03-20-2009, 01:38 AM
Well, Sears no longer owns the Sears Card business. That was sold to Citibank back in 2003. In the process, many records were screwed up. Especially the records for additional card holders, often they got tagged as being joint account holders. That got some late payments by my ex onto my credit reports again, I had been listed as an additional card holder years before while we were still together. It repeated a problem that Sears Card had been under a consent decree to clear up back in the late '90's over the same thing for many customers.
As for Sears itself, the management really messed up the stores and the brands they sold during the decade of the '90's. I have not seen any sign that the purchase by the group that took over Kmart and brought it out of bankruptcy has turned that around at all. What used to stand for a known level of quality up until 15-20 years ago, no longer does. Still can find some good merchandise there, but it takes careful shopping.
As for Sears itself, the management really messed up the stores and the brands they sold during the decade of the '90's. I have not seen any sign that the purchase by the group that took over Kmart and brought it out of bankruptcy has turned that around at all. What used to stand for a known level of quality up until 15-20 years ago, no longer does. Still can find some good merchandise there, but it takes careful shopping.