andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (02/28/86)
For the last few months, the Portland Oregon Sears store has been
offering a $5 credit on a purchase just for filling out a credit card
application. However, they don't tell you about the incentive unless
you look like a hard sell:
Salesperson: "And will you be charging that on your Sears
charge card?"
Customer: "No, I'll pay cash."
Salesperson (shoving application and pen at customer): "You can
fill out an application and charge this purchase."
Customer: (expletive deleted) "No."
Salesperson: "You'll get a five dollar credit."
Customer: (horribly offensive expletive deleted) "Take the"
(expletive deleted) "cash and let me out of here."
Another (overheard) conversation on another day:
Salesperson 1: "Did you get the customer to apply for a credit
card?"
Salesperson 2: "Yes, but I had to offer him the five dollars."
-=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP]
(tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (03/05/86)
In article <1833@hammer.UUCP> andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) writes: >For the last few months, the Portland Oregon Sears store has been >offering a $5 credit on a purchase just for filling out a credit card >application... Sounds like a good way to make $5 every visit. Just fill out a bogus application with a bogus name and address. You get $5, the salesman gets a commission, and Sears gets what it deserves. THE ABOVE IS ONLY SPECULATION, AND IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DISOBEY ANY LAWS OR ORDINANCES. KIDS, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. CHECK WITH LOCAL POLICE BEFORE TRYING.