Posted on 08/23/2004 11:06:32 AM PDT by Chapita
This is great to know about Sears. I'll keep on spending my money with them!
I have not purchased anything from Sears for years, due to their outrageous interest charged for big ticket items. If this is true, as it appears to be, I will buy the new stove I am hoping to get soon from them. Thanks for posting this, Chapita.
Sears - where John Kerry gets his Cambodia memories.
Unfortunately, I don't have a Sears out here in the boondocks. But when I go into the Twin Cities, you can bet I'll give my money to Sears before Target or the like.
This is the kind of corporate behavior I want to see.
I am going to start buying from Sears again.
Sears accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover for all purchases. I found that high interest rate off-putting myself, until I remembered that my Visa card had a much more reasonable rate ...
I knew this about Sears. They have been supporting the military for years. I love their products, too. I think I will go out and purchase a new fridge...
I'm happy that Sears is paying the differential and offering the insurance, they don't have to do that, but the law says they have to hold the job until the service member returns, with no time limit. They have to get not just the job they held, but whatever job they would have reasonably progressed to, with full seniority for the time spent in the military.
Of course few are going to take them up on the insurance anyway, since the military provides medical care, or the insurance like TriCare, for the member and their family. Many of the reservists probably make as much or slightly more on active duty than they do at Sears, so there would be no differential in pay. It's good PR for Sears and does help in a few cases of guys who are junior enlisted ro even very junior officers.
Don't forget, Lands End is now part of Sears....
Do what my wife and I do. Pay cash. We only crack open the credit card when it is an emergency of we have the cash in the bank. Like out vacation we charged but have the moeny to pay it off. And also you can do this. A lot of stores will give you 10% off you first purchase with a new charge card. We get the card buy the item pay it off when the bill comes, and cancel the card.
"...my Visa card had a much more reasonable rate ..."
Thanks for that. Boy, do I feel dimwitted for never having thought of that. New stove, here I come.
I haven't paid a credit card finance charge for years. OTOH, I get a pretty big check from Discover every year ...
Just spent $500 at Lands End (we buy for the six kids there - high quality jackets, snow boots and fleece make great handmedowns and some items have ben worn by all six kiddos!).
Glad to know that they have such a military friendly policy.
I am going to let them know, and consider them first when I have a choice between LLBean and LandsEnd.
Point plans are attractive aren't they.
Sears isn't the only company that does this. Procter and Gamble (makers of Tide, Crest, Charmin, Downy, Pampers and a million other consumer goods) does this also. I worked there for three years. Exceptionally military friendly. Their current CEO did 8 years active duty in the Navy before going to Harvard Business School. They recruit military officers agressively. That's how I got the job when I left the Army as as a capatain after 8 years active duty. Alas, I will never rise to CEO of P&G, I quit to move back to Boston and start my own business.
We built a new house last year, and bought everything at Sears, because of this policy. We told them that was why we were buying there.
I tell you, if I lived closer than an hour away, I would work the shift for those kids who are doing my fighting.
When I was in the Reserves, I worked on the civilian side for Sears. Great company to work for. Although as an officer, I made more during my active duty times than what Sears paid me, they were exceptionally generous when I needed time off to do Marine Corps business.
Then there was the employee discounts, employee/family night (special times when only Sears employees and their families were allowed to shop), and a host of other benefits. Simply an outstanding company to work for. Their products are also top notch. I purchased a Kenmore washer and dryer from Sears over 10 years ago, and they are still running. Craftsman is my preferred tool set.
Bravo for Sears. From now on, I'm going to make Sears my first choice for shopping whenever possible.
Thanks for sharing this!
Interesting, I was just discussing buying some new clothes as a birthday present for my son. I suggested a particular men's store near him and his reply.......Mom I want to buy my clothes from Sears, they last!
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