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From: thomasm@orca.UUCP (Thomas Malone)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Sears
Message-ID: <2015@orca.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 13:40:35 EST
Article-I.D.: orca.2015
Posted: Thu Mar  6 13:40:35 1986
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Reply-To: thomasm@orca.UUCP (Thomas Malone)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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I too have had Sears raise my ire involving charge accounts.  Early 
in my senior year at college I applied for a charge card from them.  At that 
time I had a bit of credit, but not a lot.  Needless to say, they turned down 
my application, which didn't disturb me greatly.  

Four months later, when nearly graduated.  They sent me a note indicating that 
my new account was pre-approved and waiting for me; sign on the dotted line 
and send back the response form.  This of course made me irate since this 
screwed up company had recently turned me down.  I wrote them, enclosing their 
shredded application, and stopped shopping at Sears.

Every 6 months afterwards for the next 4 years they sent me an "invitation" 
to open an account, except that I had to fill out an application, which I in 
turn disposed of.  Finally, I got tired of these and wrote them another letter 
indicating three things:  1) that I did not wish to see any more of their 
"invitations" and enclosed the torn up application, 2) why I felt the way I did,
and 3) told them that I had no intention of filling out an application.  To 
quote directly: "Instead of wasting my time with a @#!* application, do 
your homework and either send a @#!* card if I qualify or send nothing."

They responded by sending the charge card.

---Thomas