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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Sears
Message-ID: <665@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Feb-86 23:19:43 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 23 23:19:43 1986
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I'm all for Sears.  And here's the reason:

After my divorce, I found it impossible to get credit.  This was
in spite of the previous $5000+ limit my ex-husband and I had on
Master Card.  Regardless, I was a non-person as far as credit went.

(This was back in 1975.  Hopefully, things are better for women
today.)

Sears, though, would give me a card.  Using it for small amounts,
and paying quickly, I built up enough credit rating to get a Visa,
and finally a Master Card of my own.  (For revenge only, the last
one.  Visa was much nicer, it took me a year longer to get a Master
Card in spite of the fact that we had that good credit before the
divorce--I felt I *had* to get that Master Card just to show myself 
that I could do it.)

I'm still grateful to Sears for being there when no other card would
touch me, and when my situation looked less than rosy.  Several 
Christmases would have seen the children with no presents without it.  
Penny's never did take me--and I wouldn't even try them now.  Screw 'em.

Penny's clothes are better (for children, especially), but Sears'
tools can't be beat.  And around the holidays you can often order
something by catalog from them that is impossible to find in
the stores.  In ten years, I've never had a mess-up on my bill.

So it's all in the experiences you happen to have had.  I would still
counsel someone just starting out in the wonderful world of credit
to go Sears first.
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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