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From: avi@pegasus.UUCP (Avi E. Gross)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Sears and CASH
Message-ID: <1045@pegasus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 22:46:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  7 22:46:17 1984
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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?