first place i was ever on an escalator, i still remember the Sears Christmas wish books, got my first credit card from Sears too, damn shame first place i was ever on an escalator, i still remember the Sears Christmas wish books, got my first credit card from Sears too, damn shameI needed tools for my first field service job out of engineering school, so I went to Sears. They turned me down for a credit card! After I was established and making good money, they BEGGED me to take their credit card. I often returned their mail-in application with a big “NO WAY!” scrawled across it. I never did get a Sears credit card, even after 45 years from the day they turned me down.