And then they invented the Discover Card
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I worked with a woman back in the early 90's whose husband made an excellent living selling furniture at Sears on commission. Then the commission program was abruptly stopped. Her husband was given the choice: hourly wage or out the door. He chose to stay to preserve his benefits and retirement, but the move caused that family hardship. I had little taste for Sears after that. My Mother retired from JL Hudson with a good pension and a good employment experience. I knew this was wrong.

Another issue with Sears was their credit card. Consumers who found errors or erroneous reporting to credit agencies could not get corrections in a reasonable amount of time, if at all. Their reputation for this was so extremely bad to the point that it was common advice to avoid the Sears credit card altogether to preserve one's credit rating.