mrgorth
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Fri Oct-24-03 09:54 AM
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Shop at Sears...seriously |
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Lets Shop At Sears
Assume you have all see the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up... Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.
Suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves. Pass it on.
So I decided to check it out before I sent it forward. I sent the following email to the Sears
Customer Service Department: I received this email and I would like to know if it is true. If it is, the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your store. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item even if it was cheaper at the other store.
Here is their answer to my email......................
Dear Customer: Thank you for contacting Sears. The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback. Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time.
Bill Thorn Sears Customer Care webcenter@s... 1-800-349-4358
Please pass this on to all your friends, Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military,
Checked Snopes.com and copied the status:Claim: Sears pays the difference in salaries and maintains benefits for their called-up reservist employees.
Status: True. Tim Mattingly
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realFedUp
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Fri Oct-24-03 09:57 AM
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1. the softer side of Sears... |
VaLabor
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Fri Oct-24-03 09:58 AM
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from Walmart!
Anyone know what Walmart's policy is?
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Fri Oct-24-03 10:04 AM
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3. well I need to get Hubby a new power tool... |
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I guess I am going to Sears today! Thanks... :)
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Fri Oct-24-03 10:04 AM
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4. But who do they contribute campaign funds to? |
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I am happy they stand behind the warriers of the United States but if all our money goes to the GOP then they are in effect putting those same young people into harms way in the first place. Need more information besides just that they support the National Guard/
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Fri Oct-24-03 10:04 AM
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5. Thanks for posting this |
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I feel an urge to buy power tools. Maybe a chainsaw.
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Fri Oct-24-03 10:08 AM
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Holiday shopping! Buy ALL of your gifts from them! EXCEPT....I just read an article that Sears has teamed with KB Toys for X-Mas toys. Remember our petition signing boycotting the George Bush action figure? I don't know if they stopped selling it or not? If they did, I would buy toys from them. If they STILL sell it, I REFUSE to. Does anyone know whatever came of the action figure boycott?
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Fri Oct-24-03 10:38 AM
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7. It's nice of Sears, but. . . . . . |
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. . .. they are still a mega corporate giant and they are a major player in the devastating cycle of over-consumption.
If you or someone you know really needs a power tool, then I suppose buying at at Sears does less harm than buying it at Wal-mart.
But if you're going to buy something at Sears just for the sake of buying it and "supporting the troops," at least take a moment to think about the other effects of your consumption: burden on resources, corporate profits, third-world labor exploitation, to name a few.
If, on the other hand, you want to do something constructive for an alternative, non-corporate economy, go to your local co-op, a local farmer's market, a local arts & crafts fair. This is a terrific season for local shopping, for meeting the people whose direct labor produces the goods you're buying.
I know that one of the excuses often given for buying at corporate chain stores is price -- they're always cheaper. My suggestion then is just to buy less, but buy better.
While I applaud Sears for their action, I wonder where the money will be coming from. Will it be taken from the paychecks of other employees, as they are told to "sacrifice" an expected raise in honor of their fighting sisters and brothers? Or will it come -- I don't think so -- from the dividends that would have been paid to the stockholders who risk nothing but capital?
Beware of patriotic PR -- many evils can be wrapped in the flag.
Tansy Gold, who is always suspicious when corporations start acting generous
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