[net.consumers] Sears and CASH

avi@pegasus.UUCP (Avi E. Gross) (03/08/84)

I purchased a small refrigerator for my office at Sears and chose to pay for
it in CASH. The cashier was flabergasted, and was not sure how to handle a
cash purchase that big! She did not have enough change in her drawers,
because NOBODY ever payed them ~$160 in cash. She kept asking whether I had
a credit card, or would prefer to pay by check. Naturally, she asked if I
wanted to apply for a Sears Credit card.

The part that really bugged me was that she kept trying to sell me a
maintenance policy for another $35. I would rather buy a new refrigerator
when it eventually broke down, than to go through the hassle of getting the
refrigerator out of the building and back to Sears for repair. I have
already received two phone calls offering the same policy. Don't they know
to give up?

ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/14/84)

Sears in metropolitan areas has fleets of puke-green trucks that
fix things.  I used to get these calls because I worked in a place
that had a phone number that was coincidentally close to the Sears
repair number.  Excuse me if you were trying to be facetious and I
didn't recognize it.

-Ron