Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!exodus!mhtsa!mh3bs!eagle!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Sears Credit Cards Message-ID: <185@opus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Mar-84 14:22:37 EST Article-I.D.: opus.185 Posted: Sun Mar 4 14:22:37 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Mar-84 02:24:46 EST References: <538@sdcsvax.UUCP> <958@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 20 > Speaking of Sears credit cards, I have become greatly annoyed at Sear's > efforts to get me to apply for their credit card, to the point that > given a reasonable choice, I will shop elsewhere. When I have gone to > . . . > Does anyone know why Sears persists with this practice. . . Speaking of obnoxious practices, does anyone know why Radio Shack (and the other Tandy companies) persists in taking your name and address whenever you buy anything? I know it's so that they can send catalogs to you (and whoever next lives at your address when you move) until the end of eternity, but to me it means that I avoid them if possible and only buy things I can buy with cash (since they'll copy the address from a check). The whole thing is unbusinesslike. (Hmmm, never mind; let's just say unprofessional.) Why wouldn't it suffice to say, "If you'd like one of our catalogs, give me your address and I'll put you on the mailing list"? What's the margin in being so damn sneaky? {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd