stay.

						Ilya Goldberg

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